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DaiB wrote:North Wales is hardly 'cut-off' economically speaking. It's closely linked with the economy of North West England, in the same way that South Wales is closely linked with the economy of the M4 corridor. This arrangement works well for many parts of both areas, and artificially attempting to forge a link between the two by spending vast amounts of money on the road links between the two would, I venture, make very little difference to either region in reality.
None of this makes either area any less 'Welsh', it's just a consequence of Wales' geography and settlement patterns. Surely the most sensible and pragmatic way to approach investment is to build on the existing economic strengths of both North and South Wales, not swim against the tide in trying to join them together.
How can any linkage be artificial when we live in the same country? There are plenty of dual carriageways through mountains in the UK and all over the world. I think that it should be easy for people in Wales to travel from one end of their country to the other, because at the moment it is difficult.
There is an ongoing attempt to anglicise Wales, being conducted by the UK government with the full support of the Labour and Conservative parties. If that is what you want, fair enough. I don't, having lived in England for over 20 years I want Wales to be less anglicised.
http://dailywales.net/2015/03/26/labour ... h-england/