It’s time the Welsh dragon was allowed to roar for the UK

While the Scots debate independence, the Welsh don’t even get a spot on the Union Flag

Crispin Black

BECAUSE of the referendum this year, the future of the United Kingdom is invariably considered from the Scottish angle. How do the Scots feel? What do the Scots want? But what about other countries in the Union?

Why isn’t Wales represented on the Union Flag, symbol of our country? Or the royal coat of arms, symbol of our monarch? It is, after all, a constituent part of the United Kingdom.

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is a former Welsh Guards lieutenant colonel and intelligence analyst for the British government's Joint Intelligence Committee. His book, 7-7: What Went Wrong, was one of the first to be published after the London bombings in July 2005.