Plaid Leader Attacks Bigotry and Racism

November 29, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE An attempt by a far right group to stage a rally on Anglesey last weekend was thwarted when a much larger peace rally was staged as a counter. The so called ‘Infidels of North Wales’ had scheduled the

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Wales: Leanne Wood Slams Tory Anti-Union Legislation

October 8, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Plaid Cymru Leader Leanne Wood AM has said that the UK Government’s regressive Trade Union Bill must not apply to Wales and she has pledged that Plaid Cymru would do all it can to step any attempt to

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Wales: Call for Separate Welsh News at Six

September 28, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE In a call that has echoes of the ‘Scottish Six’ campaign Plaid Cymru has called for separate evening primetime news to be produced in Wales, for Wales, in order to lead a new direction in indigenous Welsh media.

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Leanne Wood in TV Call to Help Refugees

September 9, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE There is no doubt that the issue that prompted David Cameron to do a volte-face on accepting more refugees into the UK was the sustained pressure he came under. It demonstrates that even a government that would get

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Tactical Voting for Plaid Ruled Out by Welsh Greens

February 3, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The leader of the Green Party in Wales has rejected suggestions that Green Party supporters should cast their vote for Plaid Cymru in General Election seats that Plaid stands a good chance of taking. The comments came following

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Last Chance to Debate Trident Before General Election 2015

January 20, 2015

News from Celtic League This afternoon (20th January 2015) the cost of the Trident nuclear submarine fleet will be debated in the House of Commons following the submission of a motion by Scottish and Welsh nationalist politicians. MP’s will not vote on Trident

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Big Stakes in Local Elections

May 3, 2012

NEWS FROM CELTIC PRESS Voting begins today for the local elections in Alba (Scotland) (see note below) and Cymru (Wales) to elect council representatives for all wards in both of these Celtic countries. Competition for wards has been fierce in both countries and,

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New Leader Sets New Direction

March 16, 2012

The membership of Plaid Cymru voted for Leanne Wood AC/AM as their new party leader yesterday (16/03/12), heralding what could mark a new direction for the Welsh nationalist party. Ms Wood is the first female leader of Plaid Cymru and is the first

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Dying Days of the UK?

February 15, 2012

Even before the Scottish National Party (SNP) launched its plans on 25th January 2012 – Burns Night – to hold a referendum on independence in Autumn 2014, questions were being asked about what would happen to the United Kingdom without one of its

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Plaid Representative Speaks At MK Conference

November 22, 2011

“We have seen the future and the future is ours!” This was the message given by Plaid Cymru Member of the Westminster Parliament Jonathan Edwards in his speech to the Mebyon Kernow – the Party for Cornwall 2011 Conference this weekend. Mr Edwards

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