Wales and Scotland 'will be free nations'

Plaid Cymru president Dafydd Iwan has called on Scotland and Wales to keep working towards "freedom" from Westminster. Addressing the SNP conference currently under way in Perth, Iwan said the day was approaching when both Scotland and Wales would be free nations.
He used his keynote speech on Friday to reveal statistics from the latest opinion polls carried out on behalf of Plaid which show support for Plaid is still growing ahead of the assembly elections next May.

And he said it was evident that the SNP had a "great chance" of success at the Scottish elections, also being held in May. "People in Scotland and Wales have had enough of Labour spin, the undermining of local democracy and civil rights, increasing centralism and warmongering," Iwan told SNP delegates.

"And as the day approaches when Wales and Scotland will be free nations, we must not let the trappings of power diminish the dream of freedom, or tarnish our vision.

"What the SNP and Plaid Cymru are about is the most exciting of all political projects - freeing the potential of our respective nations for the benefit of all our people.

"And this new freedom will mean the creation of a new dynamic relationship between all the nations of the British Isles, which will be to the benefit of all who live in these islands.

"When we are all free to be true to our own identity, we can then work together to help create a world where humanity triumphs, and wars and oppression will be things of the past."