{"id":2925,"date":"2014-03-07T16:09:59","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T16:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=2925"},"modified":"2014-03-07T16:09:59","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T16:09:59","slug":"leanne-wood-attacks-ukips-europhobia-at-spring-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/07\/leanne-wood-attacks-ukips-europhobia-at-spring-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Leanne Wood attacks UKIP&#039;s &#034;Europhobia&#034; at spring conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--\n\/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n{font-family:\"\uff2d\uff33 \u660e\u671d\";\nmso-font-charset:78;\nmso-generic-font-family:auto;\nmso-font-pitch:variable;\nmso-font-signature:1 134676480 16 0 131072 0;}\n@font-face\n{font-family:\"\uff2d\uff33 \u660e\u671d\";\nmso-font-charset:78;\nmso-generic-font-family:auto;\nmso-font-pitch:variable;\nmso-font-signature:1 134676480 16 0 131072 0;}\n@font-face\n{font-family:Cambria;\npanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;\nmso-font-charset:0;\nmso-generic-font-family:auto;\nmso-font-pitch:variable;\nmso-font-signature:-536870145 1073743103 0 0 415 0;}\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\np.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n{mso-style-unhide:no;\nmso-style-qformat:yes;\nmso-style-parent:\"\";\nmargin:0cm;\nmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\nmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\nfont-size:12.0pt;\nfont-family:Cambria;\nmso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;\nmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"\uff2d\uff33 \u660e\u671d\";\nmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;\nmso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;\nmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}\n.MsoChpDefault\n{mso-style-type:export-only;\nmso-default-props:yes;\nfont-family:Cambria;\nmso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;\nmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"\uff2d\uff33 \u660e\u671d\";\nmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;\nmso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;\nmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}\n@page WordSection1\n{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;\nmargin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt;\nmso-header-margin:36.0pt;\nmso-footer-margin:36.0pt;\nmso-paper-source:0;}\ndiv.WordSection1\n{page:WordSection1;}\n--><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2929\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2929\" style=\"width: 507px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/leanne.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-2929\" alt=\"leanne\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/leanne-300x200.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"337\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2929\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2929\" alt=\"leanne\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/leanne-300x200.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"337\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Image courtesy of Plaid Cymru<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nPlaid Cymru leader, Leanne Wood, has launched an attacked on UKIP, calling for an end to \u201cdamaging Europhobia\u201d in UK politics.<br \/>\nSpeaking today (Friday) at her party\u2019s spring conference in the Mercure Hotel on Cardiff\u2019s Newport Road, Ms Wood spoke of her concerns that Wales\u2019 voice would not be heard in the European Parliament elections in May.<br \/>\n\u201cDo not forget what is at stake at this election,\u201d she said. \u201cDo not forget all that will be put at risk if dangerous right-wing isolationist Europhobia is victorious.<br \/>\n\u201cA vote for UKIP is a vote against Wales,\u201d she continued. \u201cA vote against the Welsh National interest. We cannot and will not let their ugly politics divide us in May.\u201d<br \/>\nThe European Parliament elections are a definite focus of Plaid Cymru\u2019s spring conference, with particular emphasis upon the optimism surrounding Jill Evans MEP\u2019s campaign. Despite this, it appears that Plaid will have to work hard to achieve a positive result in the 2014 elections.<br \/>\nAnalysis of last month\u2019s YouGov poll by Cardiff University\u2019s Professor Roger Scully indicated that, of the four seats available for Wales, two will go to Labour, one will go to the Conservatives and one will go to UKIP.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s a worrying development for Plaid Cymru,\u201d said Liz Saville Roberts, Plaid\u2019s Dwyfor Meirionnydd Westminster Candidate. \u201cIt\u2019s also more of a worrying development for Wales. UKIP is a kind of juvenilisation [sic] of politics.\u201d<br \/>\nHead of Plaid\u2019s Cardiff Group, Neil McEvoy, said \u201cIt means we\u2019ve got a job to do. Winning elections is not rocket science. It doesn\u2019t depend on events or luck or a host of other things, it depends on what we do as a party and what our activists do.\u201d<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plaid Cymru leader, Leanne Wood, has launched an attacked on UKIP, calling for an end to \u201cdamaging Europhobia\u201d in UK politics. 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