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Last week’s protest in Llandaff saw many come out and support us and see the jubilee in full swing in South Wales. Liz Morgan, a long-time supporter of Republic and campaigner for democratic reform, joined us on the day, and wrote a short piece about it. View her thoughts after the jump.

If you are on Facebook, you may know that we have a page which keep regularly updated with news and info on the republican debate in the media in Wales. Facebook is also a great place to discuss topics that affect us, and this week we started a discussion on the representation of republicanism and monarchy in Wales.

Republic Wales is now on Twitter! Follow us to keep updated on the monarchy, republicanism and the campaign in Wales. We will tweet regularly with links to news, discussion and campaign updates, so follow us and join the debate. Even if you don’t have a Twitter account, you can still keep updated – just add the website to your favourites.

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Thank you to everyone who turned out today – it was a good turnout, in a peaceful protest that was met without trouble. Despite the weather, we had some fun declaring the democratic alternative to the jubilee fanfare.

We also got a mention (albeit brief) on the BBC website – see it here.

More events to come, and we are hoping to get some speaker events very soon – watch this space!

Llandaff shop front display.

Below is the Echo editorial from Tuesday night (24/04/12) and above it our reply from Republic Wales. As you will see, the editorial contains some of the common misguiding arguments for monarchy (tourism, political heads of state). We felt the need to respond to correct these arguments and explian why in a jubilee year it is so important for republicans in Wales to make their voices heard.  If you agree with us and feel that the Echo should provide a ..read more