Deri Hughes notes that, for the avoidance of doubt, Wales is firmly attached to the EU, while Gloria Brown, John Kelly and Neil Bateman take issue with Alun Cairns’ suggestion that Welsh farmers export their meat to Japan

I was surprised to be informed by Martin Kettle that my homeland might be minded to depart the union (the British one) (How Johnson’s Brexit could tear the United Kingdom apart, 1 August).

The litany of Brexit-related harms, risks and plagues that has been compiled since the beginning of the EU membership referendum campaign is, of course, long and varied, but of the items on that litany, Welsh independence is one of the more extraterrestrial ideas.

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