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CNN cedes Wales to England

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Posted in Music and Media, 18th December 2006 10:35 GMT

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We have some bad news for those of you who woke up this morning thinking you were Welsh: as of right now, you're English, and you'd just better get used to the idea:

CNN cedes Wales to England

Yup, CNN last week ceded Wales to England in this story concerning the Suffolk murders. Although the offending map has now been removed, when we rang the Welsh Assembly this morning a very glum spokesman admitted: "If CNN says we're English then it must be true." ®

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Thanks to Colin Jones for the tip-off.

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