Wondering why Plaid Cymru never experienced a similar young, left resurgence to the same level the SNP did. Lots of people first drawn into politics by the Iraq war, disillusioned by Labour, they could have followed the SNP model and hoovered up disillusioned young socialists.
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Lots of south Welsh seats felt bitter and that they were used by the central Labour office in London to impose loyal candidates rather than local councillors and activists, with varying degrees of truth. People felt they were “parachuted in”:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/02/newport-west-byelection-labour-brexit-jeremy-corbyn …
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Peter Law is the most noteable example, winning the seat Nye Bevan and Paul Foot held, from Labour: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/apr/25/obituaries.uk … Jessica Morden, MP for Newport West, next door to Paul Flynn, grew up in Cwmbran but some members she had no Newport connection, no trust circulating...
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Welsh Labour’s disavowal of the Corbyn leadership during the 2017 general election seemed like a step backwards too, distancing from a very popular manifesto: all things that Plaid could have capitalised on.
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This is very good on Welsh Labour’s problems and the seeming passivity of the left grassroots, by @Dai_alectichttps://newsocialist.org.uk/neither-red-nor-green/ …
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