Winston Churchill in the British Media by Hanako Ishikawa

Author:Hanako Ishikawa
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030482527
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

It is notable here that the paper calls Churchill ‘our Prime Minister’ and Welsh history as our British history, demonstrating Welsh affinity with the rest of Britain. It named English heroes in history in the same breath as Lloyd George and highlighted the unity of the UK rather than Welsh identity.

Churchill’s Visit to Wales in April 1941

During the war Churchill visited many cities in the UK. In Wales, he visited Cardiff, Swansea, and some towns in Cardiganshire in April 1941. Generally, his visits were reported in English-language newspapers in Wales as cordial and welcoming. The Western Mail covered his visits to Swansea, Cardiganshire, and Cardiff and reported the attitudes of people in each area. The paper applauded his ‘remarkable vitality’ under heavy responsibility.57 Many cordial exchanges between Churchill and Welsh people were addressed in the paper: a workman who gently reproved Churchill for not carrying gas masks in Swansea; people expressing thanks to him at a Swansea dock; and a schoolboy ‘running down the garden path of his home, waved a Union Jack and shouted “Churchill for ever”’, when the cars of Churchill’s party were ascending a steep hill in Cardiganshire.58 The paper reported that Churchill was welcomed by huge crowds in Cardiff and in all the street workers greeted him:The visit, intended to be secret, developed into a triumphant tour. Arriving in the first of the areas which suffered in a recent “blitz,” Mr. Churchill spoke to several members of a demolition squad and in response to cheers said, “We’ll give it to them, boys.” “Bravo, Cardiff, God bless you,” the Premier shouted to the large crowd outside as he re-entered his car. In every street there were workers to greet him.59

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