Yes Caerdydd, the Cardiff branch of Yes Cymru, says it has seen its membership increase over the past few weeks as more people express an interest in Welsh independence.
Mark Hooper, treasurer of Yes Caerdydd, says they now have more than thirty active members with more joining each week.
“The movement and feeling for Welsh independence is definitely growing.”
“The first time we met there were four of us talking about it in the pub, now we’ve got a very active membership of more than thirty people.”
“Every time we have a meeting we see new people joining and we can see that growing very quickly.”
“We had a meeting last night, and there were six or seven new faces there.”
Lots of new people, passion and ideas at tonight's @YesCaerdydd meeting.
— Yes Cymru Caerdydd (@YesCaerdydd) January 19, 2017
Mr Hooper says the group has begun using the term ‘indycurious’ to encourage people to question the idea of Welsh independence without committing to it.
He says more people are expressing an interest because they “are concerned about what is going on elsewhere in the world.”
But the group says they aren’t party political, seeing people join from a variety of political parties and ideologies.
“No one knows what the future holds, and if you leave it to other people to define your future then the issue of taking back control resonates strongly.”
“Independence is very much about us saying these are our problems and issues, and we think Wales can sort them out ourselves.”
A YouGov poll conducted last year put support for Welsh independence at 17 per cent.
