'The time is now to stop Reform' - Plaid Cymru calls on Labour voters to unite behind Welsh nationalists
Plaid Cymru urges Labour voters to back nationalists in Caerphilly to block Reform UK, which polls show at 29% support versus Labour’s 14%.
- Plaid Cymru is calling on Labour voters in Wales to unite behind Welsh nationalists to block Reform in the Caerphilly Senedd by-election on October 23, saying `The time is now to stop Reform`.
- A recent YouGov poll shows Plaid Cymru at 30%, Reform UK at 29%, and Labour at 14%, while policy setbacks and public-service decline have weakened Labour and boosted Reform.
- Historically a Labour stronghold, Caerphilly constituency now serves as a test for next year’s Senedd contests, with Lindsay Whittle's decades of local campaigning generating positive doorstep feedback for Plaid.
- One in five Labour voters in Wales now say they will back Plaid Cymru, while almost a quarter remain undecided ahead of the Senedd elections next year.
- Analysts caution that Labour's current direction risks opening the door to Reform UK, as electoral patience in Wales runs out and Plaid Cymru warns Reform will only make things worse.
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