{"id":5755,"date":"2015-03-10T15:55:15","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T15:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=5755"},"modified":"2015-03-10T15:55:15","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T15:55:15","slug":"green-part-and-plaid-cymru-rule-out-alliance-in-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/10\/green-part-and-plaid-cymru-rule-out-alliance-in-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Party and Plaid Cymru rule out alliance in Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Untitled-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5766\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Untitled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Green Party- Plaid Cymru \" width=\"690\" height=\"450\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5766\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Untitled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Green Party- Plaid Cymru \" width=\"690\" height=\"450\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><br \/>\nThe Green Party and Plaid Cymru have made it clear that despite their common policy to oppose\u00a0fracking, a coalition of the two parties is not likely to happen.<br \/>\nA public meeting organised by Plaid Cymru in Penarth to discuss the dangers of fracking with Lord Dafydd Wigley, former leader and president of Plaid Cymru and currently sitting in the House of Lords, has revived suggestions\u00a0a coalition between Plaid Cymru and the Green Party is possible in Wales.<br \/>\nThe meeting which is organised by prospective Plaid candidate for Cardiff South and Penarth aims to raise the profile of the anti-fracking campaign across Wales.<br \/>\nBut Anthony\u00a0Slaughter, prospective Green candidate for Cardiff South and Penarth, welcomes Plaid&#8217;s position on fracking, denounced the rumour that talks between the two parties could lead to a coalition.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5767\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5767\" style=\"width: 256px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Slaughter2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5767\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Slaughter2.jpg\" alt=\"Anthony Slaughter is the prospective Green Party candidate for Cardiff South and Penarth. \" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5767\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Slaughter2.jpg\" alt=\"Anthony Slaughter is the prospective Green Party candidate for Cardiff South and Penarth. \" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Anthony Slaughter is the prospective Green Party candidate for Cardiff South and Penarth.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nHe said: \u201cThe anti-fracking campaign is a perfect example of how members of different parties can and must work together on issues where they share a common goal.<br \/>\n\u201cWhile there may be some members of Plaid, and indeed Labour or the Lib Dems, who share some of our concerns on social and environmental justice only the Green Party offers a coherent and unwavering policy of opposition. We are totally opposed to fracking anywhere in Wales and England.<br \/>\n\u201cWe want Wales to have its own devolved power to implement that ban in Wales, but we are not\u00a0a nationalist party \u2013 we are not fighting on the behalf of the Welsh nation.<br \/>\n\u201cWe need to make the case that we are a very different from Plaid Cymru, in most parts of Wales, Green party voters seem themselves in opposition to Plaid especially around issues like nuclear energy and fox and badger hunting. We are careful to protect our own identity.\u201d<br \/>\nBen Foday, prospective Plaid Cymru candidate for Cardiff South and Penarth, responded there has never been talks of an alliance between Plaid Cymru and the Green Party neither in Cardiff nor at a national level, despite them sharing some views on environmental policies.<br \/>\nFairwater councillor Neil McEvoy said: \u201cI think the policies of the Plaid are probably greener than the Green\u2019s. The Greens are an English party operating in Wales and they are not very active, they hardly exist here.\u201d<br \/>\nThe debate about a potential coalition between the two parties in Wales ahead of May\u2019s General Election came about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2014\/dec\/16\/snp-plaid-cymru-greens-join-forces-austerity-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">following a meeting <\/a>between the SNP leader, Nicola Sturgeon, the Green party leader, Natalie Bennett, and the Plaid Cymru leader, Leanne Wood, in London at the end of last year. The three party leaders discussed ways to maximise their positions as anti-austerity parties and the possibility of a post-election coalition.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Green Party and Plaid Cymru have made it clear that despite their common policy to oppose\u00a0fracking, a coalition of the two parties is not likely to happen. 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