Senedd member who quit Reform says party is 'falling apart' and she would back independence
So yes, I absolutely do support that."In the public discourse over the last 10 years, we haven't been able to have that debate about the European Union. Even parties such as the Labour Party have struggled to talk about it, because they just get shut down.""When I came into Reform, I did think that there was a certain element of being a broad church, and that's what I believed.
- ▪So yes, I absolutely do support that."In the public discourse over the last 10 years, we haven't been able to have that debate about the European Union.
- ▪Even parties such as the Labour Party have struggled to talk about it, because they just get shut down.""When I came into Reform, I did think that there was a certain element of being a broad church, and that's what I believed.
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Senedd member who quit Reform says party is 'falling apart' and she would back independenceImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Sarah Cooper-Lesadd was elected as a Member of the Senedd for Reform in MayByDan Moffat, BBC Wales and Adrian Browne, Wales political reporterPublished6 minutes agoA member of the Senedd who quit Reform to join Plaid Cymru says she would back Welsh independence if a vote were held and has revealed she voted Remain in the 2016 Brexit referendum.Sarah Cooper-Lesadd, one of 34 Reform MSs elected in May's Senedd election, defected to Plaid on Tuesday.She told the BBC's Walescast that her former party was "completely chaotic" and was "falling apart at the seams".Her defection - which came on the same day Dan Thomas stepped down as Reform's Welsh leader - means…
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