Labour Senedd candidate says the advantage of a Reform victory next May would be to expose Reform's incompetence

I think you condemn the Welsh to years of destruction. It will expose the racist farage and the party he owns as an idiot but how do you recover from this, don't sell it out now. Fight that racist party. Farage has owners that want to buy Wales and use us to get No10, there will be nothing left for Labour to come back to or Plaid or any other party. You think Thatcher did a number on Wales, you ant seen anything if farage and his backers get in. But the Labour source better wake up and do something because you also condemn Wales to a party that will tank Wales and bring race hate on steroids to a nation that is not that way inclined. Time to woirk together with other parties to ensure reform don't get power. Remember farage has not apologised for his racist comments, he has not censored pochins vile comments, he has not taken Krugger aside after his vile LGBQT comments, Tice is attacking kids with genuine issues and 30p is after disabled people because 30p is quite frankly thick (remebering ARTD and 30p were an item once).. How did farage not know about gill taking bungs? How many more are there.

So England would benefit from knowing that Reform are completely incompetent at government at Cymru's expense - no thank you very much! Reform will trash our country, decimate our language and destroy our culture - it needs to be utterly defeated.

Another Labour politician who thinks that there is no limit to the price Cymru should pay to give Labour a chance for once in a while governing Great England and the other bits from Westminster

I actually think this is why the UK Labour Party is not getting involved in Welsh politics. They can throw us to Reform next spring, watch us go up in flames, then use that as the basis for a UK General Election victory in 2029. Then again, they've not involved themselves in 25 years (Michaels aside) which is perfectly understandable...

A bit like his mate Gething showing contempt for our electoral system with his toxic cashback, this one obviously doesn't care about the interests of the electorate he's meant to be serving - as long as it makes his dismal record look a little bit better.

The dismal track record of most if not all of the English local authorities which Reform took last May suggest that Councillor Thomas might well be correct in his prediction around Reform's performance should it become our Senedd's majority party. But does anyone really think that five years of chaotic incompetence is a price worth paying just to demonstrate the point that Reform UK can't hack it here any more than they can hack it anywhere else!

Great thinking Huw, with the public as guinea pigs.

That's about the most ridiculous bit of white flag waving I've ever seen. Accepting that his lot will get thrashed and hoping that the others make a big mess of the following 5 years. He ought to be taken out and horsewhipped... and replaced on the list by other more committed members of his party.

It wouldn't surprise me if he was not alone within the Labour Party in thinking this, especially among the Labour MPs. Letting Reform win, gives them an excuse to undermine devolution. Its very selfish thinking as well, don't care about the Welsh national interest, just the interest of his party. But hey that's Welsh Labour for you

The article states that Thomas, "having won Labour’s top slot, is almost certain to be elected." I would say that on current polling that is far from guaranteed. Thomas knows his party has no chance of winning next May, so he'd be quite satisfied to see Reform win so that the rest of the UK can see how incompetent they are. He must be sick in the head if that's what he really thinks!! It is clear that if you want to stop Reform being the biggest party after next May's election, there is only one party to vote for, and it certainly isn't Labour!!

I've been saying this for months that this is Labour's plan, they'll get a kicking for 25 years of putting the party before the people of Wales who they supposedly represent (not rule), their long term plan is to let Reform in and they come in as saviours/knights on their red horses to "save" Wales after 4 years of hell. It doesn't matter if the people of Wales' lives will be severely and negatively altered (think Thatcher with knobs on) as long as LABOUR look good and are then able to govern for a long time again, just shows that party ALWAYS comes first, and us plebs are no more than cannon fodder in the political battle

Staggering. So prepared to throw Wales to the dogs. Inflict untold damage just to prove a point The reality is its nigh on impossible for Reform to achieve a working majority even aligning with the Tories. Despite a huge haircut in seats for Labour will still have sufficent to combine with Plaid to keep Reform at bay FORECASTED SEATS Plaid 35 Reform 34 Labour 17 Conservative 7 Lib Dem 2 Green 1

Parts of Englandshire are already revealing the incompetence of the Farage Fan Club without their idiocy needing to be inflicted on Wales, Mr. Thomas.

Completely agree with Huw on that lone advantage but as a nation we really can't afford for this to happen.

That "Labour source" is trying to create a storm in a teacup! Someone upset that they weren't the chosen candidate?

Probably Reform burning a bucketload of Members taxed £25s in a futile campaign Reform reduced to snarling from the touchlines The party of misfits will be at each other's throats in the blame game A busy week for Reform in Wales Opening paid for empty envelopes or replies full of abuse Mostly in Welsh so they will have to translate

Yeah just throw Plaid in there because of very slight and brief periods of partial governance. When will you understand that you're just an irritating echo chamber that nobody takes seriously?

I guess the main question for Welsh Labour (and for PC to a certain extent) next Spring is "What on earth have you lot been doing for 25 years?" I'm not sure if there is any positive answer they can give. Therefore, their plans for the next 25 years better be damn good...

That's not true not every aspect of Cymru is a basket case. tourism is doing OK but the powers that be want that to be like health and education so they have a published plan for tourism.

Maybe you can explain what she's supposed to have done.

So Welsh Labour would rather see a vile racist English Nationalist Party running Wales than Plaid Cymru. Luckily however much this traitor wants this to happen it won’t be. Faridge simply won’t have the numbers so the best this clown can hope fir as a Labour MS is sorting out the Greggs order for the Plaid Cymru ministers

Eminently silly hyperbole. D'Hondt will almost certainly return a Plaid led coalition. The fact that Huw prefers to catastrophize suggests that he is having difficulty with the prospect of collaboration with another party.

Setting your neighbour's house alight will make you more aware of domestic fire safety, but it's not recommended.