Ifan Morgan Jones Mark Drakeford’s speech last night to launch the party’s ‘Reforming the Union’ document has already attracted plenty of comment. This was mainly because of Drakeford’s unfortunate claim that Plaid Cymru “blame the English for all our present discontents”, which Plaid’s Westminster leader Liz Saville-Roberts (born and bred […]
Hywel Williams MP, Plaid Cymru Brexit Spokesperson As we enter the most intensive round of the Brexit blame game, we must remember one thing: the only reason Boris Johnson hasn’t got a deal is that he never even tried to get one. This week’s blame game narrative is not new, […]
Jonathan Edwards, Plaid Cymru MP for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Next week MPs will be asked to vote on a farcical Queen’s Speech which in reality will be nothing more than a five-day manifesto launch for the Conservative Party. The British Government do not require a Queen’s Speech in order […]
Harry Waveney, Kurdish Solidarity Cymru (@KSCymru) Last weekend I was on a stall at Plaid Cymru’s conference in Swansea representing Kurdish Solidarity Cymru, a collective of activists which arose around the historic 161-day hunger strike of Newport resident, Imam Sis. Imam, along with thousands of others around the world, many […]
Rakib Ehsan As yet another General Election looms on the horizon, there is a group of voters which is increasingly attracting attention among political commentators – pro-Brexit, traditional Labour voters. With Conservative PM Boris Johnson resigned to losing a considerable number of seats in middle-class Remainia, it is becoming increasingly […]
Rhun ap Iorwerth AM, Plaid Cymru Deputy Assembly Leader Today, members of the National Assembly for Wales will vote on changing our national democratic institution’s name to signify its transition to a legislative parliament. Plaid Cymru strongly supports Senedd becoming the official name of our national representative body. It’s already widely used […]
John Ball, former lecturer in economics at Swansea University Last week Alun Cairns claimed in an interview with the Western Mail that Wales will “never vote for independence”. Never is, of course, a strong word. Wasn’t it the British Empire upon which the sun would ‘never’ set? I suppose it’s to […]
Ifan Morgan Jones Although it was barely mentioned by Plaid Cymru themselves or the media, perhaps the most significant result of the conference in Swansea over the weekend was the re-election of Alun Ffred Jones as party Chair. Plaid’s Cardiff West branch, the power base of Neil McEvoy AM, had […]
Aled ap Dafydd, Plaid Cymru parliamentary candidate for Ynys Môn This article was first delivered as a speech at the 2019 Plaid Cymru conference at the Swansea Grand Theatre. I have been to Plaid Cymru’s Party Conference many times before. Many times. Here with you, but not officially one of […]
Siân Gwenllian AM, Plaid Cymru Shadow Minister for Education and Welsh Language Later today, at Plaid Cymru’s annual conference in Swansea, I will be presenting a motion which, if passed, will form the basis of our party’s Action Plan for Schools and Early Years when Plaid Cymru form Wales’ next […]
