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Plaid leader accuses Reform of trying to silence Wales
South Wales Evening Post
|September 19, 2025
THE leader of Plaid Cymru has accused Reform of attempting to silence Wales after one of its members suggested the Welsh Parliament could be abolished.
Rhun ap Iorwerth said voters need to understand what is at stake following reports that a Reform government would roll back the devolution settlement in Wales.
Plaid and Reform are currently forecast to be the two biggest parties in Wales next year, according to a YouGov poll published by ITV Cymru Wales on Tuesday.
Mr ap Iorwerth, who was speaking in Ystrad Mynach ahead of a by-election in Caerphilly next month, said: "I think it's important that people do understand that there are still forces in politics, including in Reform, that want to get rid of our voice as a nation.
"That is what talking about getting rid of the Welsh Parliament means. The parliament is our voice as a nation, it’s our democratic institution."
This story is from the September 19, 2025 edition of South Wales Evening Post.
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