this article as a whole is subject to a confused identity and i have no idea what to make of it when i have insane nationalists blaming an entire ethnic group with inherited sin and racially abusing me by declaring me a non native of where i was fucking born and bought up then i start to wonder why i should care in the first place but if anything the article should focus on the cultural exchange between the english and welsh if this makes any sense how each others culture has influenced the other i e loan words trade traditions etc whatever anything to do with culture i live in devon some of our traditions and place names are of west welsh celtic origins most of us probably have celtic dna but we are most certainly not welsh or celtic and don't get me started on that dewnans crap it shouldn't be some political ethnic relations piece i have no idea who put that lead sentence in but they are clearly a smiling welsh or english person sitting in a cafe or an english footy pub right now drinking coffee that has been spat in by someone with an ethnic chip on their shoulder i've met plenty of nice decent honest welsh people but the die hard ethno cultural nationalist ones i've met irish republicans scottish nationalists and i find them more agreeable and less inclined to automatic hatred once they know my stance on things but when it comes to general views of the english from the welsh side of the nationalist coin oh by it's a year old blood feud as for how the worst of the english view the welsh it's usually just stereotype mockery or snobbishness and it's very effing common off hand racist remarks are something i have seen directed towards the welsh on an almost weekly basis if i accidentally come into contact with the muppets who espouse it tv forums general street banter bah