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  1. "The deputy leader of #PlaidCymru says the party is "absolutely not" considering a coalition with #ReformUK in the Welsh government.

    "Plaid Cymru made big gains in Thursday's election and is now the biggest party in the Senedd with 43 seats, but it has fallen short of the 49 needed for a majority

    "The party stands ready to form the next Welsh government and would consider co-operating with other "progressive parties" where there is common ground."

    #UKPol #WelshPol

    bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1428pev1n

  2. #Cymru brings the biggest defeat of 2026: #ElunedMorgan, First Minister of Wales & leader of Welsh Labour.

    Under #Wales's d'Hondt voting system, a party winning at least 17% of the votes in any constituency is guaranteed one of the six seats in that constituency. Cast iron guaranteed.

    But in Ceredigion Penfro, #WelshLabour won only 7.3%. So no seats there for Labour.

    After winning every Welsh election since the 1920s, the #LabourParty is now 3rd in the #Senedd. It's over.

    #Welshpol #ukpol

  3. #Cymru brings the biggest defeat of 2026: #ElunedMorgan, First Minister of Wales & leader of Welsh Labour.

    Under #Wales's d'Hondt voting system, a party winning at least 17% of the votes in any constituency is guaranteed one of the six seats in that constituency. Cast iron guaranteed.

    But in Ceredigion Penfro, #WelshLabour won only 7.3%. So no seats there for Labour.

    After winning every Welsh election since the 1920s, the #LabourParty is now 3rd in the #Senedd. It's over.

    #Welshpol #ukpol

  4. #Cymru brings the biggest defeat of 2026: #ElunedMorgan, First Minister of Wales & leader of Welsh Labour.

    Under #Wales's d'Hondt voting system, a party winning at least 17% of the votes in any constituency is guaranteed one of the six seats in that constituency. Cast iron guaranteed.

    But in Ceredigion Penfro, #WelshLabour won only 7.3%. So no seats there for Labour.

    After winning every Welsh election since the 1920s, the #LabourParty is now 3rd in the #Senedd. It's over.

    #Welshpol #ukpol

  5. #Cymru brings the biggest defeat of 2026: #ElunedMorgan, First Minister of Wales & leader of Welsh Labour.

    Under #Wales's d'Hondt voting system, a party winning at least 17% of the votes in any constituency is guaranteed one of the six seats in that constituency. Cast iron guaranteed.

    But in Ceredigion Penfro, #WelshLabour won only 7.3%. So no seats there for Labour.

    After winning every Welsh election since the 1920s, the #LabourParty is now 3rd in the #Senedd. It's over.

    #Welshpol #ukpol

  6. #Cymru brings the biggest defeat of 2026: #ElunedMorgan, First Minister of Wales & leader of Welsh Labour.

    Under #Wales's d'Hondt voting system, a party winning at least 17% of the votes in any constituency is guaranteed one of the six seats in that constituency. Cast iron guaranteed.

    But in Ceredigion Penfro, #WelshLabour won only 7.3%. So no seats there for Labour.

    After winning every Welsh election since the 1920s, the #LabourParty is now 3rd in the #Senedd. It's over.

    #Welshpol #ukpol

  7. RE: toot.wales/@NationCymru/116526

    It is so irresponsible and telling that Labour are all "we shouldn't see it as a fight between Plaid and Reform."

    If your priority is avoiding fascism then yes, you absolutely should see it that way, and if you gave a damn about that you'd be doing anything it takes to support anyone who will beat Reform rather than trying to split the vote.

    #UKPol #WelshPol #Senedd2026

  8. Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 parliamentary elections, and English 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 local elections, will be held on 7 May 2026.

    Add it to your calendar!! Don't forget to vote! If I could vote, I'd go Green 💚

    Whatever your flavour, find out who your local candidates are at 'Who Can I Vote For?'

    whocanivotefor.co.uk

    #uk #unitedkingdom #Scotland #Wales #England #elections #LocalElection #vote #greenparty #greenpolitics #politics #ukpol #ukpolitics #scottishpolitics #welshpol #welshpolitics

  9. Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 parliamentary elections, and English 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 local elections, will be held on 7 May 2026.

    Add it to your calendar!! Don't forget to vote! If I could vote, I'd go Green 💚

    Whatever your flavour, find out who your local candidates are at 'Who Can I Vote For?'

    whocanivotefor.co.uk

    #uk #unitedkingdom #Scotland #Wales #England #elections #LocalElection #vote #greenparty #greenpolitics #politics #ukpol #ukpolitics #scottishpolitics #welshpol #welshpolitics

  10. Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 parliamentary elections, and English 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 local elections, will be held on 7 May 2026.

    Add it to your calendar!! Don't forget to vote! If I could vote, I'd go Green 💚

    Whatever your flavour, find out who your local candidates are at 'Who Can I Vote For?'

    whocanivotefor.co.uk

    #uk #unitedkingdom #Scotland #Wales #England #elections #LocalElection #vote #greenparty #greenpolitics #politics #ukpol #ukpolitics #scottishpolitics #welshpol #welshpolitics

  11. Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 parliamentary elections, and English 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 local elections, will be held on 7 May 2026.

    Add it to your calendar!! Don't forget to vote! If I could vote, I'd go Green 💚

    Whatever your flavour, find out who your local candidates are at 'Who Can I Vote For?'

    whocanivotefor.co.uk

    #uk #unitedkingdom #Scotland #Wales #England #elections #LocalElection #vote #greenparty #greenpolitics #politics #ukpol #ukpolitics #scottishpolitics #welshpol #welshpolitics

  12. Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 parliamentary elections, and English 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 local elections, will be held on 7 May 2026.

    Add it to your calendar!! Don't forget to vote! If I could vote, I'd go Green 💚

    Whatever your flavour, find out who your local candidates are at 'Who Can I Vote For?'

    whocanivotefor.co.uk

    #uk #unitedkingdom #Scotland #Wales #England #elections #LocalElection #vote #greenparty #greenpolitics #politics #ukpol #ukpolitics #scottishpolitics #welshpol #welshpolitics

  13. "In Wales, Lord Hayward predicted #PlaidCymru, the Welsh nationalist party, will be the largest party in terms of both votes and seats in Wales’ Parliament, the Senedd."

    "In Scotland, Lord Hayward predicted that the #SNP will be just short of a majority in the Holyrood Parliament."

    #WelshPol #ScotPol

  14. "#Reform's Welsh leader has distanced himself from a claim by one of his candidates that "abuse in nurseries will skyrocket" if parents receive more free childcare."

    #UKPol #WelshPol #ReformUK

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr71y7

  15. “Like the majority of Welsh #Labour members I’d urge Keir Starmer not to do this. He should remember we cannot deliver for anyone if we go against the electorate, who do not like Vaughan Gething and his donations.”

    #UKPol #WelshPol

    nation.cymru/news/gething-to-g

  16. In England you can (and should!) register to vote from age 16 up.

    In Scotland and Wales it's from age 14 up, for the Scottish Parliament/Senedd elections.

    Presumably England will drop to 14 soon too, as votes at 16 were being promised everywhere by Labour.

    #UKPol #ScotPol #WelshPol #EngPol

    gov.uk/register-to-vote

  17. Congrats to #PlaidCymru for supporting Vivek Thuppil. He is right: #Israel is a terrorist state. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwywvr

    But this is all back-to-front. The #BBC should be hounding parties to ensure that every candidate for every party unequivocally agrees that Israel is a terrorist state.

    #UKpol #WelshPol

  18. "Coalition wrangling makes it likely that #PlaidCymru will form the next Welsh government, ending 100 years of Labour hegemony, while #ReformUK is set to become the biggest party and form the official opposition."

    #UKPol #WelshPol

    theguardian.com/politics/2026/

  19. "In the summer of 2024, this #Labour government swept into power promising change. Since then, we’ve had precious little of it – instead, we’ve seen managed decline accompanied by culture-war posturing."

    #UKPol #WelshPol #GreenParty

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

  20. "In the Gorton and Denton byelection on Thursday, a formerly rock-solid seat for #Labour is delivering a three-way race in which it could finish third behind #Reform and the #Greens. In Wales, #PlaidCymru’s grip on the progressive vote, and Reform’s rise, threatens an ignominious rout after a century of Labour dominance."

    #UKPol #WelshPol

  21. "The best way to secure the future of the UK is to make it work for the people of the UK. To do this would involve a bold rethink of how we make it a state fit for the present day rather than the arcane hodgepodge of inertia and tradition that it currently is."

    #UKPol #ScotPol #WelshPol #NIPol

  22. "The best way to secure the future of the UK is to make it work for the people of the UK. To do this would involve a bold rethink of how we make it a state fit for the present day rather than the arcane hodgepodge of inertia and tradition that it currently is."

    #UKPol #ScotPol #WelshPol #NIPol

  23. "The best way to secure the future of the UK is to make it work for the people of the UK. To do this would involve a bold rethink of how we make it a state fit for the present day rather than the arcane hodgepodge of inertia and tradition that it currently is."

    #UKPol #ScotPol #WelshPol #NIPol

  24. "The best way to secure the future of the UK is to make it work for the people of the UK. To do this would involve a bold rethink of how we make it a state fit for the present day rather than the arcane hodgepodge of inertia and tradition that it currently is."

    #UKPol #ScotPol #WelshPol #NIPol

  25. "The best way to secure the future of the UK is to make it work for the people of the UK. To do this would involve a bold rethink of how we make it a state fit for the present day rather than the arcane hodgepodge of inertia and tradition that it currently is."

    #UKPol #ScotPol #WelshPol #NIPol

  26. "If the polls are to be believed, the United Kingdom is in a very interesting position. By the end of May, it is likely that the largest party in three of the four constituent countries of the UK will want the larger polity in which they operate to break apart."

    #UKPol #ScotPol #SNP #WelshPol #PlaidCymru #NIPol #SinnFein

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

  27. "If the polls are to be believed, the United Kingdom is in a very interesting position. By the end of May, it is likely that the largest party in three of the four constituent countries of the UK will want the larger polity in which they operate to break apart."

    #UKPol #ScotPol #SNP #WelshPol #PlaidCymru #NIPol #SinnFein

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

  28. "If the polls are to be believed, the United Kingdom is in a very interesting position. By the end of May, it is likely that the largest party in three of the four constituent countries of the UK will want the larger polity in which they operate to break apart."

    #UKPol #ScotPol #SNP #WelshPol #PlaidCymru #NIPol #SinnFein

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

  29. "If the polls are to be believed, the United Kingdom is in a very interesting position. By the end of May, it is likely that the largest party in three of the four constituent countries of the UK will want the larger polity in which they operate to break apart."

    #UKPol #ScotPol #SNP #WelshPol #PlaidCymru #NIPol #SinnFein

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

  30. "If the polls are to be believed, the United Kingdom is in a very interesting position. By the end of May, it is likely that the largest party in three of the four constituent countries of the UK will want the larger polity in which they operate to break apart."

    #UKPol #ScotPol #SNP #WelshPol #PlaidCymru #NIPol #SinnFein

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

  31. "First, #PlaidCymru is storming ahead. It has conviction. It offers hope. Second, the traditional English-based parties are now as dead in Wales as they are in Scotland: the breakdown in the political thinking of the countries of the supposed UK is becoming very obvious; the ties are over. Third, #ReformUK has peaked, which is a trend I think we will start to see in England soon. Fourth, the #Greens are a growing force."

    #UKPol #WelshPol #Senedd

    taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/0

  32. bsky.app/profile/plaidcymru.bs

    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Plaid Cymru has the momentum ahead of next May’s crucial Senedd election.

    But we need your help to ensure that our positive vision and our policies reach people across Wales.

    Volunteer in your local area, donate whatever you can and join Plaid Cymru today to build a better Wales 💫

    Video on BlueSky

    #PlaidCymru #WelshPol #Senedd

  33. 50.4% turnout, blimey.

    Some optimistic noises coming from Plaid, especially around youth turnout.

    I'm still predicting disaster, but if it's one in which voters abandon my party for Plaid while rejecting Reform, I'd be content with it being a disaster merely for my party rather than for my country.

    bbc.co.uk/news/live/cly9rlj94x

    #WelshPol #WalesPol #wales #cymru #election #caerphilly #caerffili

  34. 50.4% turnout, blimey.

    Some optimistic noises coming from Plaid, especially around youth turnout.

    I'm still predicting disaster, but if it's one in which voters abandon my party for Plaid while rejecting Reform, I'd be content with it being a disaster merely for my party rather than for my country.

    bbc.co.uk/news/live/cly9rlj94x

    #WelshPol #WalesPol #wales #cymru #election #caerphilly #caerffili

  35. 50.4% turnout, blimey.

    Some optimistic noises coming from Plaid, especially around youth turnout.

    I'm still predicting disaster, but if it's one in which voters abandon my party for Plaid while rejecting Reform, I'd be content with it being a disaster merely for my party rather than for my country.

    bbc.co.uk/news/live/cly9rlj94x

    #WelshPol #WalesPol #wales #cymru #election #caerphilly #caerffili

  36. 50.4% turnout, blimey.

    Some optimistic noises coming from Plaid, especially around youth turnout.

    I'm still predicting disaster, but if it's one in which voters abandon my party for Plaid while rejecting Reform, I'd be content with it being a disaster merely for my party rather than for my country.

    bbc.co.uk/news/live/cly9rlj94x

    #WelshPol #WalesPol #wales #cymru #election #caerphilly #caerffili

  37. 50.4% turnout, blimey.

    Some optimistic noises coming from Plaid, especially around youth turnout.

    I'm still predicting disaster, but if it's one in which voters abandon my party for Plaid while rejecting Reform, I'd be content with it being a disaster merely for my party rather than for my country.

    bbc.co.uk/news/live/cly9rlj94x

    #WelshPol #WalesPol #wales #cymru #election #caerphilly #caerffili

  38. "Welsh #Labour’s attempts to cling onto its Caerphilly Senedd seat in the by-election were rocked at the weekend as the council leader resigned and said he would vote #PlaidCymru."

    #UKPol #WelshPol

    morningstaronline.co.uk/articl

  39. Anecdotally, I encounter this fairly regularly too — mostly, but not exclusively, from the right, and usually from the politically unengaged.

    As described here, Reform are only interested in the Welsh elections next May to shore up resources for their national party rather than legislating responsibly for Wales and Welsh people — but I think it a valid concern that our very democracy may be on the ballot too.

    #Wales #WelshPol #WelshPolitics #Senedd #Cymru

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

  40. "A company run by one of Wales’ leading #ReformUK figures has been paid tens of thousands of pounds by Senedd Members to deliver leaflets [for other parties] at taxpayers’ expense."

    #UKPol #WelshPol

    nation.cymru/news/senior-refor