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  1. Hype for the Future 50X: From Wales to America…

    Introduction Numerous Welsh settlers, including Welsh Quakers in particular, have been significant in the colonial history of Pennsylvania, and especially within the inner Philadelphia area, for the religious tolerance associated with the Mid-Atlantic as well as economic similarities. While Welsh settlers were also occasionally associated with Maryland and even New Jersey, the Welsh influence in Pennsylvania is quite widespread within just the minimal area of Philadelphia and the surrounding […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2025

  2. Hype for the Future 47F: Welsh Features

    Welsh names are often associated with the Celtic roots of Wales, with pronunciations largely attached to the Welsh orthographic system, which often results in names apparently lacking vowels or having a lack of vowels, as in Bryn Mawr, Gwynedd, Bala Cynwyd, Merion (from Merioneth), Carmarthen, Caernarfon, Gwent (formerly known by the English name of Monmouth), and Glamorgan. While Cardiff is the English 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 spelling of the capital city of Wales, the Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 spelling is “Caerdydd.”

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2025

  3. Accessible rail travel and people faking disability:

    You’ve probably heard of mystery shoppers – people who act as customers on behalf of consumer organisations etc.

    And one way for the Department for Transport in England and Wales to monitor rail accessibility would be to use disabled mystery shoppers

    You might think so anyway

    But no, they (or at least the market research company acting on their behalf) have been using non-disabled mystery shoppers *pretending* to be disabled: disabilitynewsservice.com/rail

    WTAF?! 😳

    #FakingDisability #disabled #rail #UKPolitics #EnglandAndWales #DepartmentOfTransport

  4. CW: #Sentencing #Severity #Inflation #PenalPopulism

    In #EnglandAndWales the average custodial sentence length has officially doubled(!) since 2000.

    Why is this not being discussed more widely?

    And what are the main drivers of this process of sentence inflation?

    There is a really exciting article/thesis to be written about this.

    #Criminology
    #CriminalJustice

  5. So the current state of religion in England and Wales is:
    Christian 46.2%
    No religion 37.2%
    Muslim 6.5%
    Didn't answer the question 6%
    Hindu 1.7%
    Sikh 0.9%
    Jewish 0.5%
    Other 0.6%
    #EnglandAndWales #2021Census #Religion #Atheist

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