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Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales
LeaderAdam Price
Deputy LeadersRhun ap Iorwerth
Siân Gwenllian
House of Commons
Group Leader		Liz Saville Roberts
ChairmanAlun Ffred Jones
Honorary PresidentThe Lord Wigley
Foondit5 August 1925; 99 years ago (1925-08-05)
HeidquartersTŷ Gwynfor
Marine Chambers
Anson Court
Atlantic Wharf
Cardiff
CF10 4AL
Youth weengPlaid Ifanc
LGBT wingPlaid Pride
Membership  (2018)Increase 11,500[1]
Ideology
Poleetical poseetionCentre-left[14][15] to
left-wing[16][17][18]
European affiliationEuropean Free Alliance
House of Commons (Welsh seats)
3 / 40
House of Lords[19]
1 / 792
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
10 / 60
Local government in Wales[20]
202 / 1,253
Police and Crime Commissioner (Wales)
2 / 4
Website
www.plaid.cymru

Plaid Cymru (Inglis /ˌplaɪd ˈkʌmri/ PLYDE KUM-ree;[21] Welsh: [plaid ˈkəmri]; offeecially Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales, aften kent as jist Plaid) is a Welsh nationalist political pairty in Wales. Ideologically, Plaid is poseitioned on the centre-left tae left-weing o the British political spectrum an caas for Welsh unthirldom frae the Unitit Kinrick.

Plaid wis foondit in 1925 and won its first seat in the UK Pairlament in 1966. The party hauds three o 40 Welsh seats in the UK Pairlament, 10 o 60 seats in the Senedd Cymru, an 202 o 1,264 principal local authority cooncillors. It is a memmer of the European Free Alliance.

Platform

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Plaid Cymru's goals as set oot in its constitution ar:

  1. Tae promuive the constitutional advancement o Wales wi a view tae gainin unthirldom athin the European Union;
  2. Tae ensure economic prosperity, social justice an the heal o the natural environment, based on decentralist socialism;
  3. Tae big a national commonity based on equal citizenship, respect for different tradeitions an culturs an the equal worth o aa individuals, whitiver their race, nationality, gender, colour, creed, sexuality, age, ability or social background;
  4. Tae create a bilingual society bi promuivin uiss o the Welsh leid;
  5. To promuive Wales' contreibution tae the global commonity an tae attain memmership o the Unitit Nations.

References

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  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 13 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ Zurcher, Anthony (9 December 2019). "General election 2019: Does UK hold clues to Trump's fortunes?". BBC News. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  3. ↑ Mandhai, Shafik (5 October 2016). "UK Conservative Party's migration comments prompt anger". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  4. ↑ Leftly, Mark (18 Januar 2017). "British Lawmakers Worry About Donald Trump's Offer of a Trade Deal". Time. London. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  5. ↑ Sandle, Paul (3 November 2019). "Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage will not run in UK election". Reuters. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  6. ↑ a b Schrijver, Frans (2006). "Regionalism After Regionalisation: Spain, France and the United Kingdom". Amsterdam University Press: 330. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ↑ Driver, Stephen (2011). "Understanding British Party Politics". Polity Press: 176. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ↑ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2016). "Wales/UK". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived frae the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  9. ↑ Siaroff, Alan (2000). "Comparative European Party Systems: An Analysis of Parliamentary Elections Since 1945". Garland: 467. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. ↑ a b Elias, Anwen (2006). "From 'full national status' to 'independence' in Europe: The case of Plaid Cymru — the Party of Wales". European Integration and the Nationalities Question. Routledge: 194.
  11. ↑ a b Hamilton, Paul (2008). "Nationalism and Environmentalism". Nations and Nationalism: A Global Historical Overview. ABC-CLIO. 3: 881.
  12. ↑ Programme for Opposition Archived 31 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine. p. 4. Accessed via the official Plaid Cymru website. Accessed on 30 August 2017.
  13. ↑ Frans Schrijver (2006). Regionalism After Regionalisation: Spain, France and the United Kingdom. Amsterdam University Press. pp. 261–290. ISBN 978-90-5629-428-1. Archived frae the original on 1 Mey 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  14. ↑ Dimitri Almeida (2012). The Impact of European Integration on Political Parties: Beyond the Permissive Consensus. Taylor & Francis. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-136-34039-0.
  15. ↑ Wales and the Brexit dilemma - will radical devolution provide an escape? Archived 29 Juin 2017 at the Wayback Machine New Statesman. Published 13 April 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  16. ↑ Dunphy, Richard (2004). "Contesting capitalism?: Left parties and European integration". Manchester University Press: 157. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  17. ↑ McEwen, Nicola; Parry, Richard (2005). "Devolution and the preservation of the United Kingdom welfare state". The Territorial Politics of Welfare. Routledge: 53.
  18. ↑ Election profile: Plaid Cymru Archived 23 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine. "Led by Leanne Wood, the first female leader in the party's history, Plaid Cymru sees itself as a left wing party aiming at increasing economic prosperity and social justice, and securing an independent Wales." BBC Archived 26 Januar 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Published 27 March 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  19. ↑ "Lords by party and type of peerage". UK Parliament. Archived frae the original on 12 Juin 2015. Retrieved 5 Apryle 2015.
  20. ↑ "Open Council Data UK - compositions councillors parties wards elections". www.opencouncildata.co.uk. Archived frae the original on 20 Mairch 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  21. ↑ "Plaid Cymru, n." OED Online. Oxford University Press. September 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
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