Plaid slams Labour over £100bn plan for Scotland – but ‘nothing for Wales’
“If the people in Scotland send a very strong group of SNP MPs to Westminster, we will be the king makers in that situation,” he told the Today programme.
“He will give way on this. He will recognise that is the right thing to do. We are certainly not going to get into discussions on other matters until we have resolved that matter.”
Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage described the Labour election campaign as “bombing”.
He said the Labour leader’s stance showed a “failure of leadership”.
Mr Farage said: “Brexit is the defining issue of our day and the leader of the Labour Party is going to abstain from that.
“I find that astonishing. It’s a failure of leadership. It’s also a reflection that he knows his own parliamentary party are Remainers... so he’s still trying to stay on that fence and it’s not working. And I think, frankly, people would say just come down on one side or the other and I think my feeling is the Labour campaign is bombing.”
Mr Farage added that the Brexit Party could win Labour seats in the election if it attracted ballots from Conservative voters.
Mr Farage said resolving the Brexit issue would help restore the public’s faith in politics.
“What was interesting though, and I felt it when I did it, from the audience last night [BBC’s Question Time] was the sheer level of hostility.
“This is real, people are very angry with politics, their faith and trust in Parliament, politicians, has never, ever been lower and goodness me it shows.”
Mr Corbyn was not the only leader to endure a rough ride from the audience for the Question Time special in Sheffield.
Boris Johnson was challenged over his trustworthiness and “racist rhetoric” while Ms Swinson came under pressure for her pledge to stop Brexit if the Lib Dems win the election.
But Ms Swinson yesterday insisted she was not disappointed with how the TV event went.
She said: “I’m very proud of standing up for what I believe in.
“I think it’s important to have that authenticity in politics. And I have had a lot of good feedback and I look forward to future opportunities to discuss issues with the public.”
Asked if she thought she had faced a tougher time than the other leaders, Ms Swinson said: “People can make up their own minds about that.”
PLAID Cymru leader Adam Price has condemned the Labour Party over its campaign pledge to invest £100bn worth of capital investment for Scotland over a period of 10 years, but making no such commitment for Wales.
Mr Price said it showed how much the Labour Party took Wales “for granted”.
He said that Labour’s claims that their proposed Barnett consequential for Wales for current expenditure will be £3.4bn higher by 2023/24 was “misleading”, and that it would actually be lower than the increase in current spending under Plaid’s plan, which would be £1bn next year.
Mr Price added that the manifesto left Wales in a weaker position than Scotland and that the pledge to reform the flawed Barnett formula and look at fairer funding for devolved nations that had been in the UK Labour manifesto in 2017 had now been dropped.
He pointed out that the pledge to devolve justice and policing had also been dropped.
The Plaid leader said the absence of ambition and investment showed “the disregard and disrespect Labour had for Wales” and that it was time for Wales to vote for a party that has “Wales, not Westminster” at the top of its priorities.
“The absence of any commitment to invest in Wales shows how much Labour take the people of Wales for granted,” said Mr Price.
“They’ll invest a massive £100bn in Scotland over a period of 10 years, but leave nothing for Wales.
“On a proportionate basis Wales should receive £60bn of investment over 10 years.
“Why is there no such commitment from Labour? They then say we should be grateful for the £3.4bn of Barnett consequentials in four years’ time. It’s insulting.
“They’re also refusing to commit to a fairer funding formula for the devolved nations, which currently leaves Wales in a much weaker position than its counterparts. They also have backtracked on their promise to devolve justice and policing to Wales which would right the dreadful injustices currently suffered by our citizens in the flawed ‘England and Wales’ justice system.
“The absence of any ambition and investment shows the disregard and disrespect Labour have for Wales.
“Decades of under-investment from the Westminster parties has left the communities of Wales struggling to make ends meet.
“In Wales, under a Labour government, almost a third of our children are living in poverty, A&E waiting times are at their highest, and the housing crisis is only perpetuated by Labour’s failure to build more council houses.
“Plaid Cymru believes that Wales has potential. But for generations our country has put its faith and loyalty in the Westminster parties – Labour and the Tories – and get nothing in return.
“The only way for Wales to deliver real change is to vote for a party that has Wales, not Westminster, at the top of its list of priorities. That party is Plaid Cymru.”