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Defence ministry spends millions on private schools to avoid Welsh (www.bbc.com)

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[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Plaid Cymru's education spokesperson Cefin Campbell MS said "not only is this a complete waste of money, it is an insult to our language".

"I cannot think of any valid reason to be spending such money every year, on preventing young people living in Wales from having the opportunity to learn the Welsh language.

Does pretending to be a complete idiot really win the votes though?

[–] mindlesscrollyparrot@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 month ago

Why is he an idiot? He isn't insisting that these children go to an all-welsh school. He's saying that it's ridiculous to pay private-school fees for the sole purpose of avoiding 2 hours of Welsh a week.

Of course, the soldiers from Wales probably don't need this. It's aimed at the ones who have been sent there together with their families, from somewhere else in the UK. I wonder how many of those are officers.