The ballot papers for the Plaid Cymru leadership contest have begun arriving at members’ homes across Wales. If you are a member, tell us below how you voted (or intend to vote). It is an Alternative Vote election, so please note your first and second choice. If you didn’t note […]
Plaid Cymru can start a “national conversation” about independence under his leadership, Rhun ap Iorwerth has said. The Plaid Cymru leadership candidate, and former BBC journalist, says he views clarity in communicating his and Plaid’s message as paramount, calling for the party to sharpen up its social media profile […]
Former Plaid Cymru leader Ieuan Wyn Jones has thrown his weight behind Rhun ap Iorwerth in the leadership race. The former Anglesey MP and AM said that Plaid Cymru needed a leader who understood and realised “the significance of Brexit and the serious harm that will happen to the economy […]
The very idea of Wales could be in question if Wales’ does not fight back against Westminster’s attempts to scrub the nation off the map, according to Adam Price. But as leader, he would attempt to channel people’s anger towards the political establishment into hope rather than resentment, he […]
Environmental movement Greenpeace has called for further testing of mud from the new Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in England, which is being dumped at sea near Cardiff. Contractors NNB Genco, responsible for building and operating the new Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset, plan to dispose […]
A Welsh football fan decided to prank Katie Hopkins after she sought out negative stories about Welsh language education online. The owner of the Twitter account ‘Welsh Fan Zone TV’ sent the former Daily Mail columnist a fake story saying his son ‘Smithy’ and friend ‘Gavin’ were being bullied at […]
An MP has asked the Secretary of State for Wales to apologise after he said that opposition to a plan that would merge the south of Wales and south-west of England into one economic region was “anti-English”. Asked about Carmarthen East and Dinefwr MP Jonathan Edwards’ opposition to the plan, […]
Leanne Wood’s leadership has come under fire in anonymous comments in the Western Mail. Speaking to the newspaper’s Chief Reporter, Martin Shipton, two senior sources in the party accused Leanne Wood of offering “no leadership” and “no communication”. Plaid’s incumbent leader – who faces a leadership challenge by AMs Adam […]
The Assembly Member for Ceredigion Elin Jones has announced that she will be giving Rhun ap Iorwerth her first vote in the Plaid Cymru leadership election. In a statement today, Elin Jones AM, who is also the National Assembly’s Presiding Officer, said that she would be “voting for change”. She […]
Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns has been criticised after defending a lack of investment in Wales by saying that more investment in England would benefit Wales. Appearing before the Welsh Affairs Committee, he said that “infrastructure investment doesn’t have to be in Wales to benefit Wales”. “Because you can imagine that […]
