Plaid calls for People’s Vote
much of my energy and time on these issues that some have dismissed as unimportant to our cause.
“But to me, building a society where trans people can be themselves, where women are free from violence and the far right don’t threaten our communities is part of our central cause. Because we want an independent Wales in order to create a better society, for everyone.
“Because real independence, is not just about our powers, our Senedd or our First Minister.
“It’s really about our croeso, our values of peace, socialism and republicanism.” DELEGATES to the Plaid Cymru conference overwhelmingly backed a call for a People’s Vote on any Brexit deal negotiated between the UK Government and the EU – or on a “no deal” Brexit if there is no agreement.
Proposing a motion to that effect on behalf of the party’s Westminster group, Plaid’s parliamentary leader Liz Saville Roberts attacked the Conservatives and Labour for advocating a Brexit she said would cause serious damage to the Welsh economy. Ms Saville Roberts, MP for Dwyfor Meirionnydd, said both main parties were preoccupied with their internal disagreements about Brexit rather than thinking about the interests of the people they represent.
She said Labour’s “six tests” for any Brexit deal were nonsensical because one of the tests was unattainable – a deal that had the “exact same benefits” as membership of the European Single Market and the Customs Union.
Labour’s position was that the UK should be outside both the Sin- gle Market and the Customs Union, she said – and it was impossible to have the same benefits if you didn’t belong to them and abide by their rules. She said: “Theresa May is going to try to do a deal with the EU in the coming weeks. We don’t know what any such deal would look like, but we do know that she would have great difficulty in getting any deal through the Commons and the Lords. The most democratic way forward in these circumstances is to have a People’s Vote, with Remain as an option.”