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We reject Labour’s hollow vision for Wales
As the Starmer regime parachutes in disconnected candidates and offers little more than hot air, Plaid Cymru is mounting a real challenge to the decades of decay and decline forced on us by Westminster, writes LUKE FLETCHER MS

IT has been just over a fortnight since we witnessed Rishi Sunak slogging through a downpour to declare a general election.
After a less-than-inspiring speech about his government’s achievements and election promises, Sunak returned to No 10 looking like he’d just lost a fight with a garden hose.
By the reckoning of the Establishment consensus, this will likely be the soggy end to a sorry Tory saga.
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