Where is the UK going? Does the UK have a future?
There remain some good things about the UK. Despite differences and disagreements, people from all nations and regions get along with each other and have achieved things for the common good.Â
The UK has also been compared to an “insurance policy”, with London’s major economic status supporting post-industrial areas (like Wales) which have been in a managed decline since the 1980s.
That can’t go on forever. Change doesn’t happen quickly enough, if it happens at all. Our relationship with the rest of Europe has been damaged by Brexit, as successive UK governments and parliaments become more out-of-touch, cruel and incompetent with each passing year.
A growing number of us believe the best option for Wales is to become independent.Â
Recent polls indicate that support for Welsh independence now exceeds 30%, a figure that was considered unattainable a decade ago.
You’re probably here because you’re already convinced about independence and want to look at the issues in more detail.
Or, you’re one of the many “Indycurious”; you want to know how independence might work, what policy options would be available to Wales and what independence could mean for you, your family, your business or your community.
Below you’ll find an index of all independence-related posts on State of Wales, divided into subject areas.
If you’re new to this, not ready for the heavy stuff yet and want a quick, easy to read guide I recommend starting with YesCymru’s Independence in your Pocket (links below).
How To Navigate The Independence Index
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After the UK
Note: Devil’s Advocate looks at some of the arguments *against* independence.
Devil's Advocate
Building a New Nation
IndyWales: Health & Safety
For the sake of getting straightforward matters concerning independence out of the way, attention turns towards health and safety -=
Five Steps to Independence
In 2019 – not long after the first AUOB Cymru march in Cardiff – I wrote "Five Steps to Independence".=
IndyWales & Data Protection
In this companion piece to IndyWales & Freedom of Information - published earlier this year (link below) - I turn=
People & Places
Radical Wales: Abolish Local Government
Yes, you read that correctly. The whole point of this site is to leave no stone unturned when it comes=
IndyWales & City Status
This is a re-write of a piece from a few years ago and something a bit more gentle to round=
Local Government IX: Local Democracy & Civic Pride
The penultimate part of this series on local government and independence looks at how local democracy and community spirit could=
Chinny Reckon: Is the Welsh deficit only £2.6billion?
Back in September, Plaid Cymru published a report they commissioned into the "Welsh deficit" (pdf). The deficit is the difference...
Local Government VII: Financing Local Government & Independence
The final four posts on local government and independence start with a look at money. Firstly, a word of warning....
Radical Wales: Four-Day Week
(Title Image: via medium.com) The mention of a "four-day week" may, to older folks, bring back memories of the "three-day...
Transport & Infrastructure
Wales in the World
Could a Celtic Union work?
(Title Image: BhzSamTheRipper via Wikipedia under the GNU Free Documentation Licence) Towards the beginning of January, Plaid Cymru leader Adam=
Keeping the Faith III: Cults & Extremism
(Title Image: via colourbox) Religious and political extremism is a clear and specific national security threat (Defending Wales VII). Although=
IndyWales & Weapons of Mass Destruction
(Title Image: BBC) The issue of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons presents major ethical, policy and strategic challenges for an=
IndyWales: Health & Safety
For the sake of getting straightforward matters concerning independence out of the way, attention turns towards health and safety -=
Radical Wales: Abolish Private Schools
The idea of abolishing private schools and giving all those future Camerons, Cleggs, Johnsons and Rees-Moggs "a bally good thrashing"=
Vice Nation – Sex VI: Sex Education
(Title Image: PBS) It's inevitable that at some point – whether you're a teacher or a parent/guardian - you have=
Society
IndyWales & The Football Exiles
This is a re-write of one of the most popular and regularly recurring questions brought up on social media and=
IndyWales & Civil Registration
Closely tied to previous pieces on the census and national statistics is civil registration - registration of births, marriages and=
IndyWales & City Status
This is a re-write of a piece from a few years ago and something a bit more gentle to round=