Rhun ap Iorwerth – whose party has led in some polling ahead of next May’s Senedd election – told The i Paper that Plaid was now the main anti-Reform force in Wales.
The Senedd election on 7 May is expected to prove hugely significant for politics across the UK.
However, that dominance could come to an end in May. While Labour has led in some polls since the start of the year, two have shown Nigel Farage’s Reform in the lead while one put Plaid in front.
Wales’ First Minister, Eluned Morgan, has said Labour is the only party able to withstand the “wrecking ball” of Reform.
“The evidence suggests that that ship has sailed for Labour,” he said. “The people of Wales have cottoned on to the fact that they don’t need to keep on electing Labour just in order to keep out the right, they have seen that they can do that through Plaid Cymru.”
“What we have is Reform eager to use Wales as a test bed and a springboard for [a general election in] 2029, that’s what they’re targeting,” he said. “I won’t let our Welsh parliament be used as a play thing and an experiment.”
Asked whether it was appropriate for Farage as an Englishman to lead the campaign, ap Iorwerth said: “Whether somebody’s English is neither here nor there.
While Labour has been in government in Cardiff since 1999, it has never held an outright majority and changes to the electoral system this time around will make it even more difficult for one party to win a majority.
“People should not underestimate the significance of who is in that hot seat, who is running Welsh Government, who’s setting the tone for Welsh Government, who leads in negotiations with UK government.”
However, he claimed that Starmer’s government had been “deeply unprogressive”, pointing to policies such as cuts to winter fuel payments and the retention of the two-child benefit cap.
But he said that Plaid winning next year’s election could still be a stepping-stone towards independence. He said: “We want to show that we will be a good government for Wales. And in doing that, I want to give the people of Wales the confidence in asking, ‘okay, where next?’
“I’d be happy for Wales to be independent tomorrow. But it’s not what I feel, it’s when Wales can feel confident enough to take that step.”
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