Cambria Politico - The Political Blog

The difficulty lies in the fact that powers over taxation still lie with Westminster, and not at the Senedd.

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Once upon a time, Plaid Cymru used to hold an annual conference which attracted nationalists from all corners of the country to debate ideas and to decide policy. But not now.

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Time for Plaid’s ‘older generation’ to wise up on independence

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The Rev Roger Roberts put his foot right into his mouth and then swallowed it when he averred the failure to launch a Welsh-language daily paper was of little matter

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In all the comment about Plaid’s performance in the elections, Caerffili has been almost ignored.
Certainly, it’s significant that Plaid lost Gwynedd - but as the seats went to another lot of Nats, there’s not much difference politically.
Far more important is what happened in the Valleys. From the insignificant mention in Plaid’s main comment on their [...]

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There’s something to be said for politicians being honest about the promises they will deliver when they get elected.

Plaid’s loss of control of Gwynedd County Council - over the closure of some of the primary schools with which the county is over-provisioned for the number of children born - may soon link up with [...]

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