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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

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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