How much progress has been made by the Labour-Plaid Cymru coalition on the referendum?
Progress has been a little slow, but with the recent launch of the All Wales Convention things are moving in the right direction. That body will engage with people throughout various forums throughout the whole of Wales on the question of devolution generally. It is quite democratic. For Plaid Cymru members, the commitment to a referendum and the commitment from the Labour Party to campaign for a ‘yes’ vote in that referendum were key questions in our decision to go into coalition with Labour in the first place. It is fundamental that such a referendum takes place. To be honest, I think it’s important to Labour members as well, because there may well be a Tory government in Westminster in the near future. We need to obtain maximum powers for the assembly prior to that possible election result in order to protect people in Wales from the worst excesses from any Conservative government. What do you mean by maximum powers? Ultimately I mean independence: an independent Wales within a fede
