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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wales a historically been regarded as a funny part of England, sort of like Cornwall, whose locals get angry if you don’t pretend that they’re a real pseudo-country without actual sovereignty like Scotland and can put up a fight so you humour them.

Anglos running scared, Cornish Empire when?

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago

I personally am a fan of how some people within the Yorkshire devolution movement seem to genuinely want full independence for Yorkshire. I learned this after expressing absurdly hyperbolic patriotism for Yorkshire, and finding that not everyone who talks about full independence is being ironic