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Prospect of independent Wales becoming more credible, campaigners say at 6,000-strong rally in Swansea

WELSH independence campaigners hailed a 6,000-strong march and rally in Swansea on Saturday, saying that the prospect of an independent Wales was becoming more credible.

Addressing the rally, Naomi Hughes of independence campaign group YesCymru asked: “If Slovakia can be independent, why can’t we?

“And if Iceland, with a population only 30 per cent greater than Swansea itself, can be independent, why can’t we?

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