The lesson from 25 years of devolution is that only independence can secure Welsh democracy

Phyl, you have clearly demonstrated the folly of remaining under British suzerainity. Devolution is not enough! Only real independence from England will give Cymru the freedom and national sovereignty that 59 other countries have sought, have often fought for and now enjoy. Cymru was the first colony, and may be the last unless we work together to defeat the unionist parties in the upcoming elections. Corruption, croneyism and complacency must have no place in our country. Democratic reform, transparency and accountability in our governance, taxation reform, better wages and benefits, an effective NHS, a country of sanctuary and peace... This is no dream. 59 others have done it. Gall Cymru! The world does not need our support for NATO, for the UK's foreign adventurism that we are now complicit in. We can be peacemakers, we can help resolve conflict, we can take effective action against climate change without the drag anchor of Westminster. We can bring justice and equity to Cymru, We can finally feed ALL our hungry children and families. Plaid Cymru, the Greens, Indy Labour and other reform minded groups in civil society, including YesCymru and AUOB must do more to gain our trust. Cymru has the talent and the imagination and every reason for confidence - but only if Labour's hegemony here is broken and we work together. We owe it to our heritage, to our children and theirs, and to our country that we sefyll ar wahân fel Cymru ond sefyll gyda'n gilydd fel Cymru. Cymru Rydd!

The Disunited kingdom are lap dogs of the U S A and we in Wales are lap dogs of the English the governments of Scotland and Northern Ireland are treated differently have more powers and are funded more than Wales the Welsh Torie have tried to shut down Cardiff Airport the Westminster government will not give it powers to compete with Bristol or Birmingham Airport because they say it will damage them but its ok to Damage Cardiff Airport look at the H S 2 debacle Scotland and Northern Ireland where given BILLIONS to compensate for H S 2 Wales tories said H S 2 was a Wales and England Project the nearest it comes to Wales 50 miles and remember electrification from Paddington to Swansea a couple of years later the then Transport se FAYLING GRAYLING came to Cardiff and said it will only come as far as Cardiff as the country cannot afford it 2 days later Grayling announced Cross rail in London costing tens of Billions of Pounds we are being robbed and have always been robbed and will continue to be robbed UNDERFUNDED and in reality England has no bloody right controling us we where conquered by them no different to what Russia is doing to Ukraine only difference its a couple of Hundred years later the only way is to get out of this god forsaken union

Turnout (less than 50%) should give you an idea of how much work there is still to be done. At the moment one party in the Senedd for indy, gonna need more political clout, take is as read that the Tory party as it stands will no go for it and Labour look to be the same. I wasn't indy curious until brexit, and on the fence with regards devolution, there will be a lot like me (I am leaning towards indy) and many more not bothered (see turnouts, not who won, not broken 50% yet?), you have to carry them all with a good plan, financial planning and not rely on rhetoric or infighting.

Really surprised to see a YesCymru article on Nation. It was only a couple of months ago some of their directors were calling for Nation to be defunded, supporting misogynistic attacks on their staff and labelling it fake news. A change of heart, I wonder. I hope it was accompanied by an apology.

A scarily accurate, and well thought out piece. One barrier in particular stands out to me. The Welsh have had generations of brainwashing to make them feel servile, it's sadly seen as comfy and conforming to believe and spread the lies that we're "not big enough" or " not rich enough". Until the population realises that they've been duped and brainwashed over years, and they learn to find their own information, I don't see the poll results changing too dramatically. I do hope to be proven wrong.

As someone who grew up in the north-west of England and who came to live in Wales at the age of 19 - way back in 1964, and solely then because it was a Welsh university which made me the most tempting offer! - I grew to like Wales and increasingly to feel at home here. To such an extent that I ended up staying on to live and work here right up until I was nearly forty, when complicated family circumstances drew me back to live in my native south Manchester once again. But the lure of Wales stayed with me, and prompted me, in 2016, to move back here in old age - to see if, as a last life challenge, I could polish up my Welsh which I'd first begun to learn in the '70s! I've come, over all those years, to understand and empathize with the sentiments of those who yearn for an independent Wales. I'm sure that, in principle, it could work - after all, Luxembourg's a small country which appears to thrive mightily! If Luxembourg, why not Wales? But the attendant difficulties nevertheless strike me as formidable. One of the most striking, for me, is - at least as I see it - the practical virtual impossibility of creating a wholly autonomous Wales with the exact borders which define this nation today.