Ieuan Wyn Jones, rightwinger & Leader of Plaid Cymru has sunk even lower.
After indicating that he would be prepared to be in a coalition with the Tories - "For the good of Wales", after supporting the St. Athan Murder Academy, he has now stated he would support a new nuclear power station being built in Anglesey/Ynys Mon! This means that the leader of Plaid Cymru is the only party leader in Wales to support nuclear power. Plaid are now to the right of Labour on the question of nuclear power - even Rhodri Morgan opposes new nukes. Significantly, for the first time Plaid Cymru have issued a manifesto that doesn't contain opposition to nuclear power in it.

 http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100n...name_page.html

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Mr Jones said last night, "My position is quite clear - I am in favour of Wylfa B so long as conditions are met. We need to know what kind of reactor there would be, how many jobs would be created and how the waste would be disposed of.

There are 1,500 jobs at stake here and there would be economic catastrophe in Anglesey without the power station and Anglesey Aluminium. I have a duty to put the interests of my constituents first.

He seems to have forgotten that his constituents might not like rocketing leukemia rates and nuclear waste that will be live for thousands of years. He seems to have forgotten that nuclear power is unclean, unsafe, unsustainable and cannot be part of a solution to global warming. He seems to have forgotten that only months ago, he claimed to be against nuclear power.

But this is also bad news for the entire movement in the UK against nuclear power.

With New Labour wanting to push through a new generation of nuclear power stations, Plaid Cymru are weakening the fight back against nuclear power everywhere by supporting this plant.

Plaid Cymru? No thanks!