Politics of Wales
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Politics in Wales forms a distinctive polity in the wider politics of the United Kingdom, with Wales as one of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom.
Debating chamber of the Senedd
The Senedd building, home to the Senedd.
Clock tower of Cardiff City Hall
Plaid Cymru
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Plaid Cymru is a centre-left to left-wing Welsh nationalist political party in Wales, that supports Welsh independence from the United Kingdom. It campaigns on a platform of social democracy and civic
Politics of Wales
…in Wales rose to 28.5%, in contrast to the economic boom in the early 1920s, rendering constitutional debate an exotic subject. In the same year Plaid Cymru was formed with the goal of securing a Welsh-speaking Wales. Following the Second World War the Labour Government of Clement Attlee established the…
Plaque commemorating the founding of Plaid Cymru, Pwllheli
A Plaid Cymru rally in Machynlleth in 1949
1959 election in Merioneth. Gwynfor Evans, standing, is talking at Bryncrug
BBC debate between Iorwerth Thomas (Rhondda MP - Labour) and Gwynfor Evans, Plaid Cymru's first MP