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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Steven Morris

Caerphilly byelection could signal ‘fundamental realignment’ of Welsh politics

The Reform campaign office on Cardiff Road in Caerphilly, Wales.
The Reform campaign office on Cardiff Road in Caerphilly, Wales. Photograph: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images

When he steps out of the byelection campaign office opposite Caerphilly castle, the Plaid Cymru candidate, Lindsay Whittle, tends to hear a couple of different cries from passing motorists.

“Some of them shout: ‘Good luck Linds!’ I love that,” Whittle said. “It implies we’re old friends even though I may not know them personally.” Others are rather less positive. “They yell: ‘Stop the boats!’ You hear that all the time.

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