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With a group of friends who are doing bad things, this film shows you the end result of that. If you want to keep a career as a gang member. The bodies of 16 vietnamese people who were found dead in a lorry trailer in the uk have arrived back in vietnam. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9am. Labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn has admitted people on lower incomes could pay more tax if labour wins power. In a bbc interview with andrew neil last night, the labour leader was challenged over his partys plans to scrap the marriage tax allowance and reform dividend taxes which could affect people with private pensions. Our assistant political editor, norman smith is in westminster. Jeremy corbyn will be talking about the nhs, rather more comfortable ground than it seemed at times last night. Whats your assessment of that interview . Well, for the first time in the election, you really felt thatJeremy Corbyn had been taken out of his comfort zone. We are used to seeing him talk about how he wants to put more money into Public Services, to pay for Public Sector pay rises. Weve not really seen him grilled closely about how hes going to pay for it and whos going to have to pay for it. In the course of the half hour interview, he really struggled with some of the questions. In particular, he was forced onto the defensive over labours claimed that people earning less tha n labours claimed that people earning less than £80,000 wont pay any more in tax after it was pointed out that removing the married couples allowa nce removing the married couples allowance would mean some low income families would lose a tax break of around £250 a year. In terms of the costing of his plans, he was forced to concede that the extra 57 billion that has been set aside for the so called waspi women that lost out in pension claims lost out and the money to pay for that would have to come from burrowing even though labour has said they would only borrow for capital spending, not everyday expenditure. Albeit this morning, the shadowjustice secretary, richard berghan still defending the waspi decision. This amounts to theft or robbery of money that these women paid into the money that these women paid into the money that these women paid into the money that they are entitled to. It isa money that they are entitled to. It is a wrong that needs righting. Money that they are entitled to. It is a wrong that needs rightingm wasnt theft or robbery, it was a decision taken by parliament in the 19905 and taken again to speed it up in 2010 to equalise the age of retirement of men and women had to save money in the long run by increasing the age of retirement, thats not theft. You may seek to justify what happened to three and a half million women who lost their money, i dont. Half million women who lost their money, idont. It half million women who lost their money, i dont. It was wrong they lost out. It shouldnt have happened. And a new government, Labour Government, needs to put that right. Mr corbyn found himself under pressure for refusing to apologise for anti semitism. We are expecting a big announcement on the nhs from mr corbyn in the next hour or so. Elsewhere, we will wait for the snp launch where they will stress their opposition to brexit. Interesting, too, when they begin to lay out some of their terms for any possible deal with labour after the election. 0k, norman, thank you. We will bring you that snp manifesto launch live. And now its time for your questions answered with the plaid cymru leader adam price with Nicky Campbell in the 5 live studio. Welcome to this special Election Programme on radio five live and the bbc news channel for the next hour. We are giving you a chance to put your questions to adam price, the leader of plaid cymru. We will hear from listeners and taking questions submitted online and via social media to your questions answered on the bbc. You can get in touch while were on the using the hashtag bbcyourquestions. It is charged at your standard message rate if you text in. Our corners are calling from wales and the rest of the uk. They are interested in the bbc programme and we are interested in the bbc programme and we a re interested interested in the bbc programme and we are interested in their background and experiences. This is a part of a series of programmes where we invite leaders of the main Political Parties to take your questions. We had from the prime minister, borisjohnson. Questions. We had from the prime minister, Boris Johnson. We questions. We had from the prime minister, borisjohnson. We will have jonathan ba rtley from minister, borisjohnson. We will have Jonathan Bartley from the minister, borisjohnson. We will haveJonathan Bartley from the green party, the co leader here on friday and we are with adam price from cymru stop good morning. Good morning. Lets go straight for it. Holly is near cardiff. Thank you for getting in touch, thank you for your question, whatever it is, fire away. As someone whatever it is, fire away. As someone whose main priority in this election is our approach to the climate. The green party. Just run that by us again, we lost the line. Sorry. Its not your fault, we lost the line half way through the question. Im wondering why i should vote for plaid cymru over the green party. Worries about the climate crisis, the future of our planet, clearly. She feels, perhaps, holly, not sure if we have a terrific line to her that she should vote green. Good morning, holly, great question. Beyond brexit, which of course, has dominated discussions, we have a much deeper question at the heart of this election, which will be the key question in the 21st century, which is Climate Change. My answer to you would be to encapsulated a key phrase at the heart of the green movement, which is think globally, act locally. We face a global challenge. The best way for us to address this challenge in wales is to empower ourselves to change the way that we respond to the challenge of Climate Change. We have a great opportunity in wales, actually, because of the incredible resources we have off our shores. We have about 15 of the Marine Energy potential of the whole of europe. As we talk about this green jobs resolution. 1596, the United Kingdom . 1596 of the whole of europe, actually. And of the uk . Wales, actually. And of the uk . Wales, actually. Scotland has about 25 of the Marine Energy. That is tidal and wave energy. We have huge potential in terms of offshore wind off the coast of wales, the tidal lagoons we re coast of wales, the tidal lagoons were cancelled by the conservative cupboard and we have an opportunity to build not one but tidal lagoons conservative government. We can be at the heart of the green Industrial Revolution in the same when we created the original one. That is the message in terms of voting for the party of wales. Let wales be a beacon of the change we need at a global level. Weve got to make our own contribution as a nation. But there could be opportunities for us as well stop lets get to zero carbon quicker. Weve set a target of 2030 in this election. Because we need to do that. There could be some huge opportunities for us getting to zero carbon and a zero waste as quickly as we can. Holly, you make the point about the un report, the concentration of Climate Change gases has hit a high, and it is alarming, do you want to come back . Yes. Ijust have one question. Doesnt look like weve got a lot of luck with holly. 0ne doesnt look like weve got a lot of luck with holly. One more time, lets try one more time . Go for it. Sorry no, weve lost you, lets move on. A straight question, should we eat less meat . We should eat more locally sourced meat. That is the key opportunity we have. Notjust in food miles terms but generally, moving to more organic food, locally produced, in a way that is more ecologically sound, that represents an opportunity for us. Agriculture can actually contribute to decarbonisation. Grass is one of. And pasture, one of the greatest stores of carbon. Globally, deforestation is a huge problem. Deforestation is absolutely a huge problem. We have been under planting in wales and we got to get the level up. Its been as low as 500 hectares etc. We got to massively increase that. But actually moving towards more local, more organic farming could be. And changing pasture could be. And changing pasture could be. And changing pasture could be even quicker than planting trees in terms of the immediate effect of carbon storage. Lets go to rachel in pontypridd. Hello. That sounds like a marvellous line, what would you like to ask alan price . Hi, adam. My question is quite simple, really. Plaid cymru is the party of wales, nearly 53 of welsh people said we wa nt nearly 53 of welsh people said we want to brexit, we want out of the eu and yet the party of wales, their key policy has decided not to really agree with that and to sit on the fence a little bit with it and decide that theyre not going to listen to the 53 of wales that decided they wanted out. And ijust wanted to understand what the Decision Making process was behind that for plaid. I think that they would be great question. Ive been askedit would be great question. Ive been asked it about 10,000 times in this election. Its a legitimate question, you know . We havent sat on the fence in the sense that weve said clearly we think its best for wales to remain in the European Union. In some ways, it might have been easierfor us if union. In some ways, it might have been easier for us if we union. In some ways, it might have been easierfor us if we had union. In some ways, it might have been easier for us if we had flip dropped and ditched our principle, you know, our belief, genuinely that wales is better off in the European Union. We didnt want to do that. I didnt go into politicsjust union. We didnt want to do that. I didnt go into politics just to say what i thought people wanted to hear, i went into politics to say honestly what i believe. When people ask me, do you think brexit is going to hurt wales or help wales . I have to hurt wales or help wales . I have to say, honestly, my sincere belief. I respect other people to have a different view, by the way, but you have to put forward your own view. That is why the labour party has the come unstuck on the brexit question because, as we know, the leader the level of the leader of the labour party, he wont even say what he prefers as the outcome. We are setting it out clearly because we are looking at the structure of the welsh economy and we are an export intensive are economy. Two thirds of our exports go to the eu. In west wales and the valleys, it is as high as 90 from five key sectors in west wales and the valleys. I dont want to see wales have a huge economic hit. We are unfortunately at the bottom of the Economic League table. I want to be taking us up that a new table. What i dont want to see is wales suffering the kind of economic damage that i saw in the 19805. Of economic damage that i saw in the 1980s. My father worked in the mines, he was thrown on the slide heap in the 1980s. I dont want to see for any family having to experience what we experienced in the 1980s if we can avoid it. Democratically, the only way to reverse the decision to leave is by taking it back to the people. You cant deny the mandate from 2016 referendum. That was on the principle. Now we have a plan. There wasnt a plan at the time and that is why we have been going around in circles for three and a half years. Now we have a definite plan on the table, a brexit deal, lets take it back to the people under the context of that referendum, as in this election, plaid will be making a case. Which brexit deal would you like to take back to the people . One that could be negotiated byJeremy Corbyn, were he to win the election outright or with a minority or the one we have on the table from Boris Johnson . As a point of principle, any deal should be taken back to the people. Deals come in many different forms. Yeah, and i think that labours brexit deal is also problematical because it also takes us problematical because it also takes us out of the Single Market and that is the decision. Very closely aligned to the Single Market. Well, well, no, no, no. Thats their plan. Well, even their own government in wales argued differently in the white paper they produced. The key thing is whether you are inside the Single Market because then you have genuine action this trade and that is absolutely essential to so many of our manufacturing sectors. Manufacturing is much more important in wales, we still make things in wales. But think about what there sectors are, aerospace, automotive sectors that rely on very short, rapid supply chains and that would be completely blown apart, you know, by a reckless move to leave the Single Market. We think it would be horrendous for wales, but ultimately, it is for the people of wales and the other nations of the United Kingdom finally now that we have a definite deal on the table, lets take it back. We will be arguing passionately and sincerely that it is better off for wales if we stay within the European Union because it will rip the heart out of our economy. Many people looking at labours perspective deal and Single Market, there wont be much difference. Lets move it on to emily. It isa it is a beautiful part of the world even when it is raining. Good morning, adam. Spending 300 million a year on education, would it allow schools to reopen in my area on a friday afternoon, which would relieve the parents of extra burdens of childcare . Well, look, absolutely. We are under investing in education overall in wales at the moment. We have seen a reduction over the course of the last ten yea rs. Over the course of the last ten years. 300 million immediate injection our Education System i think would be a start of a process whereby we made education a key priority. We would want to have that immediate cash boost. We are also committed to introducing universal child care, Free Childcare from all children from the age of one onwards. I have recently become a father myself. I realise how difficult it is. That changed your life . Absolutely, in every way. It was as amazing as everybody told me it would be. But it obviously changes your perspectives. About the environmental question. I know he will be asking me some pretty searching questions probably in seven or eight years time about what ive done, using the power that i have and the platform that i have. But also, on childcare, it affects women and men. How but also, on childcare, it affects women and men. How can we but also, on childcare, it affects women and men. How can we actually ensure that people who want to get back into work are not prevented from doing so by the sheer unaffordability. Emily, any other points you want to make . It is very ha rd points you want to make . It is very hard for schools, they call it Mental Health afternoon is that all the children go home. I dont understand how the government can say there is Mental Health afternoon when there is no Mental Health help. 300 million, does that mean all of these schools will ultimately be able to open and there is only one school that doesnt close on a friday afternoon and that was when i attended. That means they will have to feed their kids, that is an extra meal. Last night in the debate, there were food packages being handed out. We cantjust add 300 million not help directly to the people that are most affected. Million not help directly to the people that are most affectedlj totally people that are most affected. totally agree with you. With the labour party in england, they have been campaigning against the move to four and been campaigning against the move to fourand a been campaigning against the move to four and a half day and indeed, been campaigning against the move to fourand a half day and indeed, in some cases, four day schools and they are the government in wales and it is happening from what you have said. We have got to move to a system where you have wraparound universal child care, integrated where possible with schools, with primary and secondary education as well. So you have full days, five day education. For many people, schools are closing early on a friday and that is an extraordinary situation in that particular part of the world if you would like to come back on that, emily. Yeah, most schools close on friday afternoons at 12pm. My grandad drives them all home, he sees these kids now go home and they eat, thats another meal they need to pay for. Parents dont finish work at 12 oclock, why can kids . If this is happening in more schools, eventually it will happen in all schools and this will open up the need for even more Free Childcare. Keep to the five day week, add more cash. Iagree childcare. Keep to the five day week, add more cash. I agree with adam, this is one of the strongest policies and i definitely agree with plaid cymru. The lib dems are saying that they dont want to put that much cash into it and that would ruin education even more in wales. Thank you very much on the cash question, where does this money come from . Is this part of the money you are demanding from england over having taken the resources from wales . Having taken the resources from wales . We are calling for a £20 billion Capital Investment for investing in infrastructure. Is that pa rt investing in infrastructure. Is that part of your reparations argument . Well, what i said is that there is a moral debt. I come from a coalfield community. Not a lot of wealth in that coalfield and very little of it was invested back and we see that in our creaking transport infrastructure, the fact that we dont have superfast broadband even now. You can say that about many parts of england. There was a report today saying parts of Northern England have higher death rates in turkey and romania and the income divide between there and the south east of england is wide. There are south east of england is wide. There a re lots of south east of england is wide. There are lots of part of the United Kingdom who could make exactly the same argument, that they have had their resources taken over the years and not have the benefit. We have a sister party in the north, the york party. A lot of moral payments coming up then . Look, the gulf of wealth in this so called United Kingdom, you know, ithink is wealth in this so called United Kingdom, you know, i think is a moral stain on our democracy. Yes, there is a National Dimension to it in wales but it does apply to some of those former coalfield communities. Many of them voted to leave and i am not in any way saying that everyone will have voted to leave for this particular reason, but i think part of the backdrop for it in many of these are neglected working class communities was a deep sense of exasperation at the fact that the Political Class in westminster and successive governments, both labour and conservative havent actually addressed this gaping gap of wealth and privilege between wales and particularly london and south east of england and other parts of the uk. You have used the phrase the politically invisible, which is an interesting phrase. Lets move on to some quickfire questions. Ellen has e mailed us. Where do you stand on Mental Health . Well, we think that Mental Health needs to be massively reprioritise within the health service. Its responsible for about 20 to 25 of the sickness but it doesnt get anything like that in terms of the investment. What we have set out in our manifesto is that we want a year by year increase over the course of the next decade which will result in. 596. 596 increased which will result in a doubling of the amount of money going into Mental Health, what we spend that on. We would want to see more community Mental Health services and we want to see more counselling services available. We would like to see a 20 24 7 Emergency Response as part of the Emergency Response as part of the Emergency Response as part of the Emergency Response services. We want to see proper provision for those people with Mental Health problems that require residential care. That should be available to them within their own community. It should not be outsourced and privatised. The most important thing of all is that this requires it to be a higher priority in terms of the proportion overall of the spending. And by making this commitment over the course of the decade, we will go some way to addressing that. Without telling us what is in your manifesto almost word for word, i dont mean to be impertinent, but i read it last night. It was very interesting. You can read it online. If we could get quickfire answers to the quickfire questions, that would be great. I am welsh, nick i speak in paragraphs, you know we will get some dylan thomas later. Tony, he says what will you do aboutjobs in north wales . We have set out key plans in terms of the green Industrial Revolution. North wales should be at the centre of that. We have massive potential of the north wales coast in terms of offshore wind farms and anglesea, and our plans overall, we want to create a National Energy company, National Energy agency for wales. Labours plans are to have a uk wide company that we want a welsh energy company, publicly owned based the north in anglesey based on the energy island. Taking advantage of this huge opportunity in terms of Marine Energy. Because of our competitive advantage we have opportunities. But lets invest in those jobs. Tens of thousands of jobs potentially lets invest in those jobs. Tens of thousands ofjobs potentially and Storage Capacity will be a massive issue as we move towards renewables. Lets invest in that Storage Capacity. What else do you like of the labour manifesto . There were echoes there, what do you like about that, some of their policies in the labour manifesto . I support what they are saying. It isnt in the ma nifesto they are saying. It isnt in the manifesto but they subsequently came out and said the waspi women. That is in the manifesto. What do you like about the labour manifesto . Give me three policies . like about the labour manifesto . Give me three policies . I like the. Move to post austerity economics, that is a broad consensus. Nationalisation of utilities . Yes but there is a bat. That shouldnt be done on a uk wide basis because having a state owned monopoly, which is based outside of wales, you know, does that actually give us the kind of power that we needin give us the kind of power that we need in wales. What we should be doing with those energy companies, the two private companies that run ourgrid in wales, the two private companies that run our grid in wales, the distribution grid, that should be based in wales because otherwise we will be in a position of not being in control of our infrastructure. Getting rid of universal credit . Yes, absolutely. Quite a lot. Quite a lot of things. If you were in england, you would vote for labour theres a lot in the Green Party Manifesto that i agree with. The key thing is that there has always been a delivery 93p there has always been a delivery gap. We have a Labour Government in wales at the moment and the issue is this. Labour government that we are experiencing, they had been in power for 20 years and in so many ways, they are part of the problem and not they are part of the problem and not the solution. If you look at the nhs in england, they are mirrored in wales. The environment, i agree with the Clean Air Act but why hasnt the Labour Government in wales introduced that . They were taken to court because of the 2000 people every year that die unnecessarily. I agree with many of the aims in the labour manifesto. But unless we have plaid cymru mps at westminster, we are not going to get the delivery, the real change, to use their phrase, that wales has been crying out for four phrase, that wales has been crying out forfour generations phrase, that wales has been crying out for four generations while we have voted labour and not having much to show for it. Just to pause ifi much to show for it. Just to pause if i may from our audience questions. From plaid cymru leader, adam price, really interesting questions and answers. Sad news has come in in the last few minutes. The tv chef gary rhodes has died, his family announced. He was 59 years old. The family of gary rhodes has said that we are deeply announced to announce the passing of a beloved father and brother. He passed away last evening, tuesday the 26th of november 2019 at the age of 59 with his beloved wifejenny by his side. The family would like to thank eve ryo ne the family would like to thank everyone for their support and ask for privacy during this time. There will be more on this story as we get it on will be more on this story as we get iton5 will be more on this story as we get it on 5 live and the bbc news channel. Very sad news about an amazing guy. It is 9 27am. Another question for adam price. Paul from birmingham. Good morning, paul. Good morning. Its all yours. Hi, adam, i understand that plaid cymru are thinking about decriminalising soft drugs, such as cannabis. However, wouldnt this create a huge surge in demand and potential addiction, which would then have a knock on impact of our vital and hard and overstretched Public Services like the nhs, police, Emergency Services and social care . The nhs, police, Emergency Services and social care . And why should these guys have to pick up all the pieces from increased drug usage . And we had the Mental Health questionjust a few and we had the Mental Health question just a few moments ago. Adam price. Hi, paul, thanks, good question. In the manifesto, we are calling for a National Commission on the reform of drug policy because we feel that the current policy that we have been following for decades isnt working. We have seen rising drug related deaths, in particular areas, heroin related deaths and we feel that a better way is possible. If you are talking about minimising harm, that is both to people who use and misuse drugs themselves, but also harm to the wider community, to people that i speak to, paul, privately, a lot of Police Officers that work specifically in this field, they will say, look, the Current System isnt working. And even our police and crime commissioner in north wales, who himself is a former serving Police Officer is a strong passionate and advocate of reform. He draws on his own experience. We are not hearing the people that we need to help that have problems with addiction and we are fuelling organised crime by providing them with a source of revenue. Whereas, to speak to the point that you made about what effect it will have of embracing a different approach, which is more of a Public Health kind of related approach. Is that right, paul . My main question was ready to do with the impact on the Public Services, which are already hugely overstretched. And if we will increase the number of users, i dont know how many, say, one with addiction and a knock on impact with anti social behaviour and the Health Issues with the nhs, the system cant cope currently, why adding another problem to our vital Public Services, why does that make sense . I dont quite get that. If it could be shown that moving towards a different approach, aspects of decriminalisation, legalisation, more of a Health Approach rather than a criminal approach, reduced drug use, would you then be more open to it . The reason i ask is that we have some evidence now internationally, people particularly think about portugal which a number of years ago moved towards the kind of approach that im advocating. People also point to la where it didnt work so well. Spain has adopted aspects and other countries as well. I think its important the policy is evidence based, we can look at those other countries experiences and on that basis, i think there is a strong case for saying usage is likely to go down as a result of that. And also, we are better able to help those people that want to address their addiction by taking a Health Related approach, you actually then siphon off all of the revenue that is going into organised crime. That actually causes worse problems, both of those in terms of Public Services because a lot of our Police Resources are getting into fighting drug related organised crime as well. By not being able to address substance misuse in a proper Health Related way, we are not able to actually. People always talk about it in the way you talk about it and youve been honest about your own recreational drug use. I did when i was a student, you did back then and its refreshing that politicians are being more open about it. No politicians ever say what is the big truth which is that hundreds of thousands of people take drugs every weekend for pleasure and no harm comes to them. That is a fa ct. No harm comes to them. That is a fact. Why not just no harm comes to them. That is a fact. Why notjust say, also for recreational purpose, if we want people to have another form of pleasure in their lives . Lets look at mdma. Was that the drug you took . Was it dance drugs you took or was it weed . There is a vital difference between them. When you look at mdma related deaths, health authorities, police talk about a safe level of dosage. The problem is that there is no way for those users, you say who recreationally use that drug, to actually know what they are taking. Asa actually know what they are taking. As a result of that, people die unnecessarily and if you want to prevent deaths, moving towards a system whereby at least it is a personal choice and if they want to do it they should at least be able to know whether what they are taking isa to know whether what they are taking is a poison that is going to kill them. Was itjust is a poison that is going to kill them. Was it just grass is a poison that is going to kill them. Was itjust grass with you or party drugs or dance drugs . Its great youve got this experience and you can speak about it from a knowledge base. I dont want to go into specifics because then i could be accused of condoning or promoting andi be accused of condoning or promoting and i dont want to do that. I was asked the question and i answered it because i think its important to be honest. Im not proud about it but im not going to deny it as well. Which is refreshing in politicians. Weve come a long way from bill clintons, but i didnt inhale a few yea rs clintons, but i didnt inhale a few years ago. Barack obamas famous retort was, but thats the point. We wa nt to retort was, but thats the point. We want to talk about Violent Crime. Home Office Figures have shown that Violent Crime in england and wales has risen by 19 this year. What will your party do to reduce this and solve this issue . There is a huge increase in knife related crime in wales as well. We are in no way immune from this. This scourge. 0ur are in no way immune from this. This scourge. Our primary demand for wales at this election is that we reverse the reduction in resources to the police, particularly the number of Police Officers. We are calling for the devolution of policing to wales because we think that we have a better handle on whats happening within wales, so its better to have those decisions made locally. In terms of Police Officers, we would like to see an immediate increase of 50 million which would allow around about 1600 additional Police Officers, which is two for every community in wales, said it would have an immediate effect. I think overall, you know, weve got to look at the effectiveness of our policing and Justice System and again, devolving that criminal Justice System Justice System and again, devolving that criminalJustice System to wales would allow us to fine tune the approach we are taking. 0bviously, although we are seeing a rise in Violent Crime in wales, the pattern will be slightly different to england and by actually having both those additional Police Resources but also the ability to make the decisions more likely. Why do you think were seeing this rise in Violent Crime and what have you witnessed . Rise in Violent Crime and what have you witnessed . What rise in Violent Crime and what have you witnessed . What sort of thing are talking about . I think in general, knife crime in particular is something that is a big issue at the moment. Ithink is something that is a big issue at the moment. I think its about a bigger Police Presence is definitely needed to put off this crime, that is one of the issues. Bigger Police Presence. Thank you for all your questions so far. Adam price is here answering your questions, weve invited the leaders of the seven parties to do the same. Borisjohnsonjoined us of the seven parties to do the same. Borisjohnson joined us a of the seven parties to do the same. Borisjohnsonjoined us a couple of weeks ago, the leader of the greens Jonathan Bartley weeks ago, the leader of the greens jonathan ba rtley is weeks ago, the leader of the greens Jonathan Bartley is going to be here on friday and so it goes on until we come across the big day and it comes upon us and it is coming upon us very quickly. Who would you rather have a point with, corbyn or johnson . Have a pint with. Have a point with, corbyn or johnson . Have a pint with. Not borisjohnson. I johnson . Have a pint with. Not Boris Johnson. I thinkjeremy johnson . Have a pint with. Not borisjohnson. I thinkJeremy Corbyn is more of a tea drinker. Ifeel. Which one would you like to have a chat with over a cup of tea or coffee . Chat with over a cup of tea or coffee . It has to be Jeremy Corbyn. Jeremy corbyn has not called people like mea Jeremy Corbyn has not called people like me a but boy. Its been in the news again recently, why cant people just say the most powerful word, sorry . Did you hearJeremy Corbyn last night with andrew neil . I think he was wrong not to say sorry there as well. There is a lack of humility. I think people respond well to politicians holding their hand up and saying, i got it wrong. Nobody is infallible. They are not candidates to be, you know, inhabitants of the holy see, they arent candidates that the pope. Whats your biggest mistake when you got it wrong . God, where do we want to start . 0h, got it wrong . God, where do we want to start . Oh, god. Let me come back to that. I sometimes get angry, i get back to that. I sometimes get angry, igetangry back to that. I sometimes get angry, i get angry and. Youve got a temper . I do. I do sometimes feel angry about the state of wales, the state of the world and i have to check myself. We all do. Not so much the state of welsh rugby and football, is doing very well at the moment. Sometimes youve got to admit when you get it wrong and i have made mistakes. I think youve got to channel that anger into something more positive. Cut welcome, rhian. What would you like to ask adam price . My question relates to independence for wales. How far are you prepared to go in the short term for an independent wales . You think more people are getting more psychologically attuned to the idea of independence for wales, dont you . You can see it surging ahead, cant you . You werent creating one poll of 30 but youve taken up the dont knows. The Scottish Independence polls are also quoted on that basis. Even a majority of young people, 54 saying they are in favour of an independent wales in europe. Wales is on a journey and i think the backdrop is a rising self confidence in the potential of wales and then contrast that with this deep sense of frustration with westminster. The two have come together over the last few years with brexit as a backdrop. I think there is this wonderful phrase, indy curious, how do we get there to indy confident . People are moving on to the detailed questions, show me the maths as they say in america. Show us the frictionless border, show us the currency. The currency question has been discussed in scotland, the issue of the fiscal gap, the gap at the moment between the amount of tax revenue we raise in wales on the map we need for Public Services. We show that people are saying they are attracted by the idea, it is a desirable vision, but show me the plan. The kind of thing that was lacking in the brexit referendum in 2016. How do you square this with the demographics, 2196 square this with the demographics, 21 of people who live in wales are english, whereas in scotland it is Something Like 450,000, about one in 12. In wales its one in five. Is that not a demographic stumbling block . I dont think its about ethnicity. My mother is english. Those people will be more emotionally wedded to england and the uk, arent they . I think the kind of independent wales we want to create is one which is diverse, inclusive and celebrates all of our people wherever they come from, other parts of the uk and other parts of europe. We are a small nation needs of talent talent weve got. Its going to be one heck of a party and everyone is invited. But his talent but is there within our wonderful diverse nation and is how were going to make success of ourselves. Do you cry when you hear land of our fathers at the Millennium Stadium . One of my favourite films is the king i and i cry at the end of that. Lets go to chris in anglesey. I have lived in north wales all my life and ive noticed inequality between north and south. What are plaid cymru going to do to address these inequalities . Lets go to something as basic as transport. There is no motorway in north wales, and a decent Rail Connection and no decent road connection between north and south. You can take the up to nine hours to get to cardiff from holyhead. This is one example of the inequality so what is the party going to do to address this . Ive had the experience and i have the experience myself very regularly. We are not connected as a nation, we dont have the transport infrastructure and as you say, we cant even get easily from the north to the south. Weve got a £20 billion infrastructure plan for wales for the decade, much of that is looking at investing in transport infrastructure, specifically investing in creating a new north south rail link for the first time within wales. At the moment, in order to get from the north to the south youve got to leave the country. We will be rebuilding the railway and then to bangor and anglesey so we have a trans Wales Railway within wales. We need to invest as well in our road network, weve been under investing there as well. And we need to be investing in the Railway Network overall. We also need to be making sure with those economic investments that we are investing in the areas of wales like the northwest, southwest, which are among the poorest, not actually repeating within wales the same problem that we have within the uk. In the uk, you have the affluent corner, the relatively affluent corner, the relatively affluent corner, the relatively affluent corner, the south east getting most investment and then unfortunately the welsh Labour Government at the moment is repeating the same mistake. Proportionally, most of the investment is going to the south east corner. We need and even investment, great to see that South East Wales is getting a metro, but where is the vision in terms of the rest of the country . We would make sure that actually it is the relatively poorer areas that get the higher level investment so we can build the transport infrastructure that we need. With digital, we should be investing in the remote or rural areas first so that those areas get a competitive advantage because the urban areas have their own self generating economic dynamic. We need to be giving advantages to areas like rural areas. Hello, bobby. I come from a town that is heavily reliant on hospitality and following the economic crash of 2008, the town fell into quite a poor state. One of the things that turn that around was the things that turn that around was the eu citizens coming here to work since 2016 they started to go back to their own countries and the local economy has started to suffer as a result. I want to know what sort of measures will be put in place to get eu citizens to return and there for help the local economy. Great question. The most important thing we can do is grasp the opportunity in two weeks time to vote for remain party mps from wales, plaid being the leading pro remain party, so we can secure that referendum and win it. At the beginning of this campaign we rate to be 80,000 or so people, citizens of wales that have come from other parts of europe, to say that you are so welcome here, you are right, you make a huge contribution to our economy, many of them had started businesses, they are vital in terms of Public Services. Wales needs that talent andi services. Wales needs that talent and i hope we stay within the eu but we had said that if we are yanked out of the eu, then we should be able to run our own migration policy because we need. How will you do that . As the Scottish Government had said, in canada, the provinces decide on issues around migration policy. Should you become a Parliament Rather than an assembly . Today we are renaming, the taxis waiting to take me back to the assembly so we can vote on the senedd bill which will rename our National Assembly as a parliament and crucially. What serendipity and crucially will give the vote for the senedd elections, for the Welsh Parliament elections, to eu citizens. That is a fantastic crystallisation of our welsh valleys, saint everyone who makes wales their home, wherever you come from, any other part of europe, when you come to wales you are part of the future of our country, we value and welcome you and want you to be pa rt and welcome you and want you to be part of our democracy because we wa nt to part of our democracy because we want to be this diverse, modern, inclusive, dynamic country and we need that kind of talent if were going to regenerate ourselves and ta ke going to regenerate ourselves and take us from where weve been, u nfortu nately, take us from where weve been, unfortunately, the towns and villages and valleys bumping along at the bottom, weve got great plans for wales and we want our european sisters and brothers to be part of it. Lets go. Bobby, did you want to come back on that . Thats a great response and what i was hoping for. Thank you. Some quickfire ones. Did you support england or south africa in the Rugby World Cup final . We demand honesty. I was conflicted, i got an english mother but i prefer the south african anthem. Would you consider a new celtic union with wales, scotla nd new celtic union with wales, scotland and a United Ireland to rejoin the eu after a hard brexit . That is quite a left field one. love the idea of a celtic union, i think we should do it anyway. We can do it under the good friday agreement. England has its own celtic heritage and history. 8096 of people of these islands have celtic dna. Will plaid work with labour if there is a Hung Parliament . We will work on a case by case, vote by vote basis. Where we agree on the waspi women issue, absolutely, but we believe the important thing for wales is that we get the highest number of plaid mps. We are only discussing wales this morning because plaid cymru exists. We will transplant back to the house of commons and you see the positive benefit for wales from having our own independent voice there for wales. In this £56 billion required to settle the waspi winning situation, where do you think the labour party should get that from where they could become the party in power . Well, where they should get it from, obviously, is i think through those changes in terms of higher rate income tax payers. Its not going to be enough. Reducing, reversing the Corporation Tax cuts, etc. Ultimately, idont reversing the Corporation Tax cuts, etc. Ultimately, i dont think you have a choice, there is a moral debt, this is owed to this women and it shouldnt have happened, successive governments including the current government and previous ones have led to this kind of problem. I dont think it should only apply to them, i think the miners who have seen their pension fund raided by successive governments. Seen their pension fund raided by successive governments. The bill is going up here. Scrap trident, then. That will save you a lot. Probablyjeremy then. That will save you a lot. Probably Jeremy Corbyn cant then. That will save you a lot. ProbablyJeremy Corbyn cant say it but there was a time when he would have agreed with that. Hs2, theres 100 billion bear. I dont think its going to deliver the kind of benefits to the north of england, at safety 300 billion. There is money to spare for the waspi winning. Good morning, geraint. What are you and plaid going to do to support british farmers in the worst Case Scenario of a no deal brexit and the risk of him inferior produce to our supermarket shelves that because the environment in a damaging way . Such as . The way it is produced in the other parts of the world compared to how we produce it in the uk and certain plant based foods, or the chemicals involved in growing them. There are such misleading debates going on, i would like to see more ofa going on, i would like to see more of a proper stance on british agriculture being supported going forward. I absolutely agree. All this business about getting brexit done by christmas is a nonsense, were going to have another year of this if Boris Johnson were going to have another year of this if borisjohnson gets re elected and there will be another cliff edge no deal now at the end of next year, and the disaster is that we end up in a position where countries like the United States feel they had the uk over a barrel and are able to dictate terms which would be hugely to the detriment of welsh agriculture and uk agriculture. What we have called for isa agriculture. What we have called for is a veto on any free trade deals for all of the parliaments. The four constituent parts of the uk should be able to have a say in what happens, in other countries, in belgium and germany, these kind of agreements are agreed by the different regions, provinces and nations, it should happen here as well. The best way is remaining in the eu. We are also worried about the eu. We are also worried about the welsh Labour Government plans, which are echoed by the conservative party in england, to get rid of direct farm payments, absolutely essential in terms of the kind of economic base. Tell us about your farm. We are a hill farm here in bala in north wales and we produce hill lamb, the destination for it is the european market. I cant sustain tariffs of up to 46 on my lan being exported my lamb. Its not going to be viable to produce lamb on these hills if we are going to be adhering to those kind of tariffs. We produce beef and the way we do thatis we produce beef and the way we do that is to do Conservation Grazing to deliver so much more to the environment at the same time and this is all at risk of being lost to the Environment Protection we have coming out of europe. On the subject of cattle farmers, the labour party on the subject of the badger cull say, stop it, get rid of it and use say, stop it, get rid of it and use say carry on. Ill that adam. We are evidence based, as we say in the ma nifesto. Evidence based, as we say in the manifesto. I represent a rural constituency. Farmers, like miners, they are proud people. It is an emotional issue for people. Ive had farmers breaking down in tears. Weve seen a huge spike in terms of Mental Health and depression for farmers and in many cases that has been because of the huge stress over bovine tb. Because people dont may be shared. Do you think the science is settled . Im sorry, but i couldnt stand by and not provide the support that those farmers want and in this case i think there has to be. We have to address the fact there is a reservoir of tb in the wildlife and it has to be evidence based, careful and judiciously done. But i dont think we can allow welsh agriculture to be decimated by the brexit policy of the labour and conservative parties, nor can we allow it to be decimated by the bovine tb threat. They are the backbone of our rural economy, if we lose agriculture we lose so much socially, culturally, linguistically and environmentally. Massive debates, im so sorry to hurry you. I want to bring kate on. Hello, nice to meet you. My question is. With regard to the adventure and innovative manifesto you have, i would be interested to know exactly what kind of pressure you can put on westminster to fund this with regard to the reparation being discussed earlier . It is a 42nd answer. 40 second answer. We will put the maximum pressure on whoever is jangling the keys to downing street. When they are at the dispatch box for the first day after coming back, i want them to look at those green benches opposite and see that the biggest number of independent voices for wales champions for wales, but theyve ever seen. Thats the way we get the message to them. Wales has been let down over a century, we dont want to see those past m ista kes dont want to see those past mistakes repeated on the 21st, we area mistakes repeated on the 21st, we are a country of huge potential, the first step in two weeks is starting to believe in ourselves, demanding Better Future and making westminster sit up and listen. Thank you. Adam price, thank you forjoining us. Thank you for watching and listening. Hello its wednesday, its 10am, im victoria derbyshire. Good morning. An exclusive investigation for this programme has found that claims of bullying are rife within the beauty industry. 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