Wales

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

There was no single English conquest of Wales, it happened in a series of stages.

Wales was a fully independent nation up until 1275, when King Llewellyn the Great was killed in a battle with the Normans. In the decades that followed, the Normans set up a heavy military presence in the country, building enormous military garrisons and heavily defended castles, but they were unable to subdue the Welsh people. Their main interest was in securing certain areas for economic or strategic purposes (often on the coast), but had little concern for the wider nation beyond, much of which remained under the control of local chieftains who constantly harried and attacked the Norman fortifications, sometimes with considerable success. The Norman troops seldom ventured outside of their military bases other than in large, heavily armed platoons, and even then this was a dangerous thing to do. It was even more dangerous for English civilians, be they of Saxon or Norman descent- only lower-ranking clergy, such as mendicant friars or simple country priests, could cross the border with any level of safety, knowing that they would be respected and unmolested by the deeply Christian Welsh.

Wales remained in a state similar to that of contemporary Afghanistan for 125 years after the arrival of the Normans- titularly under Plantagenent rule, but in practice governed by local warlords and the remnants of the Welsh royalty, who were held in contempt and disgust by the Plantagenent Kings of England, who taxed them heavily and passed a number of anti-Welsh laws. In 1400, Owain Glyndwr launched his rebellion, a full-scale revolt against English rule- Owain was a descendant of the Welsh royal houses of both Gwynedd and Deheubarth, and the best placed person to lay claim to the Welsh crown. The rebellion was succesful for a number of years- the forces of Henry IV were driven out, a Welsh Parliament was established in the town of Machynlleth, and Wales gained official diplomatic recognition from a number of European nations. He entered into a pact with the English noble houses of Percy and Mortimer to combine forces to overthrow King Henry, which would have resulted in the Welsh border being extended much further Eastwards to incorporate what is now Herefordshire, and England itself being split in two, with the Percy's ruling the North and the Mortimers governing the South. This pact was known as the 'Tripartite Indenture', and had it worked, would have changed the face of Britain forever. But the plan failed- in 1408, Henry IV's son Prince Hal launched a huge counter-offensive against Glyndwr's forces, resulting in the collapse of the Independence movement two years later. Glyndwr disappeared into obscurity, and his burial place remains unknown.

Repressive laws were then brought in against the Welsh to ensure that such a rebellion could never happen again, and the people were treated harshly by the English Government, although Wales remained recognised as a seperate nation. In 1485, the Welsh Henry Tudor defeated Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth with a combined English, Welsh and French army, ending the Plantagenent Dynasty. This resulted in a Welshman becoming King of England for the first time ever, incorporating the Red Dragon into the British Coat of Arms, abolishing the racist anti-Welsh legislation of the Plantagenets, and treating the country with fairness and equality. However, his son Henry VIII brought in the 'Act of Union' in 1536, which effectively abolished Wales as a seperate nation and made it a part of England- he was aware that by the time of his reign, many Welsh people felt that the Tudors had sold out to the English too much, and he wished to forestall the possibility of another Glyndwr-style rebellion.

Wales was thence completely conquered by England, and officially regarded AS England, up until Victorian times, when a new wave of nationalist consciousness swept the country and resulted in Wales becoming officially 'disestablished' shortly before the First World War, once again recognised as an entity in it's own right. Since then it has slowly been regaining it's sovereignty again- the Welsh Nationalist Party, Plaid Cymru, was founded in 1926, and despite Winston Churchill's hatred of Wales when he was Prime Minister, it has continued to increase it's status as a nation in it's own right. In 1997, a Referendum led to the establishment of the Welsh Assembly, which by 2010 was granted full law-making powers in all devolved areas. Independence remains some way off, but the country is moving towards a state of complete control over it's own affairs.

Technically Yes. However, its membership is because the UK Government signed up to join EU and therefore be default Wales is a member but under the unbrella of the UK.

Very fertile hilly land

True

Most collector plates sell for about $5-10 at auction.

david from the bible is a man with God's help killed a gaint and he was a sheppard boy

Elder abuse is on the rise because baby boomers are now in that category. Sometimes it's family abuse going full circle - abusive parents who become dependant on their children because of age are frequenly abused by those children because it's how the family functions. Abusive treatment could also come from a caretaker at a nursing home or a stranger who takes advantage financially or intimidates an elder. Like most abuse statistics, if you find one on elder abuse it will be an estimate. Most abuse goes unreported and uncounted. ____________________________________________________________ The National Center on Elder Abuse estimated that more than a million (1,000,935) seniors suffered abuse or neglect in a single year.

Wales is a whole country within the UK. It contains many postcodes. If you know the town, you could probably find out the postcode. But in fact, the postcode system within the UK is a lot more precise than that - the average suburban house is in its own postcode with probably just a dozen or two other houses having the same code.

The Welsh Assembly began their 2012 fiscal year on January 9th. They generally meet every weekday (Monday-Friday) through the Spring months, however as the year continues through the summer and fall, the Assembly meets less and less until finally around October it is mainly just exhibitions and sports matches. It is not often they have meetings in December, and usually finish their year around late October, early November.

It is bore da, pronounced phonetically "bore-eh daah"
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Wales has the same money as England, based on the British Pound.

Medi means September

medi means to reap

No, that is more than 4 times the population of the entire the United Kingdom. Wales has a population, according to the last census in 2001, of around 2.94 million.

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No.

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It obviously depends on... where in Wales your destination is, what form of transport you travel by, what route you take and how fast you travel.

It's gentlemen and ladies in welsh

"boneddigion a boneddigesau"

A number of kingdoms formed in the area now called Wales in the post-Roman period. While the most powerful ruler was acknowledged as King of the Britons (later Tywysog Cymru: Leaderor Prince of Wales), and some rulers extended their control over other Welsh territories and into western England, none were able to unite Wales for long. Internecine struggles and external pressure from the English and later, the Norman conquerors of England, led to the Welsh kingdoms coming gradually under the sway of the English crown. In 1282, the death of Llywelyn the Last led to the conquest of the Principality of Wales by King Edward I of England; afterwards, the heir apparent to the English monarch has borne the title "Prince of Wales". The Welsh launched several revolts against English rule, the last significant one being that led by Owain Glyndŵr in the early 15th century. In the 16th century Henry VIII, himself of Welsh extraction, passed the Laws in Wales Acts aiming to fully incorporate Wales into the Kingdom of England. Under England's authority, Wales became part of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707 and then the United Kingdom in 1801. Yet, the Welsh retained their language and culture in spite of heavy English dominance. The publication of the extremely significant first Welsh translation of the Bible by William Morgan in 1588 greatly advanced the position of Welsh as a literary language.

Drama in Wales serves exactly the same purposes as it does elsewhere, to inform and entertain.

The Welsh Assembley Government (WAG)