Left-leaning Plaid Cymru crushes Labour Party in Welsh by-election
Plaid Cymru, a center-left party seeking independence for Wales from the United Kingdom, has unexpectedly won a “safe” Labour Party seat in the Senedd there. Lindsay Whittle took Caerphilly in a special election with 47% of the vote. The far-right Reform party won 36% and Labour sank to 11%.
The party’s leader Rhun ap Ior…



