Wales deserves better than a government that sees ambition as a nuisance

We saw Liz in Dol on Thursday, she was looking radiant, a big smile and a wave, Add the shocking treatment of the people and trade of Ynys Mon to your list Liz... We want more than respect, we have here in the north west some heavy political hitters...get swinging...

Wales needs leverage to bring Westminster to the table; voting for the two Westminster parties in our droves does not do that. Neither will voting for Reform. Vote Plaid in the west and Greens in the east in 2026. Change the dynamics.

Spoken like the true Brit-nat stooge we know you are.

If Wales were to be given powers that equal Scotland, you can't escape the fact that we don't have any politicians from any party in Wales good enough to make use of the extra powers. We basically have village councillors trying to run Wales. Wales needs productive, capable and bright politicians, we don't have any at present.

The aim now is to get as many Plaid MSs elected in 2026. Labour has become too complacent and stale - Cymru needs something fresh.

I don't think they see ambition as a nuisance. I just don't think Plaid is on the states radar in the same way the SNP and SF are. If Plaid is not a problem for the state then this is something the party desperately needs to reflect on. This approach to more powers feels like begging bowl politics; and comparing our situation to Scotland doesn't feel like ambition. It feels like we're defining our journey through theirs rather than writing our own story - which is the complete opposite to what Independence is about. Scotland's interaction with the state is only useful as far as it tells us what the British state will react to in order to press the buttons ourselves. It also fundamentally disrespects Scotland's struggle. How can the party keep banging on about what powers Scotland has while ignoring the fact they got those powers as a result of the Independence campaign? Maybe that's telling the party what it should be bringing to the centre of its campaigning for more powers? But no... the begging bowl comes back out. Ambition my backside. The political landscape is changing yes and as we saw in the south - yes that place that Plaid largely ignores to celebrate regional heartland wins - is shifting towards Reform.

Same old message. Lets have the same as Scotland. I certainly wouldn't vote for Plaid to have the same as Scotland. Control over the Crown Estates. They have taken over the liabilities and administration of the Crown Estates, but the net financial gain is then deducted from the Block Grant. Policing and criminal justice won't add one pound to the Welsh economy, in fact the greater expectations from the public will cost, Tax devolution. The Welsh government is reluctant to use even the limited income tax powers it presently has. Plaid is complicit in this by supporting the annual budget proposals. Railways. Wales had the same deal regarding the devolution of rail powers as the other nations. The Welsh government turned that down due to cost risks. I don't recall a great uproar from Plaid at the time. As said in other comments, Scotland have earned their respect. There is no doubt where SNP stands on Independence and have fought and campaigned for it. The success is shown by the fact that in spite of the very well publicised problems of the SNP, support for Independence stays remarkably high. They have used this to their benefit.The article does give a sentence of two to Independence and when I see Plaid put the same energy into campaigning for and building a plan for Independence, as they do whining, then they will begin to gain some credibility.

The English are happy to treat Scotland (and their Ulster settler cousins) as a sort of second in command - they always have done. Lowland Scots was primarily settled by Anglo-Saxon people and therefore have a sort of 'English privilege' due to their shared ethnocultural bond with England - it has always been English policy to support the Anglo over the Gael in Scotland and they are over represented in British instutions and media and the English upper classes have always loved and romanticised Scotland, whereas Wales is ignored or despised by them because of our seperate language and ethnic origin. Plaid Cymru cannot change that. The relationship between Scotland and England is akin to Austria and Germany - the dynamic is different in Wales, our relationship is like that of the Baltic states and Russia. There's no point crying about it, the favouritism shown to Scotland is outside of our control. All we can do is fight for our own independence.

What LSR, we 'deserve' things as in the L'Oreal slogan "Because I'm worth it"? And (below) and Llew G are right. Wales needs hard-ball politics, to face down London. Will need a change in our attitude. Being a supplicant won't cut it.

London Labour should be looking for growth, not by squeezing more out of an overheated London but by supporting the poorer regions and nations to raise their GDP per capita and close the gap with London. This is the low hanging fruit that will make the UK richer for the least effort and expense. But Whitehall fears this, the way they once feared the natives in the colonies turning on their masters. Because that's all that can be expected from an ex-HQ of empire that has never been reformed to be a modern government. The wafer thin political layer on top, red or blue, has very little influence as Johnson proved when his massive democratic mandate to level up was spectacularly ignored by the unelected mandarins in SW1 who really run the show. Their response to the undeniable demand for change was like a teenager asked to tidy their bedroom.

If you whimper and beg for"mutual respect" then yes Westminstr will be "dismissve" ... "as if they’re content with the status quo" Because they are. They don't want mutual respect. Scotland makes them b----y uncomfortabel. Actually by all means chatter away politely about "mutual respect". But also just as much if not more so talk about a stronger Cymru economy - and that means more taxes going to Westminster. All the mproved devolution powers will produce a stronger Cymru economy, so more taxes going to Westminster.