tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069212153482249376.post647231958755568954..comments2023-07-16T11:22:14.708+01:00Comments on Gareth Hughes: Press and politics and democracyGareth Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14811374617896851568noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069212153482249376.post-12154872867003960412011-07-24T00:23:51.820+01:002011-07-24T00:23:51.820+01:00Well said Gareth (and Glyn). As someone who's ...Well said Gareth (and Glyn). As someone who's spent almost exactly half his life in the London area and half in Wales, I thoroughly agree. In fact, I would argue that the London-centric press isn't even good for Londoners because it deludes them into a narrow, blinkered view of the world and sucks too many mega-rich into the city at the expense of ordinary people. Even the more enlightened papers (Independent/Guardian) are part of the problem. What we need is some healthy decentralisation and diversity. I'm not daft enough to think the demise of Murdoch will give us that but there's an outside chance it could open up a few possibilities.Alunnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069212153482249376.post-7184723230921340312011-07-21T15:59:45.185+01:002011-07-21T15:59:45.185+01:00KP.
I think Gareth would agree that when he uses t...KP.<br />I think Gareth would agree that when he uses the term Welsh he means all the people living in Wales irrespective of their origin.<br /><br />Even if you yourself termed yourself non-welsh you will still use the NHS in Wales, Educate your children in Wales etc, How can you not want to be informed of what is going on?<br /><br />Or are you like some expat in the Costa del Sol who thinks they are living in some kind of bubble in which the politics of that country (or rather nations ) will not intrude?glynbeddauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933352430631144936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069212153482249376.post-73156480690771836862011-07-20T09:52:01.304+01:002011-07-20T09:52:01.304+01:00Again, you mix terms like 'Wales' and '...Again, you mix terms like 'Wales' and 'Welsh' and so it is hard to follow your thread.<br /><br />For the non-Welsh living in Wales the news coverage within country is perfectly acceptable. Indeed, it is excellent. <br /><br />There may well be a problem for the Welsh living in Wales. But surely this is par for the course. The Welsh living in Wales have always got problems; problems with this, problems with that, problems with everything. <br /><br />They are life's perennial victims. This is what they have been educated to believe. And educated to believe it very well I might add.kphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313438657508449613noreply@blogger.com