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This petition is now closed, as its deadline has passed.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to have at least basic Welsh/Gaelic taught to school children throughout the UK. More details
Submitted by Jamie Males – Deadline to sign up by: 12 September 2008 – Signatures: 24
More details from petition creator
Welsh, Gaelic, Cornish and other minority Celtic languages are an important part of our country's heritage, but they have been almost completely replaced by English. Surely it is only fair that schoolchildren around Britain, including England, should leearn at the least some simple Welsh and Gaelic; some of the mixed feelings between Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland are down to the fact that we don't understand each other's heritage, culture and identity enough, and language plays an important part in this.
Current signatories
Jamie Males, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- Laurence Mann
- mairi mackechnie
- Thomas Davies
- Yakki Daar
- Dominic Branford
- jacqueline barker
- thomas
- Abdullah Rhodes-Taylor
- Nia Medi Evans
- Stuart Edwards
- Giuseppe Bacchetti
- Edward Hatfield
- David McGowran
- Charley Hasted
- Stan Wallace
- L.Engeham
- simon deverson
- m.x.tazu
- John Roberts
- Nigel Walker
- david overfield
- Cllr. Nic Hodges
- shirley hodges
