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Welsh Voters Question Role Of Parliament

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Support for the Labour Party is plummeting in the run-up to a election in Wales. Key issues cited include longer waiting lists for the National Health Service and declining attainment levels in literacy and numeracy within the education system.

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“With support for Labour plummeting, it's left the door open for parties like Clyde Cymru and Reform. I will not be voting Labour again. Promises, promises, lies, lies, lies. So I will be voting Reform.”

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“I think dissatisfaction with the mainstream Labour Party. You know the middle of Cardiff gets it all and parts of Wales, rural Wales, you know is not getting their fresh air.”

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“I think dissatisfaction with the mainstream Labour Party. Labour again. I know that much. Have you always voted Labour in the past? Yeah. Always. Always. And this will be the first year that I won't be voting Labour.”

Times Radio UK

“I think dissatisfaction with the mainstream Labour Party. Iron Beaver. These people are pygmies compared to those. It's not just frustration with the current Labour Party that's shaping the way people will vote here.”

Times Radio UK

“I think Wales has not had a great service under Labour for the past 20 odd years. You know the middle of Cardiff gets it all and parts of Wales, rural Wales, you know is not getting their fresh air.”

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“looking at the polling, people have just abandoned the Welsh Labour Party and are going towards parties like Plyde, the Green Party and so on.”

Times Radio UK

“I think first and foremost, there's a serious kind of disillusionment in the Welsh electorate. The NHS, the waiting lists are longer. Education, our attainment in terms of literacy in in numeracy.”

Times Radio UK

“there was a sense of, well, we have labor now, and we'd say here in Wales, both ends of the M4. But that hasn't really produced much or certainly enough that people can kind of feel like things are turning around.”

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