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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I think the language has led to them being seen as a single issue party, and has made it difficult for them to get other aspects of their politics across (a little like the greens I think). And even where people are sympathetic to it, it's rarely an important enough issue at a GE
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The weakness of the Welsh public sphere also means this little space for any discussion of how Plaid might be/have been a left wing alternative
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