NOTHING TO SEE HERE

Interesting to note that Labour in Wales have launched their campaign and unveiled their pledges today in Newport. In all honestly there is not much to see with no serious recognition of the Labour in Wales past record and failures and once again no concrete plans just re-announcements of things that should have been done years ago.

The pledge to eradicate homelessness by 2034 - was a previous pledge was 2026, the mental health pledge seems to be appointment to get an appointment, and the NHS maintenance backlog is in billions already. 

Over the current Senedd term, the NHS estate maintenance backlog has increased by at least £500 million to £1.2 billon. The high risk backlog alone has increased by over £120m in this time, having reached a third of a billion by 2024-25. And its worst noting that over the last 27 years Labour in Wales has retained control of Health but clearly not the responsibility for the mistakes.

And as was to be perhaps expected there was nothing from Labour in Wales to shift the dial with Westminster or challenge the current PM Keir Starmer on Welsh issues. This is actually some tired stuff from a party that has been in power in Wales for almost 30 years and has long run out of ideas. And the people of Wales just won’t be buying it.

After almost 27 years of Labour in Wales, people are facing long NHS waiting times, rising costs, and overstretched services. There has been no serious reckoning with that record, and no real plan to fix it - just re-announcements of things that should have been done years ago. 

There was also nothing that would shift the dial with Keir Starmer or challenge Westminster’s neglect of Wales.

Plaid Cymru in contrast, has a clear plan for government, starting with our first 100 days to improve the NHS and deliver the most generous childcare offer in the UK. In Plaid Cymru, you get a party relentless in demanding the fairness Wales deserves from whoever is in power in Westminster.

In this election, it’s beginning to look like Labour in Wales is finished, bereft of ideas, vision and any plan to fix the mess that they have made. This is now clearly a two-horse race, and only Plaid Cymru can stop Reform UK from dragging our politics backwards.