Cheshire town votes to join Wales

Presumably inspired by Berwick on Tweed, residents of Audlem in Cheshire have staged their own poll on whether to become part of Wales.

The main reason seems to be the free prescriptions they would be getting if they were just over the border in Wales.

The poll was tongue in cheek but there was one rather worrying suggestion - that they should opt to join Shropshire instead and that the whole of Shropshire should join Wales. A disturbing thought I'm sure you'll agree but we do have two of the qualifications for being handed to Wales - like Monmouthshire, we are on the border and like Monmouthshire we have lots of Welsh place names - so we'd better keep an eye on our MPs to make sure they aren't being bought and sold for English Welsh English gold!

The Audlem Online website has a debate on the poll with some interesting comments already, including one resident saying that the English are trying to steal Monmouthshire. I felt it my duty to point out that it can't be stealing if you're merely taking back what is rightfully yours.