The seven politicians who have changed parties 18 times between them and want your vote again
In 2016 seven Ukip politicians were elected to the Senedd but only one remains a member of the party
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In 2016 Ukip got its first members elected to the Senedd while the class of 2021 included seven Ukip politicians.
Then known as Assembly Members, Neil Hamilton, Michelle Brown, Gareth Bennett, Caroline Jones, Nathan Gill, Mark Reckless, and David Rowlands all took their seats in the Senedd.
ALEX Salmond has dismissed suggestions he has “damaging information” which could “destroy” Nicola Sturgeon. The Alba leader came in for criticism from SNP figures after he was quoted in the New Yorker as saying of his former protégé: “If I wanted to destroy her, that could have been done.” The article states that he chuckled for several seconds before making the remark. The former First Minister, who accused reporters of misrepresenting his comments, stressed that he does not want to personally attack the current SNP leader and is concentrating on making the “positive” case for independence. In a wide-ranging Q&A session, Salmond also took aim at the BBC and said there is no exact number for what would constitute a supermajority for independence in the Scottish Parliament.
‘THE momentum is with the independence movement” as Wales prepares to go to the polls, Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price says. In the history of the Senedd, Labour has never lost control in Cardiff Bay. The latest polling puts Mark Drakeford’s party on course to become the largest party again – but without an overall majority. Plaid, it is thought, could now become key to the next five years of the devolved government. Polling now puts Plaid, which once trailed on single figures, at around 20% – similar to the Welsh Conservatives – and Price’s party is now making similar progress to that of the SNP prior to the 2007 election.
Mr Price added: “Plaid Cymru has a plan that will transform our country. We have a plan that will transform the economy, creating quality jobs in every community – ending youth unemployment, ending child hunger, ending homelessness and poverty pay. “For many years, relatively low unemployment figures have hidden one of Wales’s worst economic problems – poverty pay. Welsh workers are still earning roughly £50 less per week than their counterparts in England and Scotland.
Adam Price in Ystrad Mynach. Picture: Huw Evans Picture Agency
Adam Price in Ystrad Mynach. Picture: Huw Evans Picture Agency “This is the woeful economic legacy of 22 years of Labour at the helm who have categorically failed to deliver high-skilled, well-paid jobs in all parts of Wales.