'I'm up for the fight and I'm up for the challenge' - Eluned

FIRST Minister Eluned Morgan admits she faces the fight of her “political life” in May’s Senedd election.

- RUTH MOSALSKI

(First Minister Eluned Morgan MATTHEW HORWOOD)

And she accused Plaid Cymru of having a plan for Welsh independence that would pose a “real danger” to Wales.

A Wales-specific poll released this week projected Labour would manage to get just eight seats in the Senedd election, dropping to fourth place in the Welsh Parliament behind Plaid Cymru, Reform UK and the Green Party.

When the polling data is transferred to seats, two different projection methods both show Ms Morgan herself would fail to be elected in the new Ceredigion Penfro seat where she is standing. Speaking the day after the latest poll of Welsh voters was released, she acknowledged she had a fight on her hands.

“I’ve always stood in marginal seats, this is a very common position for me to be in,’ she said. “When I first stood for the Senedd, I found out that I got in sitting in my pyjamas in my own home because I was told I hadn't won [and hadn't gone to the count].

“So this is not unusual for me, to be a position where I have to fight for my political life. I'm happy to do that, I'll continue to do it, it’s what I’ve done all my life.

“I'm up for the fight, I'm up for the challenge and I’m very keen to put our case to the Welsh nation,’ she said.