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Eluned Morgan say she ‘won’t stay silent’ as she looks to Senedd vote next year

05 May 2025 3 minute read
Prime Minister Keir Starmer and First Minister Eluned Morgan – Image: Welsh Government

Eluned Morgan will insist that she “will not stay silent” if UK Labour makes “decisions that we think will harm Welsh communities”, as she marks one year to the 2026 Senedd elections.

The First Minister will say that she “will not hesitate to challenge from within” when she delivers a major speech in Cardiff on Tuesday.

She will also say that “the future of Wales is at stake”, as the party looks to the challenge from Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, one year out from the vote.

Downturn

Polling by Survation in April suggested that voters are split three ways when it comes to the Senedd elections, with Labour on 27%, and Reform and Plaid Cymru both on 24%.

Such numbers would mark a significant downturn in the Labour vote, after the party managed to secure 39.9% in the last elections in 2021.

In the same contest, Plaid Cymru got 20.3% of the vote, while Reform got 1.6%.

Speaking in Cardiff on Tuesday, she is expected to say when it comes to working with the UK Government: “Where we disagree we’ll say it, where we see unfairness we’ll stand up to it.

“And when Westminster makes decisions that we think will harm Welsh communities, we will not stay silent.”

She will also say: “I will not hesitate to challenge from within, even when it means shaking things up and disrupting the comfortable.”

‘Weight of responsibility’

The Senedd elections next spring will be Baroness Morgan’s first as party leader, having assumed the role last summer.

She will say that she knew the “weight of responsibility” when she took on that role, and that “change was not only coming, it was needed”.

“A new voting system. A new era. A government that’s already delivered for 27 years. Now, with the rise of Reform and the risks of a divided left vote, the future of Wales is at stake,” she will add.

She is also expected to say that “our politics isn’t about putting people down, it’s about quiet determination. It’s about care, compassion, graft. It is about solidarity not spite”.

Reform won control of 10 local authorities in England last week, after they won more than 600 seats across the local elections.

Mr Farage has the Welsh and Scottish parliaments in his sights, as he said on Friday that “next year we will go for the Welsh and Scottish parliamentary elections, and I believe we can and we will win that next general election”.

Sir Keir Starmer faced push back in the wake of the English results, with policies such as changes to the winter fuel allowance and welfare reforms among those criticised by Labour figures.

He was also warned that right-wing parties would make gains at their expense if they do not offer the change that voters want.


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Jeff
Jeff
16 hours ago

I gotta list, when is she starting?
Start with closer alignment with the EU, then heating, then….

John Ellis
John Ellis
16 hours ago

Eluned Morgan will insist that she “will not stay silent” if UK Labour makes “decisions that we think will harm Welsh communities”, as she marks one year to the 2026 Senedd elections.’

Electorally speaking, she simply can’t afford to ‘stay silent’, given that the election next year might well not be a good moment for Welsh Labour.

Mab Meirion
Mab Meirion
15 hours ago

What has she accomplished for her wages, not much…

Just like all of the semi-retired bed-blockers in that place…

Last edited 15 hours ago by Mab Meirion
Mab Meirion
Mab Meirion
7 hours ago
Reply to  Mab Meirion

Ask him why he felt the need to lie over Hinkley Point C…

Mab Meirion
Mab Meirion
6 hours ago
Reply to  Mab Meirion

Lady Llanfaes gets twice the comments without harming Wales as the Baroness,

This seems a little unfair given the wasted opportunity presented by Eluned Morgan…

ps have a word in Clark’s ear about sacking the other Morgan (from Cork)

Mab Meirion
Mab Meirion
5 hours ago
Reply to  Mab Meirion

The juxtaposition of articles/photos is well thought out, protect the FM with some young lady taking her chances in life…what do you think Rhun…?

Fi yn unig
Fi yn unig
8 hours ago

The words of ‘clear red water’. Nice. We have moved from the comfort zone of Labour at both ends of the M4 to the realisation that we will only ever have some degree of Toryism from the London end of it so bold action is required because the future of our country is indeed at stake. Divergence from her Westminster masters is mandatory and she must be a thorn in their side on this from now on but furthermore, the narrative that we are under threat from virulent English nationalism with an eradication agenda for Cymru must be trumpeted loudly… Read more »

Stephen Thomas
Stephen Thomas
7 hours ago

😂😂😂😂and for her next deception? She hasn’t so far so why would she now? Perhaps she’ll demand, publicly, the 4 billion we are owed or the crown estates profits or equality of rail funding. Or what about demanding the revision of the Barnett formula

Martyn Rhys Vaughan
Martyn Rhys Vaughan
11 minutes ago

Eluned Morgan is First Minister? When did that happen?

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