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RED BOX | SIMON HART

Welsh people can seize historic chance for change — but only if they vote

The Times

If Labour win this week’s Senedd election, they will clock up 27 years in government in Wales, quite possibly making it one of the longest regimes in the world. Quite a feat given some of the contenders, and that they lost votes in all but one constituency in the 2019 general election.

That on its own must surely be a strong case for change.

That is why last week I joined the prime minister on a visit to North Wales — a revealing experience ahead of a potentially extraordinary election. What sort of reaction awaited Boris Johnson as we welcomed him to Wrexham, Prestatyn and Llandudno, especially on the first day that pubs reopened in Wales after lockdown?

In December 2019 Labour in North Wales