Ex-Senedd Presiding Officer Dafydd Elis-Thomas rejoins Plaid Cymru nearly seven years after quitting itv.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from itv.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Dafyss Elis-Thomas The leader of Gwynedd Council has paid tribute to an outgoing giant of Welsh politics but also urged the incoming government to push for more powers to be devolved from London to Cardiff Bay. Noting Dafydd Elis-Thomas’ contribution to both local and national politics, Dyfrig Siencyn went on to attack the “contemptuous and offensive” way in which the Welsh government and ministers were treated by those in the “English government” during the pandemic. Following Welsh Labour’s securing of exactly half the seats in the recent Senedd Cymru election, the Plaid Cymru leader of Gwynedd Council congratulated Mark Drakeford for his “steady, honest and no-nonsense” approach to the pandemic, which he said “vastly contrasted to that of the UK Prime Minister.”