Most people in Scotland DON'T wear plaid. It's just traditional.
"Wales" comes from the Anglo-Saxon "waelisc" meaning "foreign", so presumably it got this name around the 5th or 6th century AD. The Welsh name for the country is Cymru. The Romans called it Cambria.
At the moment the British Prime Minister is David Cameron and the parties are-:Labour PartyConservative PartyLiberal DemocratScottish National Party (SNP)Plaid Cymru - the Party of WalesDemocratic Unionist Party (DUP)Sinn FéinSocial Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)RespectUK Independence Party (UKIP)Independent LabourIndependent Conservative
Tartan looks just like plaid to American eyes, but in Scotland it is very distinctive and used to identify various Scottish clans.
The government of Wales is called the Welsh Assembly Governement (often abbrieviated to WAG). At the moment (14/1/8) The government is a coalition of Labour www.welshlabour.org.UK and Plaid Cymru (The Party of Wales) www.plaidcymru.org/. The government is run at the National Assembly www.wales.gov.UK from the Senedd (which is Welsh for senate) Building in Cardiff Bay
Plaid Cymru was created on 1925-08-05.
Plaid Cymru.
The Plaid Cymru party supported the Civil Partnership Act of 2004, which gave gays and lesbian couples in the United Kingdom all the same rights and responsibilities of marriage, without the use of the legal term "marriage."
Plaid's emblem is a yellow-and-orange "poppy", which normally appears on a background of green, which was the party's traditional colour. The party defines precise shades of "Plaid green, Plaid yellow, Plaid orange, and Plaid grey" for use in its publicity material. Yellow-on-green is the most commonly seen colour combination.
"Cymru" is the Welsh word for Wales in English.
Its not Cymru am Bach that means wales for small its Cymru am Byth and it means Wales Forever
yes there is a small town in wales named after wales itself it is in the south of wales and has the name of cymru.
Plaid Cymru was founded in August 1925 by the Welsh historian and writer Saunders Lewis, along with his colleagues H.R. Jones and Lewis Valentine. They were members of the militant nationalist group the Welsh Home Rule Army. Up until then, no separate political party had existed for Wales, although both the Labour and Liberal Parties supported Welsh home rule.
The Irish name for Cymru is An Bhreatain Bheagbut Scottish Gaelic uses A' Chuimrigh.
Cymru
Ieuan Wyn Jones has: Played himself in "Question Time" in 1979. Played Himself - Plaid Cymru Leader in "The Politics Show" in 2003. Played Himself - Leader, Plaid Cymru in "Sunday AM" in 2005. Played himself in "Election Night" in 2007. Performed in "Week in Week Out" in 2009. Played himself in "Dermot Meets..." in 2010.
A shawl that is plaid.