Comment DBCC-8198
I wish to register my objection to Welsh only constituency names being used in Senedd elections.
As one of the vast majority of non Welsh speaking voters I'm feeling increasingly disenfranchised in Wales by the continual eroding of the English language, a language which is spoken by EVERYONE in Wales!
This is meant to be a bilingual nation but it seems that we are forgetting this with the main language used being airbrushed out. The renaming of Snowdon and the Brecon Beacons being two of the more obvious examples.
These new constituency names will not be understood by many electors but only by a minority of Welsh speakers. The cynic in me wonders if that's intentional to influence turnout as Plaid Cymru supporters are likely to be motivated by this renaming.
I hope the boundary commission will reconsider and have bilingual constituencies as in the age of Diversity,Equality and Inclusion I'm starting to feel very EXCLUDED in Wales.
Regards
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