Everything Plaid Cymru Leader Rhun ap Iorwerth said in his Spring Conference speech 2026

Gyfeillion, mae hi’n wirioneddol gyffrous i fod yma yng nghwmni cymaint ohonach chi yng Nghasnewydd - dinas oedd wrth galon y Chwyldro Diwydiannol a sydd, wrth gwrs, yn fyd-enwog am Wrthryfel y Siartwyr ym 1839.  

Diolch i aberth y rhai aeth o’n blaenau ni 'dan ni heddiw’n gallu pleidleisio mewn etholiadau rhydd, teg a heddychlon. Ac mae’r ysbryd hwnnw o gymuned, o gydweithio, o frwydro dros hawliau’r rhai sy’ heb lais, ac o fod eisiau anfon neges glir i San Steffan, yn fyw yng Nghymru ac yn fyw ym Mhlaid Cymru o hyd.  

A rwan, a ninnau ar drothwy’r etholiad pwysica’ erioed yn ein democratiaeth ifanc, dyma gyfle hanesyddol – eto YMA yng Nghasnewydd - i roi llwyfan i'n cynllun ni i newid trywydd ein gwlad er gwell.  

Friends, in just ten weeks’ time, Wales will go to the polls.  

Change feels irresistible - even Labour themselves look as if they’ll be glad of a break!  

But ONE - nothing can be taken for granted. We win only through hard work and by building a partnership of trust with the people of Wales.  

And TWO - we view this election as an end-point at our peril!  

Because this generational opportunity isn’t about the pursuit of power, it’s about the possibilities presented by change, and the potential to do better for the people of Wales. 

We’re in the qualifying heat for the big race, if you like. And what matters most is what comes next.  

So how can Welsh Government be different after May?  

What will change for the ordinary man, woman or child in Wales?  

And why should that change be led by Plaid Cymru? 

These are all questions I’ve faced travelling the length and breadth of our nation over the last few months.  

People’s enthusiasm for this election is energising - unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before. But there’s real fear too.  

And that’s why we must be totally focussed on our task over the coming weeks, not just to answer “why not Reform or one of the other parties?” but to persuade people “Why Plaid Cymru? And why now IS the time!” 

For me, the answer is simple.  

We offer hope - hope that can overcome people’s fears of other political forces leading Wales down a dark path.  

Hope that things can get better for our Health Service, that our relatives or friends won’t have to wait so long for treatment or that the burden of childcare costs on our sons and daughters’ household budgets will be eased.  

And hope that, finally, Wales will have a government willing to stand up to Keir Starmer, to Jo Stevens and anyone else denying our nation the fairness it deserves.  

In fact, Westminster treats Wales with contempt with such alarming frequency that it’s sometimes difficult to keep up! 

So, let’s recap the events of the last few months and remind people why a Plaid Cymru government isn’t just desirable but essential if the Labour UK Government is to be forced to take our country seriously.  

Even Labour members see it! We’re a couple of weeks past Valentine’s now but December began with whatever you’d call the opposite of a love letter sent to the UK Prime Minister, signed by the majority of Labour’s Senedd backbenchers, accusing Keir Starmer of “a constitutional outrage” and an “unwarranted attack on devolution” in the shape of the Internal Market Act.  

On to January – closer to St Dwynwen’s day by now! - and former minister Lee Waters launched a scathing attack on the Secretary of State for Wales, Jo Stevens, accusing her of being the most “anti-devolution” Welsh Secretary for half a century.  

And in February the Home Secretary flatly refused to use her review of policing as an opportunity to actually deliver what’s meant to be Labour’s own policy in Wales of devolving policing. The response of Labour Senedd Members, incidentally, was to then vote against a Plaid Cymru motion on devolving justice and policing, and for the First Minister to tell me she didn’t want to talk about it. It’s her policy!!   >>>>>>

And then you have the remarkable spectacle at the height of the damning Mandelson scandal of Eluned Morgan choosing to come to the defence of Keir Starmer and his catastrophic poor judgment.  

Conference, from petty quibbles to personal clashes to party-wide open conflict, it’s a damning catalogue which has come to typify a Labour party simply unfit to govern any more.  

Out of ideas.  

Out of time. 

And so clearly now, out of touch with the people of Wales.  

Every intervention now smacks of desperation. 

DJ-ing for clicks. 

Gaslighting the public for the fact that pubs are struggling - telling everyone to get up off their sofas and stop watching Netflix. 

But for Labour, it really is last orders. 

A new order awaits - one where ambition is no longer taboo. Where Wales can - not Wales can’t. And where people can begin to feel hope again. 

Friends, for Labour, the party is over - and so the election in May will be a choice between two contrasting futures.  

Tolerance or division.  

Progress or decay. 

Defiance or deference.  

Culture or ignorance. 

Humanity or indifference. 

Plaid or Reform.  

To set it out in the starkest of terms, I invite those of you who remember, to cast your minds back to the spring of 1979.  

This weekend marks 47 years since Wales voted against the creation of a parliament of our own.  

Willingly, we wandered into the political wilderness, afraid of taking our futures into our own hands, settling for the status quo whilst Scotland said Yes, though had other barriers put before them.  

And now? Conference we all know that a Reform government would set our country back decades.  

The modern-day equivalent of saying ‘no’ to Wales.  

Faceless candidates and feckless council leaders from Northumberland to Kent are the canaries in the mine when it comes to what Farage has in store for our parliament and our people.  

They say they accept devolution, for now. But they’d turn against it on a whim. We all know they have ZERO loyalty to Wales and our nationhood. 

No accountability, no seriousness, no policies, and no shame in using our nation just as an electoral springboard, nothing else.   

And what of Farage’s man in Wales? An ex-Tory leader of a London council? Thatcher’s own council no less, but this man took privatisation to levels even SHE didn’t imagine. 

When we asked for a Barnet consequential, this really isn’t what we had in mind! 

With such a damning litany, a parade of ex-Tories, you’d expect them to be no-hopers too.  

But they’re not. 

They have deep pockets to spread propaganda and evangelise the deep fakes of Musk’s putrid platforms, and they have the right wing media in the palm of their hands. 

But despite their rags, and their riches, Wales would be so much wealthier without them. 

And as Caerphilly proved, our communities won’t be fooled by the pint-pulling ‘here today, gone tomorrow’ antics of Reform.  

Farage may have had a drink or two on the by-election campaign trail, all part of his ‘common man’ facade, but Nigel and Welsh Dave were no match for our Penyrheol vintage!  

Congratulations – llongyfarchiadau enfawr unwaith eto, Lindsay Whittle.  

Conference, if the chaos engulfing Reform-run councils is our guide to what THEY would offer, let the Caerphilly by-election be our blueprint for a better future.  

As Lindsay has said many times, our campaign was grounded in hope - a positive vision of what Wales can and should achieve. 

An understanding and appreciation of local issues coupled with credible, compassionate, national leadership. 

Whilst others sought to disrupt and divide, we put our arms around those who needed that compassion the most.  

Coverage of the election took us to some unexpected places - Lindsay Whittle... in The Guardian... quoting Michelle Obama - “when they go low, we go high.” 

And he was right of course.  

When Reform seeks to drag our political debate into the gutter, we don’t follow like Labour and the Tories do, we challenge them head on.  

We saw it play out in full technicolour in the TV debate ahead of the by-election, didn’t we? 

A Reform candidate, who misjudged the mood as much as he was misguided in his judgement, was tackled head on – by Lindsay yes – but more importantly by the audience too. 

Reform’s poster-boy crumbling quicker than Caerffili cheese, because of his eye-rolling lack of compassion and kindness to those he sought to represent. 

Cole and Alison Vyas stood up for themselves and for their community. By sheer coincidence their front door was the very last I knocked on election day itself. I remember fondly the conversation we had. 

They weren’t members of Plaid Cymru then, but they are now, having joined us because we share a vision of building bridges and breaking down barriers. And as of last week, Alison is an elected Plaid Cymru community councillor too. 

And I’m delighted that Cole and Alison are with us today. Croeso i Blaid Cymru! 

Of course, it’s not just Reform that a Plaid Cymru Government would challenge but the wider Westminster establishment too.  

From day one, as your First Minister, I’d work to reset the relationship between Welsh and UK Governments - a relationship characterised now as one of disrespect, disinterest and at times it seems, wilful ignorance. 

My first conversation with the UK Prime Minister would set out a commitment to working constructively and cordially, but it would also set out my expectation that the will of the people of Wales must no longer be ignored.  

Fair funding. Parity of powers with Scotland. A new Wales Bill to put those matters in statute as a matter of urgency - nothing less will do.  

To complement this ask, a new Standing Commission will be established to spark a national conversation about the shape of Wales’s future and how we’re governed – the extent to which we want to define the landscape of tomorrow. 

Conference, the enormity of the task which lies ahead isn’t lost on me.  

I’m not ashamed to say - and it won’t surprise you one bit - that it can all feel daunting at times. 

I hope you’ll take that honesty in the spirit it’s intended - not to make this moment about me but to press the seriousness with which all of us in Plaid Cymru are approaching this.  

The prospect of leading this nation that I love fills me with deep humility, but without others – you, our fellow citizens in all parts of the country - there is nothing and nobody to lead.  

And for me, politics has always been a collective endeavour. The spirit of community instilled in me by my upbringing and the importance my parents placed on duty have stayed with me ever since.  

I am excited by the team who I hope will be leading Wales after May.  

They tell a compelling story of experience, enthusiasm, deep convictions and a drive to work every day for a better Wales.  

Tomorrow, I’ll be unveiling our First 100 Days plan - a programme which sets out what a Plaid Cymru Government would be all about in its formative months.  

And it’s not complacency of course, but the complete opposite.  

This is not presuming, it’s preparing. If the people of Wales put their trust in us, we have to be prepared to start paying back that trust immediately. 

In fact, the complacent thing to do would be to commit all our energy just to winning - see Trump, see Cummings, see Starmer and McSweeney - rather than giving careful thought to what follows.  

Remember, the marathon is yet to be run. 

So with that deeply-felt sense of duty, and in the belief that any party leading in the polls has a responsibility to prepare for government, I look forward to sharing more on the First 100 Days plan with you in due course.  

Ond yn gyntaf, gadwch i fi ddychwelyd at y cwestiwn hwnnw -  ‘pam Plaid Cymru?’ 

Mi all unrhyw blaid feirniadu neu ddifrïo gwrthwynebwyr, ond geiriau gwag ydi’r rheiny ar eu pen eu hunain. ‘Dyn nhw werth dim oni bai bod ganddoch chi weledigaeth eich hun.  

Be sy’n ngyrru i bob dydd ydi’r gred y gall Llywodraeth Plaid Cymru gynnig rhywbeth gwell i’n dinasyddion ni, o’r crud i’r bedd. Bod yna obaith. A gweledigaeth go iawn. A’r modd i'w wireddu.  

The Plaid Cymru government I lead will be clear on its priorities – because real change can only happen when you lean in on those priorities.  

If absolutely everything is a priority then all you have is a wish-list, of the kind that has defined how Labour has governed Wales for 27 years.   

The kind that produces that gap we in Wales have sadly come to expect between intention and implementation, rhetoric and reality.  

Without clear targets, Labour Welsh Governments have had nothing to aim for, and time and energy’s been wasted on endlessly analysing problems rather than working to fix them. 

The plan we’re putting forward is different.  

It’s as focussed as it is radical.  

And one of the things that makes it radical is that, at its heart, our offer is simple - we  want to make lives more liveable, life chances more equal, and fair play the foundation of Welsh life.   

We’re not looking to do the impossible.  

And nor will we get lost in the same word soup of endless and repetitive strategies that’s become Labour’s signature dish.   

We’ll focus our efforts on a clear set of priorities – on doing the basics better, so that we can really improve people’s lives in ways that matter. 

Labour has done too little, too late to tackle NHS waiting lists.  

Thousands of people the length and breadth of our nation are in limbo, and living in discomfort or pain, with weeks too often becoming months, becoming years.  

We all – every one of us in this hall – know someone suffering on an NHS waiting list. 

And as long as that goes on, those lists will continue to suck in ever more resources from the rest of our health and care services – from our GPs and dentists, from A&E departments, social care and public health services. And legions of brilliant, caring, health professionals will continue to face the frustration of not being free to care as they want and as they’ve been trained to. 

The Plaid Cymru government I lead will focus on driving down waiting lists – not only because this matters for its own sake, but because we also need to give ourselves breathing space if we’re to create a truly sustainable health and care service that’s fit for the challenges of the 21^st century.  

Based on recommendations from the Royal College of Surgeons, the centrepiece of our plan will be the creation of 10 surgical hubs – dedicated centres for operations dealing with some of the longest waiting lists in specialisms including ophthalmology, orthopaedics and general surgery.  

We’ll improve access to GPs out of hours and through telehealth services – taking pressures out of the system.   

And as waiting lists go down, we’ll plan for a generational change in how health and care services are delivered in Wales.  

We’ll shift the focus from merely treating illness to tackling its root causes.  

And I’ll appoint a minister in government with direct responsibility for overseeing this shift... leading on the preventative agenda not just within health and care policy but right across government, from housing to education, culture, anti-poverty measures... across the board. 

As we look to the 80^th birthday of our National Health Service – a service that was born here in Wales of course – a Plaid Cymru government will make sure it’s fighting fit, and better placed to deliver the kind of care dedicated staff want to give and that all of us need and value.   

And Conference, I promise you this – where Reform would sell it to the highest bidder in a heartbeat, under Plaid Cymru, our NHS will always be free to access at the point of need.  

Over the past months, travelling to and meeting people in every part of Wales, I’ve heard the same thing on doorstep after doorstep. 

People everywhere and from every walk of life are struggling with a cost-of-living crisis that, under Labour’s stewardship, shows no sign of easing. 

One thing that families raise with me time and time again is the eye-watering cost of childcare.  

Too many parents of young children – and too many mothers, in particular – tell me that it simply doesn’t make financial sense for them to return to work.  

They’d be earning less than they’d need to cover the costs of their children’s care.  

 ‘And how is it fair’, they ask me, ‘that parents in England receive so much help with childcare for their 9 month or 1-year-old, when I receive none?’  

Well, conference, it isn’t fair.  

And that’s why Plaid Cymru will introduce a radical new offer on childcare, building to 20 hours for every child from the age of 9 months to 4 years, with 30 hours for children aged 3 and 4 where their parents are in work, education or training.  

That’s thousands of pounds back in families’ pockets just when they need it most.

It’s an opportunity for more parents to return to work, or to pick up more hours.  

It’s an offer of real, practical support not only to parents, but to grandparents too, so many of whom have had to step in to plug the gap.  

We’ll go further than any other government on these islands – delivering an offer that’s universal and ensures every child has access to the life-long benefits that flow from quality childcare and early years education – regardless of background or family income.  

And our ambition to give every child the best start in life doesn’t end there.  

The very best foundation we can give our young people is an education that prepares them to confront life’s challenges and make the most of its opportunities, that equips them with the skills they need to thrive.  

Under Labour, our education system is failing too many of our young people when it comes to developing critical skills in reading, writing and maths.  

As reflected in Wales's PISA results, educational standards are simply not good enough, and have been getting worse.  

The skills gap is all the greater for students from the most disadvantaged backgrounds, who underperform compared to their peers in every other part of the UK. 

Students in England achieve more on a similar or lower level of per-pupil funding.  

So falling standards in Welsh schools aren’t just a case of what we spend, but how we spend it.  

We need to reset and refocus if we’re to raise the bar. 

Our new Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Plan will set national and school-level targets on literacy and numeracy, as well as tailored benchmarks for individual students.  

It’ll provide greater clarity for teachers on what their students should be achieving and by when, and ensure that all pupils are taught following the internationally agreed best-practice for instruction in literacy.   >>>>>>

We’ll embed literacy standards across the curriculum – ensuring that they’re central to every subject, not just English and Welsh.  

We’ll ensure that, by 2030, every primary school has a dedicated library space – the resources to give every pupil the gift of a life-long love of reading.  

We’ll invest in recruiting a new generation of teachers. 

And we’ll support our existing education workforce to do more of what they do best – teach – by working with them to cut bureaucracy in our schools, grow opportunities for professional development, and tackle persistent challenges in attendance, behaviour and students’ mental health.  

We know that these challenges – and many others besides – are rooted in a fundamental injustice at the heart of our society.  

Gynhadledd, mae bron i 1 o bob 3 plentyn yng Nghymru yn byw mewn tlodi. 

Bron i draean o’n plant yn cyrraedd yr ysgol yn rhy llwglyd i ddysgu, neu efo rhieni – y mwyafrif YN gweithio, cofiwch – yn gwneud heb fwyd eu hunain fel bod ‘na ddigon i’r plant.  

Plant heb y pethau symlaf, na’r sicrwydd sy’n rhoi sylfaen i addysg o safon.  

Gadwch i fi fod yn gwbl glir - fydd Plaid Cymru DDIM yn derbyn bod tlodi plant yn rhywbeth anochel.  

Dyna un o’r rhesymau y gwnaethon ni wthio am brydau ysgol am ddim i bob disgybl cynradd – polisi oedd y Blaid Lafur mor gyndyn o’i fabwysiadu.  

Mewn llywodraeth, mi fyddwn yn adeiladu ar hynny, efo prydau ysgol am ddim mewn ysgolion uwchradd, yn dechrau efo disgyblion o aelwydydd sy’n derbyn Credyd Cynhwysol.  

Mae Llafur yn barod iawn i frolio’u bod nhw wedi buddsoddi £7 biliwn mewn taclo tlodi. 

Ond hyn ‘di’r broblem - be sydd ganddyn nhw i’w ddangos am hynny?  

Mae cyfraddau tlodi ar gynnydd ac mae hynny’n golygu un peth – bod y math anghywir o fuddsoddiad wedi cael ei wneud, yn y math anghywir o fesurau. 

I Blaid Cymru, nid maint y gwariant fydd y ffordd o fesur llwyddiant wrth fynd i’r afael â thlodi plant ond be fyddwn ni yn ei gyflawni. 

Tystiolaeth gadarn, nid penawdau gwag fydd yn llywio’n gwaith ni. 

Mae tystiolaeth Sefydliad Bevan a’r Joseph Rowntree Foundation yn dweud wrthan ni y bydd ein cynnig newydd ar ofal plant yn cael effaith trawsnewidiol ar dlodi plant.  

Ac yn seiliedig ar y Taliad Plant yn yr Alban sy’ wedi codi degau o filoedd o blant allan o dlodi – mi fyddwn ni’n cyflwyno peilot ar ein taliad plant uniongyrchol ein hunian – Cynnal.  

Mi fydd y peilot hwnnw’n helpu i adeiladu’r achos dros ddatganoli’r pwerau fyddai’n ein galluogi ni i weithredu’r rhaglen yn llawn ar draws Cymru – enghraifft arall o’n penderfynoldeb ni i herio Llywodraethau’r Deyrnas Unedig, o ba bynnag blaid, i roi i ni’r grymoedd sydd ei hangen i fynd i’r afael â’r llanast y mae nhw wedi ei greu, unwaith ac am byth.  

Conference, 27 years of Labour’s policy failures are reflected in rising levels of child poverty, levels they refuse to properly acknowledge.  

Their wider failure on the economy, though, is something even they will freely admit.  

Labour don’t know what they are doing on the economy.  

Not my words, but those of a former Labour Economy Minister! 

According to Eluned Morgan, her predecessor as First Minister - the current Cabinet Secretary for Finance - has never been interested in the economy! Let that sink in! 

Well, Conference – I am interested in the economy, very, VERY interested in building an economy that delivers good, sustainable and high-paying jobs and real prosperity in every corner of Wales. 

I am proud that Plaid Cymru is the only party going into this election with a plan for our economy that’s both credible and comprehensive. 

You don’t have to take my word for it – according to the thinktank, Democracy Collaborative, our plan - ‘Making Wales Work - is a “substantial piece of economic policy thinking [and] a deeply serious strategy to fill the economic policy void with substantive solutions”. 

Our plan – backed by economists and business leaders alike – centres on promoting and supporting the Welsh businesses that are the backbone not only of our economy, but of our communities – the businesses that provide the best, most sustainable jobs, and whose investment in Wales is for the long term. 

Plaid’s new national Development Agency - business-led, and directly supporting Welsh companies to secure investment, to grow and to trade - will be alive to innovation in key growth sectors like renewables and green technology, digital and artificial intelligence, medical technologies, food systems, agri-tech, and the creative industries. 

We’ll make better use of public sector procurement to grow Welsh supply chains – spending more of the Welsh pound IN Wales - and we’ll offer a new deal on business rates to those businesses in retail, leisure and hospitality on which vibrant town centres and local economies rely.  

The Plaid Cymru government I lead will be unequivocally and unapologetically pro-business and pro-prosperity, in all its meanings. Prosperous in jobs and wages, yes, but prosperous also in the sense of the well-being of people and in communities being able to reach their best. 

And we’ll work with our partners in business right across Wales to deliver the highest standards of social investment, environmental responsibility, and decent work.  

Working together, I know we can unlock Wales’s economic potential.  

So, friends, there you have them – my priorities for government: 

A health and care service that works.  

An education system focussed on equipping every pupil with essential life skills.  

Childcare to ease the pressure on family budgets, and doing what works to lift children and families out of poverty. 

And supporting Welsh business to grow and provide good, sustainable jobs. 

Educational standards, wages and the number of successful Welsh businesses - up.  

Waiting lists, childcare costs and the number of children condemned to a life in poverty - down. 

Each priority with clear metrics by which to measure our achievements and hold us accountable, and taken together, a transformational package to make lives in Wales better.   

But none of this will be possible if we undermine good, practical ideas with business-as-usual government. 

Westminster’s rotten to the core.  

We’ve seen time and again that when the party of government changes, core principles hardly ever do. 

The wealthy protecting the wealthy.  

A blind eye being turned, far too often.  

One rule for them, another for everyone else - we saw it with the expenses scandal, with Covid, and with the way in which some politicians boomerang back into the spotlight despite serious wrongdoings.

Those guilty of this are rebranded, reinvented, rehabilitated - allowing the moral bar to be lowered even further. Hardly anything surprises us anymore.  

Well, we mustn’t allow good politics and effective politicians to be held back. I want us to do politics differently in Wales. And here’s how.  

From Brexit to Covid, a sense of being unheard and not listened to has been normalised.  

A feeling of being left behind, of helplessness in the face of events and tribulation, of being let down, even abandoned by conventional politics - and the ‘establishment political parties’ - is manifest.  

We have to promote the kind of democracy that engages people and dispels cynicism. 

By empowering individuals and communities, something which runs deep in Plaid Cymru’s thinking and in our values, we can revitalise what’s felt like a redundant political model. We can offer Wales a different kind of deal, drawing on our collective experiences and aspirations to shape a better Wales. 

We have to break with the old political group think of the liberal left - “we know what’s the matter and we’ll solve it for you” in favour of a more modest and inclusive mantra “tell us what matters to you and we’ll do what we can to help you make a difference.” 

This is the change I promise. All of the policies, the plans I’ve outlined today are based on what people tell us when they work with us. 

We aim to be known as a team that runs a better government, or quite simply gets the basics right. 

We’ll be people-centred, thinking always of the impact our policies, legislation and actions will have on people’s lives in Wales.  

We’ll be open, transparent and digitally driven, sharing information and insights, highlighting opportunities and challenges – to build a new confidence and a new trust in our Welsh democracy.

We’ll be cooperative and collaborative, bringing people together within government, across the public sector, third sector, business and beyond, to solve common problems together.  

And above all else we’ll be unrelenting in our focus on outcomes not outputs, leaning in not on how much we do but rather on the return we get from doing it. 

Translating these values into practice means we need a new approach. After all you can’t expect different results if all you do is the same thing over and over again. 

That’s why we’ll strengthen the cabinet office, creating a  properly resourced central team, arming Ministers with better data so they can make more informed decisions and ultimately help create better outcomes.  

And to achieve a more effective government, I’m announcing today that I’d create a new Ministerial position in government whose job it is to break down silos, ensure joined up working and deliver effectively on the promises we make.  

A Minister charged with ensuring government effectiveness in a team that promises genuine new leadership for Wales. 

The Welsh public won’t stand for a repeat of mistakes of previous Welsh Governments.  

We’re determined to learn from them. 

It’s not about replacing one Minister for Delivery with another.  

It’s about inserting the importance of outcomes and bangs-for-your-bucks into everything we do. Right across Government. Not just chasing if something’s being done, but in changing the way we try to achieve it. 

We know money will be tight, which is why efficiency and value for money will be at the heart of our vision for effective government.   

Not the penny pinching of the austerity years, but using our scarce resources wisely.  

Value for money as a moral imperative, because every pound wasted will be an opportunity lost. 

And this isn’t the dry stuff of process, or one just for the anoraks.  

Dealing well with days when it’s raining whilst setting our sights on brighter days should concern us all.

Gyfeillion, mae’n glir mai Plaid Cymru ydi’r unig blaid sy’n priodi gweledigaeth, gweinyddiaeth effeithiol a   gobaith yn yr etholiad hon.

Mae’n ras dau geffyl. Plaid Cymru neu Reform.

Ond ar y papur pleidleisio, welwch chi mond un enw sy’n rhoi pobl a chymunedau Cymru’n gyntaf – a Plaid Cymru ydi hwnnw.

Friends, this is a moment 100 years in the making. 

It’s Wales’s moment. 

A time of renewal and reward. 

This spring, the season of change, the one-party electoral dominance of the past century looks like it’s giving way to new beginnings.

Wales can finally grow. 

Servility. Deference to Westminster. 

Managing and appeasing. 

Power without purpose. 

Everything we’ve endured are the things which have held us back. 

Conference, we say ‘no more’. 

Labour are on the way out and Reform with Trump’s playbook in hand will sell out to the highest bidder. It’s what they’re made of. 

But we can make a difference and we can win. 

Winning a new Wales for the hope of a better tomorrow. 

Building on a century’s work of putting the interests of Wales as the very reason for our being. 

Pairing power with principles. 

And bringing new leadership with a sense of mission which has been absent for far too long. 

Don’t risk Wales’s future by choosing more of the same, or a ruinous rabble of ex-Tories whose goal will never be the wellbeing of Wales, but victory alone for their OWN interests. 

Choose the path that can let us prosper. 

Embrace change and all its promise. 

Set fear aside and find the courage to say that Wales deserves better than this. 

Elect the party of Wales as the party of better government. 

For those who led the way and whose legacies lift us.

For the hope we can offer to those left broken or left behind.  

For those who will follow and whose futures will be forged by the fortitude we can show today. 

And for a nation that dares not just to dream but to do and to seize its moment. 

Diolch yn fawr.