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The demands of Welsh devolution are simple: just give us what Scotland has | Will Hayward

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The demands of Welsh devolution are simple: just give us what Scotland has | Will Hayward. Andy Burnham is a Westminster leader whom Welsh nationalists could finally work with - but only if he stands up to the devo-sceptics in UK Labour As I sat in the first Plaid Cymru conference since the party won the Welsh election and started leading the Welsh government, I heard things I had never heard before. I have been to a lot of Plaid conferences and not once have I heard people being really positive about a UK Labour leader. But there was no.

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