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At the beginning of October 10,000 people marched in central Cardiff calling for Welsh independence. Marches like the one on 1 October are becoming a more frequent occasion. An increase in support for an independent Wales went alongside the UK’s final exit from the European Union.<\/p>\n

Wales’s independence movement<\/h2>\n

In 2019, the year running up to 2020’s Brexit, people held at least three mass marches for Welsh independence. Over 5,000 people marched for independence through Merthyr Tydfil<\/a>. In 2019, a majority of councillors in Gwynedd County Council<\/a> in North Wales voted in support of independence. During the same year a YouGov<\/a> survey<\/a> of over a thousand people showed that 21% of respondents would support Welsh independence if there was a referendum.<\/a><\/p>\n

The thousands that marched in Cardiff on 1 October show that the movement is still strong. Many supporters of independence tweeted out pictures of the march:<\/div>\n

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"The Tory government has left working people like us behind. Towns across Wales have been left to rot. People are growing up without hope."https:\/\/t.co\/CwAAKTiwBT<\/a><\/p>\n

— voice.wales (@voice_wales) October 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n