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Nabka Day and the far right’s faltering mobilisation
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David Nicholson
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Nakba demonstration / 17 May 2026
Hundreds of thousands turn out in London to oppose far right
17 May 2026
Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth speaks to supporters, backed by his newly elected Senedd members on the steps of the Senedd, following winning the most seats in the Welsh Parliament election, May 9, 2026
Education / 14 May 2026
Plaid urged to ‘do right thing’ and boost cash for schools
14 May 2026
Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth with his newly elected Senedd members on the steps of the Senedd, following winning the most seats in the Welsh Parliament election, May 9, 2026
Wales / 13 May 2026
Trade unions' shopping list lands on new Welsh cabinet desks
13 May 2026
Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth speaks to supporters, backed by his newly elected Senedd members on the steps of the Senedd, following winning the most seats in the Welsh Parliament election, May 9, 2026
Wales / 12 May 2026
Senedd votes to make Plaid Cymru’s Rhun ap Iorwerth the next first minister
12 May 2026
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
Wales / 12 May 2026
Nurses call for guaranteed jobs in Wales
12 May 2026
LOGICAL CONCLUSION: Baroness Eluned Morgan speaks to the media yesterday after announcing her resignation as leader of Welsh Labour after her party suffered heavy defeats
Wales / 8 May 2026
The Welsh elections: the disillusioned have had enough
8 May 2026

On a tumultuous day in Welsh politics DAVID NICHOLSON looks at the key issues for progressives in Wales to grapple with the rise of the far right

Leader of Plaid Cymru, Rhun ap Iorwerth, and his wife, Llinos, arrive at the counting centre for the 2026 Senedd elections at The Arena, Venue Cymru, in Llandudno. Picture date: Friday May 8, 2026
Wales / 8 May 2026
Plaid Cymru on course to win Senedd election in a political earthquake
8 May 2026
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage (left) and Reform UK leader in Wales Dan Thomas at the Reform UK manifesto launch for the Senedd elections in May, at the International Convention Centre Wales in Newport, March 5, 2026
Britain / 8 May 2026
Welsh communists react to the rise of the far right in Wales
8 May 2026
STANDING HER GROUND: Welsh Labour Party MP Beth Winter (first from right front, when Welsh Labour Party MP) and Labour MP for Liverpool, Riverside, Kim Johnson (to her left) on the picket line outside the office of HM Treasury, in Westminster in February 2023
Interview / 6 May 2026
Socialism and activism in her blood
6 May 2026

David Nicholson spoke to BETH WINTER about her bid to become a Senedd member as an independent running on a community grassroots campaign

NUJ Wales's Andrew Draper speak at the May Day rally in Cardiff, May 3, 2026
Workers' Rights / 3 May 2026
Cardiff May Day rally and march a hotbed of solidarity and celebration
3 May 2026
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Wales / 3 May 2026
Campaigners celebrate after 115 Senedd candidates pledged for Palestine
3 May 2026
Members of NASUWT the Teachers' Union, deliver a 'report card' outside the constituency office of First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon in Glasgow, January 10, 2023
Workers' Rights / 28 April 2026
Teachers take 10th day of strike action in Welsh school
28 April 2026