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MORNING Star readers and supporters in Wales held a successful conference in Cardiff at the weekend, agreeing that left unity and community organising are essential to combat Reform UK at the 2026 Senedd elections.
Unison Cymru Wales and Unite Wales jointly sponsored this newspaper’s first conference in Wales, at which four panels discussed the economy, peace and internationalism, equality and trade unions setting the agenda.
The discussion was given greater urgency by Reform’s victory in a Torfaen council by-election last Thursday, when it took the seat from Labour by 457 votes to 259.
Plaid Cymru’s Caerffili by-election win raised hopes on the left — but the complex realities of Wales suggest the Senedd election may be far less predictable, argues CATRIN ASHTON
Plaid Cymru’s spokesman on health and social services MABON AP GWYNFOR, in the second article of a two-part series, argues that Labour’s contempt for voters and backward-facing approach have led to widespread mistrust in Wales
With Labour governments either side of the border, the distressing times we live in demand much more collaborative working, argues JESS TURNER
