Sir Keir Starmer and Mark Drakeford to visit North Wales
The politicians will visit Wrexham on Thursday as part of Welsh Labour s Senedd election campaign
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Sir Keir Starmer and Mark Drakeford will visit Wrexham as part of Welsh Labour s Senedd election campaign on Thursday.
The Labour leader and First Minister of Wales will look to promote Welsh Labour s offer to North Wales by visiting businesses and taking part in doorstep campaigning.
BBC News
By James Williams
image captionCarrie Harper addressing a Plaid Cymru conference in 2019
A Plaid Cymru Senedd election billboard has been accused of being a riff on a racist campaign slogan from the 1960s.
Candidate Carrie Harper s advert said: Don t want a Tory for a neighbour? Vote Plaid Cymru, not Labour.
Labour said it was inspired by the racism of Smethwick - referring to a Tory campaign slogan in the English west midlands seat in 1964.
Ms Harper, standing in Wrexham, said she deeply regrets the language used has unintentionally caused offence .
She said that was in no way the intention .
Updated: Fri 9th Apr
Wrexham Plaid Cymru candidate slammed for ad board with similarities to infamous racist Smethwick election slogan
A Plaid Cymru candidate has been slammed by opponents over a campaign billboard targeting the Conservatives.
Carrie Harper, who is standing for the party in Wrexham, shared a video on Twitter last night of a digital advert displayed opposite the town’s main railway station which read: “Don’t want a Tory for a neighbour? Vote Plaid, not Labour.”
The post was later deleted after it was widely condemned by other parties due to its similarity to a notorious racist slogan used in Smethwick in the West Midlands during the 1964 General Election.
A PLAID Cymru candidate has been slammed by opponents over a campaign billboard targeting the Conservatives. Carrie Harper, who is standing for the party in Wrexham, shared a video on Twitter last night of a digital advert displayed opposite the town’s main railway station which read: “Don’t want a Tory for a neighbour? Vote Plaid, not Labour.” The post was later deleted after it was widely condemned by other parties due to its similarity to a notorious racist slogan used in Smethwick in the West Midlands during the 1964 General Election. Welsh Labour said: “Either Plaid are naive and don’t know what this sounds like or it’s a dogwhistle and they don’t care. Riffs on Smethwick 1964 slogans should stay in the past.”