Don't plan on it. I had a friend in Wales who didn't like the harsh words I had to offer about the economic failure of Cadbury. I pressed the issue by asking if the government should impose a Cadbury tax to keep them alive in spite of not being competitive in the market. She railed at the idea that you have to be economically viable to survive. She proclaimed herself a "proud socialist". It went downhill from there. I had to hit the "remove" link on the Facebook friends list to quash the acrimonious interaction. Too bad. I really wanted to improve my linguistic proficiency in Welsh, but so many of the Welsh are steeped in the socialism that pervades the U.K. It's gasoline and a match when I watch that in play.
Read this good analysis of socialism that was just posted on the Free Republic:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2519797/posts
It is interesting that someone wrote this piece which describes exactly what I believe.
That sounds about right. Wales is practically another department of Government.
And Scotland is a crushing welfare millstone - AND the Scots get twice as many MPs (members of parliament) per capita.
England does all the work and pays all the bills.