Welsh elections a choice between culture or ignorance, Plaid leader says

Rhun ap Iorwerth tells party conference Labour and Tories slipping away' and Reform UK is main threat

The leader of Plaid Cymru has claimed the Welsh parliament elections in May will be a straight fight between his party and Reform UK, which he billed as a choice between culture or ignorance, humanity or indifference".

Speaking at the party's biggest ever conference, Rhun ap Iorwerth, the clear favourite to be the next Welsh first minister, said the Gorton and Denton byelection showed Labour and the Tories were slipping away", and he promised Plaid had a radical plan to improve Wales's fortunes.