One Of The The Building Blocks Of A Nation Is It's Archive. Wales Should Have One NOW

Hello there. Hope you're feeling well today.

Amazing thing Twitter. Yet again I didn't feel the need to write a post today when 140 characters comes along and makes me put fingers to keyboard.

It was linking  an article on Wales Online with regard to the agreed budget deal between Labour and Plaid Cymru. There are many important things in it, some I agree with, some I have worries about but the thing that created the most questions in my head was that there was going to be a "feasibility study" with regard to the creation of a national archive for Wales.

Actually just one question.

Wales doesn't have a national archive already?

One of the building blocks of a nation is its past. If Wales does not have a national archive that means that items of importance are scattered not just in the country but also around the United Kingdom (particularly of course London) and around the world. 

Wales then through possibly indifference I don't know has allowed its history to seep through its hands through the borders. I would guess that this was first done by Westminster and then by the incompetence of Welsh Labour.

Wales needs a national archive now. Not just in Cardiff but across the nation. I know that a National archive will not feed you, or treat you when you're ill. But the creation of an archive is essential to allow the people access to his history or else an entire people may be ignorant to aspects of it.

So a National Archive is an essential tool for the identity of a nation. There is no need for a feasibility study, just a plan of action. Welsh Labour, happy to throw money at things that the nation doesn't need, should act on something that can be truly called "Welsh".

A short post. Largely because I wanted to get this out there quickly. But I would argue an important issue that needs to be actioned as soon as possible.

Until the next time.