CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN LLYSGENHADAETH/EMBASSY GLYNDŴR AND THE COLONIAL WELSH OFFICE CONCERNING TO RENAMING OF THE SEVERN BRIDGE.

Annwyl Mr Cairns,

 

Let me first of all apologise for my rude interruption of waking you out of your dream of the occasion of your knighthood ceremony, it will not happen anyway now that the Colonial government have woken up to the 'shitty mess' you have put them in  with your 'insane' decision to rename Pont Hafren to Prince of Wales bridge as a grovelling birthday present to the 'pretender'.

 

When exactly did you have that 'mad moment' that caused you to think that this was an inspired idea and a sure road to your knighthood? Not only did you not think that the renaming of 'anything' in Cymru should be carried out in full consultation ending in a public vote by the Cymric people but you had the audacity to rename this bridge all by yourself giving it the worst name possible that would stick in Cymric throats aplenty considering our history since we have been under English occupation and as for your 'smug' comment to the media that only a 'few' Republicans would object, the objecting petition had gathered almost 28,000 names when I last looked - and that's in just a few days and the number is shooting up by the second!

 

I must now thank you for doing such a good deed on behalf of our cause, we have not had such a patriotic and nationalistic response to anything in Cymru since the Investiture of this 'pretender 'as Prince of Cymru was announced and you will be up there now remembered and hated along with Lloyd George and the paedophile George Thomas!

 

I would strongly suggest that you scrap this idea immediately because we Cymry will not rest until you have and the coming months could prove very costly for your government as it tries to police and control the opposition. The best way you can make amends to the Cymry is to rename the bridge as 'Pont Owain Glyndŵr, our last 'true' Tywysog Cymru and the strongest symbol of our sovereignty and continuing struggle for Independence.

 

Sincerely

 

Siân Ifan

C.E.O. Llysgenhadaeth/Embassy Glyndŵr.

 

 

Dear Ms Ifan,

Thank you for your email of 9 April to the Secretary of State regarding the renaming of the Second Severn Crossing. I have been asked to respond.

Over the course of the last year, the Secretary of State for Wales has corresponded regularly with the Welsh Government, The Prime Minister’s Office, the Department for Transport and with the Royal Household on the proposal to rename the Second Severn Crossing.

The announcement is a fitting tribute to His Royal Highness in a year that sees him mark 60 years as The Prince of Wales. Welsh Government Economy Secretary, Ken Skates, has confirmed the Welsh Government’s support and commented that changing the name of the Second Severn Crossing to the Prince of Wales Bridge is supported by "many people in Wales".

Through his extensive charity work and support for Welsh business and enterprise His Royal Highness has given decades of continued, dedicated service to our nation.

Renaming a landmark that is both iconic and symbolic of the vital link between Wales and England is a fitting way to formally recognise his commitment to Wales and the UK as the Prince of Wales.

Yours sincerely

V.Hammond

Communications Team

 

Dear V Hammond,

 

Many thanks for your reply to my letter to Alun Cairns following his announcement that the Severn Bridge is to be renamed the 'Prince of Wales Bridge' to celebrate the 70th birthday of Charles Windsor.

 

I will now reply to the points made in your letter.

 

You state that the Secretary of State for Wales has corresponded "regularly" with the Welsh Government in regard to the issue, really? What do you regard as "regularly" and when you state that he corresponded with the Welsh Government, from what we can gather, he sent an'e-mail' re the matter to Carwyn Jones, present - soon to retire head of the Labour party in the Assembly and no other person. If that is the case, and it wasn't sent to the Presiding Officer or, any member of any of the other party at the Welsh Government, It would seem that Carwyn Jones did not inform the other representatives of the Cymric people and for that reason, the issue did not reach the debating chamber to be debated on by all parties. If that is the case,  then the decision was carried out undemocratically and, further it is treating the other parties and the Cymric electorate by contempt and is totally unacceptable.  So, can you please clarify if the Presiding Officer or, the head of any of the other parties in the Welsh Government were informed of this decision?

 

Secondly, who suggested the change of name as a fitting tribute in the first place and who in the Welsh Government confirmed support for it - without debating it in the Chamber and who told Ken Skates that the 'change of name is supported by "many people in Wales" As you must know by now, over 41,000 people in Cymru have signed a 'petition' in opposition to the change of name, so how did Ken Skates come to the opinion that "many in Wales" supported the change of name.

 

Is Ken Skates and Alun Cairns so ignorant of Cymric history that they took it for granted that following over 700 yrs of occupation, the Cymry are so subdued that they will accept such 'insults' as this latest one without a murmur of protest. Well, the 41, 000 signatures, thus far, on the petition shows, loud and clear that they will not! This is not merely opposition by "a few Republicans" as Alun Cairns stated condescendely on a tv interview about the issue, these are people who recognise a "blatent insult"  and disregard for us as a nation when they see it and have made it clear by their signatures that they are angry that their opinion was not sought in the first place and that the bridge is to be renamed after an 'upsurper' and not after our greatest of Cymric warrior Princes, Owain Glyndŵr who, along with the support of the whole Cymric nation behind him, sacrificed all to regain our nation's independence.

 

Charles Windsor has never had a need to sacrifice anything at all, in fact, to the contrary, he is paid handsomely out of Tax payer's money to carry out his charity work in Cymru and as for "renaming a landmark that is both iconic and symbolic of the vital link between Wales and England", I must inform you that Prince Owain Glyndŵr's War of Independence is in continuance. Me may not be continuing the war with military might today, nevertheless, like many other small nations such as Scotland, Catalonia and Ireland, we are pursuing Independence for our nation.

 

I again, would suggest that this 'renaming' of the Severn Bridge be abandoned as its an unacceptable insult on our nation and people. If it goes on, you can expect protest on a major scale on Cymric soil in opposition.  If the name is to be changed at all, then, the only change of name  acceptable is that of Owain Glyndŵr.

 

I shall await a reply in regards to the number of questions poised in this correspondence and shall look forward to an announcement that the 'renaming plan' has been abandoned -or changed in honour of Prince Owain Glyndwr of course.

 

Sincerely

 

Siân Ifan

 

C.E.O. Embassy Glyndŵr