Corbyn vows to be on side of Wales
LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn vowed to transform the economy and establish a Westminster government “on the side” of people in Wales.
Continuing Labour’s summer campaign in marginal seats, Mr Corbyn was on a visit to Aberconwy and Arfon constituencies.
Aberconwy is held by Tory Guto Bebb with a slim majority of 635 votes, while Plaid’s Hywel Williams holds Arfon with an even tighter lead of 92 votes.
Speaking as he campaigned with party activists in Bangor, he said: “Let’s get ready to do it all again, to get the Tories out and make sure we get a Labour MP here in Arfon.”
Speaking ahead of campaigning in the marginal constituencies in North Wales, he said: “The next Labour government will transform our economy. We will develop the jobs, skills, infrastructure and industries of the future through an investment-led approach, supported by our National Transformation Fund and a Welsh development bank, building on the Welsh Labour Government’s Development Bank of Wales.
“People in Wales need a govern- ment in Westminster that is on their side. Prices are surging ahead of wages, as all but the richest face a lost decade under the Tories.
“People need a pay rise – Labour will bring in a £10 minimum wage by 2020 and end the public sector pay cap – and bills to be brought under control.
“We will end the rip off of privatised rail and introduce an emergency energy price cap while we create the option of a publicly-owned energy system, to put money and control back in people’s hands.
“Today, I’m campaigning in the Conservative-held marginal of Aberconwy and Plaid-held Arfon as part of Labour’s summer campaign in marginal constituencies across the country.
“We can win here and form the next government that will work for the many not the few.”
Visiting the Ty Hapus community centre in Llandudno Mr Corbyn met with community activist Theresea Evans whose son Llywelyn died on duty while serving in the armed forces in Iraq
Afterwards he spoke to a l large crowd packed in a park after a last minute change of venue over concerns about capacity on Bangor’s High Street.
Anglesey MP Albert Owen said the country needed as many Labour MPs as possible as they look to unseat Plaid MP Hywel Williams.
“Plaid Cymru have had their chance. They’ve been the establishment here in north west Wales for decades and people want change,” he said.
Mr Corbyn was confronted by a sea of European Union flags after anti-Brexit campaigners distributed them among the crowd. He told his audience that they had to accept Brexit but Britain needed to secure tariff free access to European markets to protect British jobs.
But his words disappointed supporters who are against Brexit. One campaigner, Simone Jones, who had travelled from Holywell, said: “I’m here to try and get the Labour Party back to where it should be which is fighting for the European Union not trying to get us out.”