THE leader of pro-Welsh-independence party Plaid Cymru held up The National's front page during FMQs in the Senedd earlier today.
While quizzing Welsh first minister Mark Drakeford on independence, Adam Price revealed today's front page which reads: "Welsh Labour: We won't rule out backing independence".
Yesterday, Drakeford suggested continuing support for the Union was conditional and could change if Scotland became independent or if Northern Ireland joined the Republic.
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After hearing the comments, Delyth Jewell, Wales' shadow international relations minister, said: “The significance of this development cannot be overstated – this is a monumental day in the history of the Welsh nation as a Labour first minister finally admits that independence has to be seriously considered as offering the best future for Wales."
Today during the FMQs, Price pointed out that Machynlleth Town Council had been the first in Wales to declare a climate emergency, and the Welsh parliament had followed suit. Then holding up the front page, he continued to say the council had also officially declared its support for independence last month, and asked Drakeford if he had again followed its lead. He then asked: "Are you now officially indy-curious?".
Drakeford replied: “Let me make clear to people in Wales what the choice in this Chamber is. On the one hand you have a party which is a barely reformed party that is scarcely reconciled to devolution, and that’s what I meant when I described the Prime Minister’s speech in Edinburgh as colonial in nature. If she believes that the way in which to improve the Union is to strengthen the offices of Secretaries of States and to fly the Union Jack more rigorously in Wales, then I’m afraid that’s not what I see the UK being in the future.
"Here, in this party, we are a devolutionist party. We firmly believe that decisions that are made on the future of services that are pertinent to Wales should be made only by people who live in Wales. But we believe in a successful United Kingdom as well. Plaid Cymru stand unambiguously for independence. That’s what they will be offering the people of Wales in any election. An ambition and a determination to take Wales out of the United Kingdom. Everything they do and everything they say, as we saw yesterday, is seen through that lens. I’m very happy that that is the case because I do not think for a moment the people of Wales are in that position and I certainly am not.”
Price had the perfect answer: “So if I can summarise your answer; we’re unambiguously in favour of independence, you’re ambiguously in favour of independence. It’s a definite maybe from the first minister."
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