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Don't listen to kinnock, they were as princely as any other.

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The picture below has been flying around social media for a few years now.  Kinnock said these words while trying to tell the Welsh that they have no right of nationhood or an assembly during the 1979 referendum campaign. The thing is though, folks, he isn't alone with these opinions. Many people of his generation have this opinion. They grew up at a time when many people were embarrassed of being welsh.  A time when the print media and the BBC have full control over what news the people had access to.  Anyway, I thought I would have a look to see what the differences are between the Welsh princes and so-called Brigands.  Iv decided to compare well-known brigands called the Red Bandits of Mawddwy and the Welsh prince who was called  Llywelyn ap Iorwerth.  I'm not going to go in depth here as I'm only comparing them :)  When Llewellyn becomes prince, deliberately set out on a policy of reconstructing the whole basis of Welsh political life. He