Plaid: Election shatters myth that Labour can protect Wales from Tories

PLAID Cymru said the “myth” that voting Labour would “protect Wales from the Tories” has been “shattered”.

The party retained all four of their seats in Wales, although failed to make any gains, with Ynys Mon once again a key target that was missed.

Meanwhile, Labour was almost wiped out across North Wales – with Mark Tami their only remaining MP in the region after he held Alyn and Deeside.

Plaid said the result showed the best way to protect Wales’ interests was to back them.

They added that PM Boris Johnson “cares little and knows even less about our nation”.

Rhun ap Iorwerth, Plaid Cymru’s General Election campaign director, said: “I am very pleased that we have seen our four excellent MPs re-elected to represent and fight for their communities and our country.

“The myth that voting Labour protects Wales from the Tories has been completely shattered. People who lent Labour their vote in the hope that it would stop Boris Johnson will wake up to the sad reality that Labour has utterly failed to protect Wales.

“This result proves that the best and only way to ensure that Wales’ voice is heard is to elect independently-spirited MPs from Wales’ party, and that’s exactly what Liz, Hywel, Jonathan and Ben are.

“Adam Price has been the most prominent Welsh politician in this campaign and has led from the front. He has put the party in an excellent position, building on this momentum, to deliver a PlaidCymru government in 2021.

“In a difficult election and a UK-wide context that saw smaller parties squeezed, the result should be considered a victory for PlaidCymru.

“This is, however, a fundamentally bad result for Wales. Boris Johnson cares little and knows even less about our nation. Now more than ever, we will need Plaid Cymru to make Wales’s voice heard in Westminster.”