2026 will be tough for Labour in Wales

AS THE year draws to a close, and 2026 is set to begin, everyone tends to look back at what they achieved, and what they hope to in the year ahead.

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When interviewing Wales’ First Minister just before Christmas, it was notable to hear her try to cram in as many mentions of Labour successes as possible, a direct byproduct of the by-election result in Caerphilly two months earlier.

She said in the interview that the lesson her party learned from a drubbing in the Senedd by-election was that they didn’t do enough to talk about the positives, the differences they make to people.