1 week ago Plaid Cymru and SNP consider 'progressive alliance' to end 'race to the right'

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth and SNP leader John Swinney are meeting to discuss how they can work together to give voters a 'positive alternative' to Westminster

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1 week ago Plaid Cymru and SNP plan 'progressive alliance' to end 'race to the right'

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth and SNP leader John Swinney have met to discuss how they can work together to give voters a 'positive alternative' to Westminster

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1 week ago SNP and Plaid Cymru seek to give voters a ‘positive alternative’ to Westminster

SNP leader and Scottish First Minister John Swinney will hold talks with Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth in Edinburgh on Thursday.

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2 w. ago How did we beat Nigel Farage and Reform in Caerphilly? We stood by our convictions | Rhun ap Iorwerth

Welsh voters have rejected Labour and Starmerite managerialism. By offering hope and not division we showed the populist right can be beatenRhun ap Iorwerth is the leader of Plaid CymruPlaid Cymru’s decisive victory in the Caerphilly byelection proves that Labour’s century of dominance in Wales is over. Voters now face a clear choice between two very different futures, and Caerphilly shows that it is Plaid Cymru’s bold, inclusive vision that carries momentum.Caerphilly was one of the safest Labour seats in Wales. Many London commentators expected the seat to fall to Reform – perhaps even hoped it would. It would have fit the narrative that post-industrial communities naturally drift to the populist right. We proved them wrong. A message built on fairness, community and national purpose resonated with voters, and a comfortable majority voted for it.Rhun ap Iorwerth is the leader of Plaid Cymru and the member of the Senedd for Ynys Môn. Prior to being elected in 2013 he was the chief ...

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2 w. ago Caerphilly byelection a triumph of positivity over division, says Plaid Cymru leader

Rhun ap Iorwerth says party’s win was more than just rejection of immigration-obsessed Reform or rudderless LabourUK politics live – latest updatesPlaid Cymru can offer a positive vision for Wales for voters who want to reject the divisiveness of Reform UK, the party’s leader has said after a triumphant Welsh parliamentary byelection.Rhun ap Iorwerth said the 47% win for his party in the Caerphilly byelection was a rejection of Reform and its focus on immigration, which, while important, did not overshadow more pressing issues, such as healthcare and housing. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Douglas Alexander vows to 'take SNP Holyrood majority seriously' but makes no referendum commitment

The Scottish Secretary made no commitment to grant a second independence referendum if the SNP wins 65 seats - despite the Nationalists claiming he had.

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3 w. ago John Swinney hints at SNP legal bid over independence referendum 'precedent'

The First Minister has been accused of “trying to provoke an argument about the constitution”.

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4 w. ago Fifth term for SNP looks likely but John Swinney does not deserve it: Euan McColm

First Minister is again focusing on independence without detail on claimed benefits and no route to second referendum

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4 w. ago SNP backs Swinney’s ‘clear’ strategy for new independence referendum

Members overwhelmingly endorse leadership motion that majority at next Holyrood election is only route to second voteSNP members have overwhelmingly backed leader John Swinney’s “clear and unambiguous” independence strategy that a majority election win is the only route to another referendum.On the first day of the party’s annual conference in Aberdeen, the vast majority of members backed the leadership’s motion that next May’s Holyrood elections should be fought on a “clear platform of national independence” and that winning a majority in the Scottish parliament – by securing 65 seats or more – would be “the only uncontested way to deliver a new vote on Scotland’s future”. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Euan McColm: Fifth term for SNP looks likely but John Swinney does not deserve it

First Minister is again focusing on independence without detail on claimed benefits and no route to second referendum

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last month Plaid leader Rhun ap Iorwerth firmly states his position on an independence referendum

The leader of Plaid Cymru was speaking on the Radio 4 Today programme

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