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On a tumultuous day in Welsh politics DAVID NICHOLSON looks at the key issues for progressives in Wales to grapple with the rise of the far right
IT CAN’T come as a surprise that Labour has been thrown into a spin after the bruising it took in the Euro elections.
The politics was deeply confusing and the campaign was the complete antithesis of that of Labour’s 2017 general election.
The legion of Tory hopefuls wanting to succeed Theresa May will absorb media attention for the time being.
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