Plaid Cymru (Inglis PLYDE KUM-ree; Welsh:; offeecially Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales, aften kent as jist Plaid) is a Welsh nationalist political pairty in Wales. Ideologically, Plaid is poseitioned on the centre-left tae left-weing o the British political spectrum an caas for Welsh unthirldom frae the Unitit Kinrick.
Plaid wis foondit in 1925 and won its first seat in the UK Pairlament in 1966. The party hauds three o 40 Welsh seats in the UK Pairlament, 10 o 60 seats in the Senedd Cymru, an 202 o 1,264 principal local authority cooncillors. It is a memmer of the European Free Alliance.
Platform
Plaid Cymru's goals as set oot in its constitution ar:
- Tae promuive the constitutional advancement o Wales wi a view tae gainin unthirldom athin the European Union;
- Tae ensure economic prosperity, social justice an the heal o the natural environment, based on decentralist socialism;
- Tae big a national commonity based on equal citizenship, respect for different tradeitions an culturs an the equal worth o aa individuals, whitiver their race, nationality, gender, colour, creed, sexuality, age, ability or social background;
- Tae create a bilingual society bi promuivin uiss o the Welsh leid;
- To promuive Wales' contreibution tae the global commonity an tae attain memmership o the Unitit Nations.
