REFORM UK and elections loomed large at First Minister’s Questions today as party leaders jostled to pitch to the electorate ahead of the Caerphilly by-election and 2026 Senedd election.

Welsh Conservative leader Darren Millar wanted First Minister Eluned Morgan to agree with him that Reform posed a danger to national security.

“On Friday, the former leader of Reform UK here in Wales, Nathan Gill, admitted to taking bribes to make pro-Russian statements in the European Parliament,” Mr Millar said.

Ms Morgan responded: “I must say that we knew that Reform is a threat in Wales, that there is a real possibility of corruption and chaos, and now we have evidence of that.”

The First Minister added to the question, saying Reform’s candidate in the Caerphilly by-election, Llyr Powell, was an adviser to Mr Gill and “we need to know what did he know, when did he know it and did he report it.”

An indignant Plaid Cymru leader was upset about the Ms Morgan’s Labour conference speech, which characterised Reform and Plaid as “different poison, same bottle.”

Rhun ap Iorwerth said: “The First Minister used language, quite frankly, unbecoming of her office to describe her political opponents,” and he asked whether she really thinks Plaid and Reform are so similar.

“I think that Reform wants to divide our communities and Plaid wants to divide our nations,” Ms Morgan replied. “Reform wants to blame foreigners and Plaid wants to blame Westminster.

“I think that it is important for us to recognise that grown-up politics is about taking responsibility, something that you didn’t do when you voted with the Tories against extra money coming into our communities.”