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In the run-up to Plaid Cymru conference, Senedd member RHYS AB OWEN argues that the pandemic has been a chance to radically imagine what a future society should be – but we’re already seeing backsliding from the powers that be who have no desire to reorganise society to benefit ordinary people
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TOO MANY politicians today have lost the will to be radical engines of change in society.
The history of politics has always seen reaction to crisis differ, from transformative agendas which restructure society for the better, to weak tweaks which barely touch the status quo.
The Covid-19 pandemic has been one such crisis, and now is the time to imagine the future, think of our aspirations and question if the society we inherited, really lives up to the lives we want.
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I can see my father’s care home from my office in the Welsh Senedd — reminding me that it’s time for Wales to take the lead on public health reform once again, writes RHYS ab OWEN MS
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