PLAID Cymru leader Adam Price has shared a message of solidarity with Nicola Sturgeon after Scotland were defeated by Wales in the Six Nations, while criticising Boris Johnson for having the devolved administrations “on mute”.
Sturgeon congratulated the Welsh team on their victory at Murrayfield last night but proclaimed that she would be “muting” her Plaid Cymru “pals for the rest of the night”.
Price praised Scotland’s leader on her humility and professed that he “somehow can’t imagine @borisjohnson sending out the same classy message in two weeks time” when Wales meet England in Cardiff.
He continued: “He’s got us on mute all the time.
“Well done Wales and Scotland on a magnificent game.
“Win or lose we Celts as #AsOne.”
Somehow I can’t imagine @BorisJohnson sending out the same classy message in 2 weeks time. He’s got us on mute all the time. Well done Wales and Scotland on a magnificent game. Win or lose we Celts are #AsOne https://t.co/CMidSbWm25
— Adam Price 🏴🏳️🌈 (@Adamprice) February 13, 2021
This follows the 21st poll in a row backing Scottish independence, only a matter of weeks ahead of the Scottish Parliament elections.
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Meanshile, support for Welsh independence continues to gain momentum as Yes Cymru’s membership has soared from around 2500 at the beginning of 2020, to now more than 17,000.
Figures from the latest YouGov Welsh Independence Tracker indicated that support was at an all time high with 33%.
Price appeared on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show today where he explained that Covid-19 cases should be reduced even further before lockdown is lifted as another wave would be "disastrous" for the economy.
This comes as the leaders of the Covid Recovery Group, founded by a number of Tory MPs, demanded that Boris Johnson begin to ease lockdown restrictions in early March.
The group asserts that there will be no justification for legislative restrictions to remain in place at all by the end of April.
Price said: "Now is the time to ensure we have steady progress and avoid the possibility of a third or fourth wave, which would be not just disasterous in terms of public health, but also in terms of the economy.
"Because it is that 'stop, go' cycle of lockdown, then release, then lockdown again, which has led to great uncertanty in economic terms and we should avoid that at all costs.
"So let's drive down the level of cases even further."
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