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“So I think there was a feeling by a lot of people… they felt okay, the UK state, which is not perfect but muddling along, a lot of those have been undermined by the way the Conservatives have dealt with Brexit<\/p>\n
“A lot of people who felt fairly comfortable being Welsh, British and European, Brexit has undermined a lot of those kinds of sentiments. <\/p>\n
“And maybe they’re not all coming to independence but a lot of them are curious.<\/p>\n
“So they’re open to the idea of independence and they’re not totally dismissive of it as they would have been before Brexit, so Brexit has undermined that.”<\/p>\n
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YesCymru has 30,000 paid members and saw a surge in joiners after the Scottish parliament election. <\/p>\n
Mr Jobbins told Express.co.uk that there was certainly a “domino effect” between what happens in Wales and Scotland but stressed the politics were vastly different. <\/p>\n
He added he believes the Welsh independence movement is less confrontational than in Scotland as supporters are less driven by isolationist ideas. <\/p>\n
Instead, they still want to maintain a strong relationship with the UK but simply want to have a different government. <\/p>\n
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He told Express.co.uk that to some the British identity is “redundant” as the culture and unique characteristics could still be enjoyed independently. <\/p>\n
He said people in Wales could still enjoy English or Irish food thanks to a globalised world and still wanted to maintain those friendly links<\/p>\n
The YesCymru chairman explained his group were not aligned with any political party or position and welcomed anyone who believed in an independent Wales.<\/p>\n
Mr Jobbins welcomed working with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to see if they could swap ideas with one another. <\/p>\n