A Welsh politician has said that Welsh independence is "less likely" if Scotland votes no their referendum for independence in the next coming years. The former Plaid Cymru leader, Lord Dafydd Wigley, joined Felicity Evans and James Williams in their most recent episode of BBC's Walescast.
Speaking to the journalists at the National Slate Museum in Llanberis, the politician reflected on half a century of frontline politics. Mr Wigley served as MP for Caernarfon from 1974 up to 2001, and was the constituency's assembly member from the opening of the Senedd until 2003. He is set to retire soon from his House of Lords duties, where has been a peer since 2011.
During the episode, the politician looked back at the highs and lows of his political career, as well as what independence meant to him. When asked what would a Scottish independence mean for him, he said: "If Scotland became independent and if there’s a referendum next year or the year after as they are pressing for, and that was an independent vote. I’d assume that Westminster would honour that vote.
