{"id":629,"date":"2026-04-08T21:44:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T21:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melindrafod.cymru\/?p=629"},"modified":"2026-04-08T21:54:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T21:54:05","slug":"annibyniaeth-y-tu-allan-ir-bocs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melindrafod.cymru\/en\/2026\/04\/08\/annibyniaeth-y-tu-allan-ir-bocs\/","title":{"rendered":"Independence – Outside the Box"},"content":{"rendered":"

Afraid of Independence? We are in an election campaign where supporters of Welsh independence seem to be avoiding the subject, while Unionists are actively encouraging us to be afraid of independence. The Unionists are deploying a form of \u201cproject fear\u201d, a powerful tactic which inhibits meaningful long term thought about changing and improving our country. It is not easy to resist a lazy conservative culture where vested interests are determined to keep everything as it is, and prevent us from thinking \u201coutside the box\u201d.<\/p>\n

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The unionist establishment always attempt to box us in, using for example this report from the Wales Office<\/a> which frames the discussion by comparing, in an unbalanced way, income only collected in Wales, against expenditure spent all over the UK and beyond, on our behalf, with minimal control by us Welsh residents.\u00a0 The \u201cboxed in\u201d politicians will unthinkingly interpret this as ca \u00a37,000 deficit for each of us, but this is the attitude of perfunctory supervisors, uninterested in thinking about what matters and what doesn\u2019t, what\u2019s possible and what isn\u2019t, in our ever-changing world.<\/p>\n

Independence is a much bigger idea than that, and the context is also far wider, the worldwide power, wealth, social and environmental imbalances are clearly now unsustainable, the world has to change, including the UK, and this could bring opportunities and better outcomes for Wales, if we think and work hard enough.<\/p>\n

This subject should not be avoided, regardless of the short-term priorities of our politicians, and while a full plan for independence is not currently in place, the discussion is still important as we consider the possible forward direction of our country. A few brief policies are outlined below which hopefully suggest a practical way of helping us answer basic challenges and understanding the bigger picture of independence.<\/p>\n

Short term policies for an Independent Wales<\/strong><\/p>\n