Plaid Cymru
Political Party
'Your Government has been doing things in health and education which are independent and innovative'...a successful referendum would bring to Wales. Labour and Plaid Cymru formed a coalition Government in 2007 with the goal of working towards a referendum by the end of Assembly term in 2011. Constitutional expert Alan Trench of Edinburgh... In this article: Wales, Plaid Cymru, and Labour |
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BBC News | November 07, 2009
Power review sought by contender
...referendum is called, but we need a united Labour Party for a victory." A Plaid Cymru spokesperson said Labour's Mr Jones has "always supported further devolution". The spokesperson said: "Many Labour AMs are as impatient as we are in...
In this article: Welsh Labour, Carwyn Jones, Labour Party, Edwina Hart, Wales, and Huw Lewis
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Wales Online | November 05, 2009
David Cameron poised to say Yes to vote on Assembly powers
...stage in the evolution of a party which once resisted devolution. Labour and Plaid Cymru's coalition deal commits them to holding a referendum during this Assembly term. But last week Welsh Secretary Peter Hain warned that while he...
In this article: David Cameron, Labour Party, Peter Hain, and Wales
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BBC News | October 18, 2009
Devolution report will 'surprise'
...winnable. The All Wales Convention will hand over its findings to Mr Morgan, who is due to stand down from leadership of the Labour party in December, and his deputy, Plaid Cymru Leader Ieuan Wyn Jones for consideration. Sir Emyr Jones...
In this article: Labour Party, Rhodri Morgan, Ieuan Wyn Jones, and Wales
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Wales Online | 3 days ago
All Wales Convention in favour of extra powers for Assembly
The Convention - established by Labour and Plaid Cymru to assess support for new law-making powers in Wales - found that while only 37% of people said they would vote against new powers in a referendum, just 47% would vote Yes. The...
In this article: Wales, Labour, and Climate change
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BBC News | 3 days ago
Brown draws election battle lines
...several children, compulsory safe storage of air guns. Elfyn Llywd, Plaid Cymru's leader at Westminster, said: "If this is Labour's shadow manifesto, they have lost the election." Angus Robertson, leader of the SNP at Westminster, said...
In this article: David Cameron, Labour, Gordon Brown, England, Unemployment, Child poverty, Surgery, and Tories
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Wales Online | October 27, 2009
Devolution referendum will be 'a close battle'
...new powers will be locked in close battle. Labour and Plaid Cymru entered coalition Government together in 2007 with the goal of holding a referendum on or before the next election. The All-Wales Convention chaired by former UN...
In this article: Flash Player, Labour, Respondent, JavaScript, and Liberal Democrat
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Wales Online | November 05, 2009
Pro-devolution Tories scent victory with Cameron set to say Yes to referendum
...to join both Yes and No campaigns. Plaid Cymru joined Labour in coalition Government in 2007 on the agreement both parties would work towards a referendum by the end of the present Assembly term in 2011. However, Labour Welsh Secretary...
In this article: David Cameron, Conservative Party, Labour, Nick Bourne, and Glyn Davies
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Guardian | 3 days ago
Inquiry calls for Welsh referendum
...but said it could be won. The coalition deal between Labour and Plaid Cymru included a pledge to hold a referendum, if there was sufficient support, on primary law-making powers before elections in May 2011. Research found 47% of people...
In this article: David Cameron, Wales, Labour, and Tesco
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Wales Online | 4 days ago
Rather than being on a spike Wales lies in the economic lowlands
" However, the coalition WAG of Labour and Plaid Cymru established in 2007 resulted in a reversal of this view, with WAG stating "we will work to establish a National Science Academy... we will establish new National Research Centres".
In this article: Wales, WAG, UK, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, Labour, Thomas Friedman, and Europe
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Plaid Cymru (; The Party of Wales; often referred to simply as Plaid) is a political party in Wales. It advocates the establishment of an independent Welsh state within the European Union.
Plaid Cymru was formed in 1925 and won its first seat in 1966. Plaid Cymru has 1 of 4 Welsh seats in the European Parliament, 3 of 40 Welsh seats in the UK Parliament, 15 of 60 seats in the National Assembly for Wales, where it is the junior partner in the coalition government with the Welsh Labour Party and 205 of 1,264 principal local authority councillors. According to accounts filed with the Electoral Commission for the year of 2004, the party has an income and expenditure of about £500,000.
- Name:
- Plaid Cymru — The Party of Wales
- Headquarters:
- Wales
- Head:
- Ieuan Wyn Jones
- Colors:
- Yellow
- Ideology:
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- Social Democracy
- Welsh nationalism
- Welsh independence
- Democratic socialism
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