General election: Is Welsh independence a priority for voters?

“From my perspective, leaving the EU was very damaging to young people’s opportunities, and it would just be that again by leaving the UK,” he said.

“I feel that leaving the EU should be a massive warning sign for the kind of damage this thing [independence] can do.”

Tom said he feels an independent Wales would not have given him, or other young people, the same opportunities available with Wales a part of the UK.

“My background has been working in defence, and all opportunities I’ve gotten in that probably wouldn’t have got in an independent Wales”

Although Tom said he is in favour of keeping the nations together, he does think there should be more emphasis on changing the way we see the four countries.

“I don’t think it’s right to be looking at England on the same basis as Wales and Scotland and Northern Ireland,” he said.

“No one can tell me that someone from Yorkshire and someone from Cornwall are as similar as people from north and south Wales.”