"Speaking to the Guardian, he said: The picture of Welsh politics is changing and Plaid Cymru is the voice of progressive Wales. We have consistent polling showing Plaid Cymru in the lead. Reform is also polling well and Labour is falling further behind. I think it's becoming more and more clear it's a two-horse race - Reform's division versus Plaid's vision."
"Labour's standing in Wales has dropped off a cliff since Vaughan Gething stepped down as first minister last year amid a donations scandal. His successor, Eluned Morgan, has tried but so far failed to draw a line between Welsh Labour and the UK party. Ap Iorwerth said Reform's rise in Wales was part of a global phenomenon of the growth of the populist right."
Next year's Welsh parliament elections are presented as a contest primarily between Plaid Cymru and Reform UK. Polling shows Plaid slightly ahead with Reform close behind and Labour trailing. Plaid positions a party-led government as able to act without answering to London and frames its agenda as progressive. Plaid expects to fall short of an outright Senedd majority and plans to seek cooperative arrangements with other parties while excluding Reform. Labour's standing weakened after Vaughan Gething's resignation amid a donations scandal, and Eluned Morgan has not yet differentiated Welsh Labour from the UK party. Reform's rise is linked to global populist-right trends and communal division.
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