More troubles for Theresa May as Wales joins Scotland to
demand and independent referendum for the Welsh people. This is due to the PM’s
persistent stand for a ‘hard’ Brexit from the EU, and her alleged refusal to
actively involve all the devolved administrations in her Brexit plan.
According Leanne Wood, “all options should be on the table”
when it comes to the future of the Welsh nation once Britain’s divorce from the
bloc is over. The warning was made to the PM during her visit to Swansea as one
of her strategy to strike a successful Brexit deal.
Speaking further, Ms Wood stressed of “clear consequences”
of Mrs May “not listening” to the plights of the rest of the UK as she arranges
to trigger Article 50 on March 29.
During her presentation on Radio 4’s Today programme, Ms
Wood argued: “The prime minister has said she will properly consult the
devolved nations, we’ve yet to see any evidence that there is any seriousness
about that.
“Plaid Cymru put down our political differences aside with
the Welsh Labour Government to produce a White Paper to outline what should
happen to ensure that Wales is kept within the process.
“There are key issues that affect Wales, for example, our
continued participation in the single market which is crucial when 67 per cent
of Welsh exports go to the EU’s single market.”
Despite the huge exports to the EU single, Wales, along with
England, voted overwhelmingly to leave the Brussels club.
As result of the importance the EU single market plays in
the Welsh economy, the Welsh government in January released it lists of demand
to Westminster, which advising the PM to ensure the country is kept within the
union’s single market.
“We need to see some evidence of listening,” Ms Wood
continue. “Clearly between Plaid Cymru and the Labour-led government, in
Scotland, they’ve said the same, they want to retain single market membership
as well.
“There are clear consequences to the prime minister of not
listening, or not including Scotland in her plans, we’ve heard the First
Minister of Scotland say that if the prime minister insists she goes ahead with
Brexit, it’ll be damaging to Scotland and Scotland will hold a second
independence referendum.
She also stated: “There is a demand in Wales for our
assembly to have more powers, if the Scots vote to be an independent country,
then that will constitute a material change in circumstances for Wales - the UK
will no longer exist for example.
“We’ve said that under those circumstances, Wales should be
able to determine what happens to us, we should have self-determination and all
options should be on the table and we should debate independence and what that
will mean for Wales.”
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