IT SHOULD be an interesting sight, when Western Mail letter-writer Neil Welton ascends to the block erected outside Cardiff Castle, lays his head down, and hears the swish of the axe, before knowing no more as his now-detached head tumbles to the ground.

Why outside Cardiff Castle? Because that is an institution founded by republicans, writes Clive Betts, who usually blogs from the press gallery at the National Assembly.

And what was he found guilty of  ?

Attempting to overthrow the current Anglo-German monarchy by ridiculing the Welsh language, a facet of Her Majesty’s realm which she [by the way, does She get a capital S ?] thought sufficiently of to determine that her son attended Aberystwyth University to learn it.

Mr (what, no knighthood yet ?) Welton, you may remember from the Cambria Politico blog, believes that 80 pc of National Assembly members can speak Welsh, which makes it into a Welsh-speakers’ dictatorship, thus ensuring that the Assembly should have no right to any further powers over the Welsh language.

In fact, probably only 31 pc do. A classic example of the Goebbels trick of trying to repeat a lie often enough.

A second crime he is guilty of is mixing the Monarchy with politics. And that’s the worse one.

If he knew anything about the theory of monarchies (those which survive), the two mustn’t mix. To do so is a quick way to overthrow.

But why did he commit this cardinal sin ? Must be because of grave ignorance about the language, through being English.

The monarchy Wales  (sorry, but I forgot the capital initial) web site he has set up tells us nothing about where he was born (therefore no obit in The Independent), and says only that he was educated in “England and Wales”, finishing at Cardiff University.

I bet Cardiff Uni was the extent of the Welshness of his education.

Although he splits his life between Llandaff North (what, not Llandaff, or even Radyr ?) and the English capital, he says he is a member of the Church of England.  As there’s no Church of England in Wales, that means he spends every Sunday in England, and also that he was baptised over there.

Really, when will these English learn something accurate about the country next door ?

There are signs from his web-site that Mr Welton possesses a sense of humour.

Turning to his link to the Monarchist “blog” (I thought that used to be the title of a magazine, but perhaps it has fallen on hard times), a sense of humour is certainly needed.

Unfortunately, there are some signs in the Monarchist which, if they originate with Mr Welton, indicate he could be extremely anti-Welsh.

The “magazine” contains long lists of supporters of the current Anglo-German regime. Dozens of mini-national flags are displayed from every white country from the former empire. Even Scotland is there. I’m not sure I spotted Ireland (even the Six Counties), although that country must surely be there.

But prominent in its absence was Wales. Only one mini-dragon flag appeared, and that was beside the name of Mr Welton’s equal-mini organisation.

There was no mention of Carlo’s residence in Carmarthenshire (perhaps they couldn’t spell the name).

Perhaps to the Monarchist Wales simply doesn’t exist.

The most intriguing item was a column asking, “Who are the top “British” prime ministers in history. Give marks for style and substance.”

Perhaps a serious questionnaire ?  But at the bottom of the column came the simple words, “Do Not Vote for David Lloyd George.”

If Mr Welton is either responsible for those words, or fails to get the rapidly removed, I think we can ask whether he is a closet racialist. That he doesn’t object to any of  Ll G’s policies, but to him being Welsh.

Which is another reason to bring that axe down quickish on his kneck.

I suppose we can forgive the Monarchist for its beliefs, and for some of the creeps who write for it. After all, if the English lack a Gorsedd, they no doubt feel the need for a monarchy.

In the view of many in Wales, the Queen does a good job.

If you were a republican, who would you replace her with ? Maggie, the destroyer of industry ? Or would it be with  Tony B Liar ?

And for an independent Wales, there’s only one possibility. I’m sure Rhodri Morgan would die laughing.

The biggest headache Mrs Windsor must have to face is surely the Monarchists of her realm.  It’s not only that they are such a comic shower. But when they open their mouths, they open them wide enough to swallow the entire English Empire.

And that’s before they start giving their political opinions – which  come close to ridiculing anything which is not English. After all, one of the Monarchist’s aims is “to defend the English-speaking peoples”. Someone had better ask them if they have moved beyond the Blue Books of 1847.