Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Sanarwar Cardiff a matsayin babban birnin Wales a 1955, alƙawarin 1959 na Labour don nada Sakataren Gwamnati don Wales, ƙirƙirar Ofishin Welsh a 1965, da kuma soke Dokar Wales da Berwick ta 1746 shekaru biyu bayan haka kamar sun nuna karuwar kishin kasa. Duk da haka, babban rashin nasara ga Majalisar Welsh da aka ba da shawara ta Labour a cikin
Zaben raba gardama na 1979 "ya nuna cewa yawancin mazaunan Wales ba su da sha'awar ganin ƙasarsu tana da makomar ƙasa".