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After Welsh Labour: the socialist case for Plaid Cymru
With the aspirations of socialists among the Labour left in Wales frustrated, what other avenues to radical transformation are there, asks LUKE FLETCHER MS
WELSH LABOUR: Structurally wedded to the Union

I FIRST joined the Labour Party as I was undertaking my GCSEs. Having grown up moored in a working-class community with working-class parents, one of whom was a trade union representative, joining Labour seemed the obvious thing to do.

In Wales, it’s scarcely questioned. Electoral muscle memory and hereditary Labourism run almost gene-deep.

As my political interests burgeoned and my engagement grew, the idea that I would be able to contribute to the socialist struggle via my involvement in Labour was dissipating.

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