Reform UK Parachute Candidates into Welsh Communities - Plaid Cymru

Responding to Reform UK’s candidate selection announcement, a spokesperson on behalf of Plaid Cymru said: “Reform's parade of ex-Tories parachuted into communities across Wales, announced mere weeks from the election, shows how unserious Reform UK are about Wales - showing a clear disrespect to the Welsh communities they’re seeking to represent.

"The greatest hits of this candidate list makes great reading. Llyr Powell who was rejected by the people of Caerffili, ex-UKIP and ex-Tory Mark Reckless who has finally decided on a political party, and Laura Ann Jones - an MS banned from the Senedd for racism.

"Farage's stockpile of parachutes must be running low, with councillors from Anglesey, Penarth and Torfaen flown into constituencies miles away from the wards they currently represent.

"This is the team Reform UK in London has chosen - with their focus clearly on getting Farage into number 10 rather than on Wales.

"Reform care so little about Wales that they couldn't even bring themselves to use the correct names for our constituencies, but that is no surprise considering Reform UK see Welsh as a 'foreign' language.

“The devastation Reform will cause to our communities is as clear as day: tax cuts at the expense of public services, stirring division in our  communities, privatising the NHS, and rowing back years of hard work to protect our Welsh language.

"They aren’t anywhere fit to being in power. The only way to stop Reform’s chaos and their damaging policies is to vote Plaid Cymru on 7 May."