Name change has left Fox & Farage & co angry at geology

The Brecon Beacons national park is dropping its English language name and scrapping its logo of a fiery greenhouse gas-emitting beacon, and it has sent the people you would expect into orbit!

The Welsh Conservative shadow minister for Mid-Wales James Evans said: “I am concerned that the whole rebranding exercise by the national park is not a priority for the people and the businesses who live in the park. Many of the residents in the area will also be wondering how much the rebranding exercise is going to cost.”

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Indigenous

However, the Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Jane Dodds said: “Other countries like New Zealand see the use of their indigenous languages such as Māori as not only key to protecting their history and culture, but also as a key marketing tool. There is no reason we shouldn’t be doing so in Wales.”

Plaid Cymru’s spokesperson for the Welsh language, Heledd Fychan, said: “This decision by the national park is a positive step in normalising the use of Welsh.

“In reclaiming our original Welsh names, we can reclaim our heritage, which is vital if we want our language to continue to play a role in Wales’s future.”

Here is an explanation on Jeremy Vine.

Watch

Fair enough, thank you Mared

"It's not changing, it's always been called Bannau Brycheiniog, it's just the Welsh version of the name"@MaredParry explains that the Brecon Beacons' name change is simply a reversion to its original Welsh titlepic.twitter.com/MXYAiEObVd#jeremyvine

— Jerry Hicks (@JerryHicksUnite) April 17, 2023

Angry reactions

Nigel Farage wrote: “We are losing our minds.”

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We are losing our minds. https://t.co/b7evfmAZBQ

— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) April 17, 2023

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Lozza wrote: “Every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”

Every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right. https://t.co/PFQWgMAHVL

— Laurence Fox (@LozzaFox) April 17, 2023

Here are a few more…

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More eco lunacy! The Brecon Beacons renamed "Bannau Brycheiniog" because wood-burning braziers, from which its name is taken, "no longer appropriate as they try to make the area net zero by 2035" 😩https://t.co/Bf3dPr7PkM

— Martin Daubney 🇬🇧 (@MartinDaubney) April 17, 2023

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This is insane.

Brecon Beacons to be renamed over links to climate change https://t.co/zGGgQYb102

— Nile Gardiner (@NileGardiner) April 16, 2023

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We are now in the realms of mental illness.

At what point do we say NO to this BS?

🤡 https://t.co/uG404flCyQ

— Mark Dolan (@mrmarkdolan) April 17, 2023

Maybe they should read this!

Settling in for a day watching the Gammon's implode in apoplectic rage on hearing the news that the Welsh have decided to use Bannau Brycheiniog instead of the Anglicised "Brecon Beacons"

Well,

Get over it,

This is Wales,

NOT England… pic.twitter.com/kbgJuaeXk1

— JonnyValleyBoy (@JonnyValleyBoy) April 17, 2023

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Brecon Beacons hasn’t “changed” its name. It’s always been Bannau Brycheiniog, it’s just that the English is being dropped.

You already say “Pen y Fan”, “Corn Du” and “Cribyn”, so what’s the problem?

— Owen Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (@OwsWills) April 17, 2023

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