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Article: A fight for the future of Wales; As Plaid Cymru delegates prepare to descend on Llandudno for their last annual conference before next year's National Assembly elections, Ynys Mn AM and party leader Ieuan Wyn Jones knows that he has just months to persuade the electorate that he is ready to wear the First Minister's mantle. Hywel Trewyn assesses how realistic the party's hopes of grabbing the reins of power really are.(News)
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- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- September 18, 2002
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Byline: Ynys Mn AM & Ieuan Wyn Jones
PLAID CYMRU is a political party on a mission: it believes it is its destiny to re-engage the muchmaligned body of the National Assembly to the people of Wales.
But before that mission can be started, it first has to get the consent of the people in terms of votes in next May's National Assembly election.
Party president Ieuan Wyn Jones believes the ``re-engagement'' operation is necessary to stop the electorate from thinking of the Assembly as little more than a glorified talking shop - weak and directionless.
He wants to create a new, positive, image for the body and make it more relevant to the ...