No more bending to Westminster's will, says Plaid's leader

PARTY LAUNCHES MANIFESTO AND PROMISES INDEPENDENCE DEBATE

- By ELEANOR STOREY

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth at yesterday's manifesto launch in Wrexham. Inset: Senedd candidate for Wrexham Carrie Harper speaks during the launch

A PLAID Cymru government will not bend to Westminster's will, the party leader has promised.

Speaking at the launch of Plaid’s Senedd election manifesto yesterday, Rhun ap Iorwerth said there will be “no more saying no to Wales” if his party forms a government after May 7.

Plaid Cymru and Reform have topped recent opinion polls in Wales, while Labour, which has led the country for more than two decades, looks set to lose its grip on the Senedd.

Yesterday, Mr ap Iorwerth said: “Plaid Cymru offers a different path - our pledge is to govern with hope, to govern with humility, to govern with a kind of urgency and impatience which gets things done.

“No more bending to Westminster’s will, no more toeing the London party line, no more defending the status quo and no more saying no to Wales.

“Together, and for the first time, we can give our nation the leadership it deserves, leadership that takes its cue from the people of Wales and nobody else.

“Leadership focused on delivery, leadership that knows our best days lie ahead of us, not behind us.