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The poll shows that, with ‘don’t knows’ removed, 65% trust the Senedd to look after the interests of the people of Wales but only 28% trust the UK Parliament to do so.
That's in stark contrast to the 78% approval rating for the Welsh Government's handling of the crisis. And despite the Covid-19 pandemic damaging Johnson’s credibility across much of the nation, polling analysis for the Financial Times last week suggests that in those key ‘red wall’ seats nothing has changed.
The bizarre decision to bus activists to Arfon was of course made by the Labour party in London, because there is no such thing as a Welsh Labour party – it simply doesn’t exist apart from as a piece of branding. And Welsh Labour’s belief that Westminster is the only route to socialism looks even less credible when we consider that a clear majority of Scotland’s electorate support independence. The latest Welsh Political Barometer Poll, which was conducted as soon as Boris Johnson was elected Conservative leader, also shows support for the Labour party is the lowest ever recorded. One is Brecon & Radnorshire (the poll takes no account of this week's by-election) and the other is Ceredigion. All content on this site is copyright protected, Copyright ©2019 WalesNewsOnline, All Rights Reserved. It is an attempt to to answer the central question: ‘How can we become a better nation?’. In fact, such was Boris Johnson’s success based on his promise “to get Brexit done” that many traditional Labour seats in the north of England also switched their allegiance to the Tories because they believed in Brexit and the English nationalism at its core. Over twice as many people trust the Welsh Parliament to look after the interests of Wales as trust Westminster, according to a new YouGov poll. On its way there it bypassed several Labour marginal seat closer to home, such as Wrexham. If politics is the art of the possible then it is high time that the Labour party in Wales woke up to the fact that this can no longer be achieved through Westminster.
[1] The election for each seat was conducted on the basis of first-past-the-post. Unfortunately in the recent Senedd debate on independence, denial is all we got. We will take legal action against theft of content from this site.
“Support for independence is on the rise, and Boris Johnson’s disastrous government in London is a big force in driving that.”. The regional list vote predicts Plaid Cymru to be in first place and Labour support to be below 20%. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.
Why should they? “Trust in politics in general is very low, but nearly two thirds trust the Welsh parliament to look after the interests of the people of Wales,” YesCymru chair, Sion Jobbins said.
“We have seen with Covid-19 that small independent nations, such as New Zeland, and also our neighbours the Republic of Ireland, can react quickly and efficiently to an international crisis. The poll was conducted for BBC Wales by ICM Research, who interviewed a random sample of 1,004 in May. Labour support has simply fallen much further. “The poll also shows that we are on course to return a strong, committed and effective Welsh Liberal Democrat Group to our National Assembly for Wales.”.