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:

Yup, CNN last week ceded Wales to England in this story (http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/12/13/uk.clennell/index.html) 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." ®

Bootnote

Thanks to Colin Jones for the tip-off.

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