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1. www.bbc.co.uk › news › uk-wales-politics-62478472Dafydd Wigley: Welsh independence less likely if Scotland ...

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   Aug 10, 2022 · In a wide-ranging interview, Lord Wigley talks about his "difficult" time in Cardiff Bay, and how he witnessed the election of a new prime minister from Downing Street. Lord Wigley served as MP for...

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Dafydd_WigleyDafydd Wigley - Wikipedia

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   Dafydd Wynne Wigley, Baron Wigley, PC (born David Wigley; 1 April 1943) is a Welsh politician who served as the leader of Plaid Cymru from 1981 to 1984 and again from 1991 to 2000.

3. www.walesonline.co.uk › news › news-opinionHistory that really matters in Tiger Bay, where nations lived ...

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   Jun 6, 2020 · “The first recorded landing of a free black man was in Cardiff docks.” This sentence and the remarkable message it carried came in an in-depth feature written on Tiger Bay in 1975.

4. www.bbc.com › news › uk-wales-politics-27746328Peter Hain and Dafydd Wigley look back at Welsh ... - BBC

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   Jun 8, 2014 · By Bethan Lewis. BBC Wales News. Labour's Peter Hain and Plaid Cymru's Dafydd Wigley were key players in Wales' 1997 devolution referendum drama and famously took to the stage of the Royal Welsh...

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Welsh_independenceWelsh independence - Wikipedia

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   Welsh independence (Welsh: Annibyniaeth i Gymru) is the political movement advocating for Wales to become a sovereign state, independent from the United Kingdom. Wales was conquered during the 13th century by Edward I of England following the killing of Llywelyn the Last, Prince of Wales.

6. www.itv.com › news › walesResidents relive the destruction of Cardiff’s historic Tiger Bay

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   Oct 16, 2018 · In a new television series starting tonight on ITV Cymru Wales, residents of Wales’ most famous multicultural community reveal the pain of seeing their homes reduced to rubble. Credit: ITV Cymru ...

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   What was Lord Wigley's 'difficult' time in Cardiff Bay?

   • In a wide-ranging interview, Lord Wigley talks about his "difficult" time in Cardiff Bay, and how he witnessed the election of a new prime minister from Downing Street. The former Plaid leader questioned where England and Wales would be left "as a unit" if Scotland became independent.

   Dafydd Wigley: Welsh independence less likely if Scotland stays

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   Who were Peter Hain and Dafydd Wigley?

   • In 1997 Peter Hain was a Welsh Office minister in Tony Blair's newly-elected Labour government, while Caernarfon MP Dafydd Wigley was the leader of Plaid Cymru - usually political opponents but united in the mission to secure devolution for Wales.

   Peter Hain and Dafydd Wigley look back at Welsh assembly's dawn

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   What is 'dock of the Bay' on ITV Cymru Wales?

   • In a new television series starting tonight on ITV Cymru Wales, residents of Wales’ most famous multicultural community reveal the pain of seeing their homes reduced to rubble. “Dock of the Bay” explores the history and evolution of the city waterfront we now know as Cardiff Bay.

   Residents relive the destruction of Cardiff’s historic Tiger Bay

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   Who is Lord Wigley?

   • Lord Wigley served as MP for Caernarfon from 1974 up to 2001, and was the constituency's assembly member from the opening of the institution until 2003. He led Plaid Cymru twice, in the early 1980s and from 1991 to 2000. He will retire soon from the House of Lords, where he has been a peer since 2011.

   Dafydd Wigley: Welsh independence less likely if Scotland stays

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   How did Lord Wigley get into disability politics?

   • Lord Wigley got drawn into disability politics when his two young sons were born with a congenital disease that tragically took both their lives. He said: “Over the next 20 years we had a real drive.

   Dafydd Wigley at 80: Plaid's honorary president reflects on a lifetime

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   What did Lord Wigley say about local leadership?

   • Lord Wigley said: “We must somehow be more serious about creating local leadership within communities - people from within. I was someone who came from outside when I stood for the council in Merthyr and won - as was Emrys [Roberts, the Plaid Merthyr council leader in the mid-1970s].

   Dafydd Wigley at 80: Plaid's honorary president reflects on a lifetime

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8. www.walesonline.co.uk › news › politicsDafydd Wigley at 80: Plaid's honorary president reflects on a ...

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   Apr 6, 2023 · Lord Wigley stressed that he wasn’t in the business of knocking party leader Adam Price: “I know he’s had a difficult time,” he said. “It’s a challenging job to be in anyway.