A Welsh MP whose police caution for a common assault on his then wife led to a fractious departure from Plaid Cymru may stand against his old party at the next general election.
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr MP Jonathan Edwards is now an Independent after winning four general elections in Plaid colours from 2010, and said he had not made his mind up about standing at the next general election. He said that if he did choose to stand he would not run a negative campaign against Plaid, which is led in Wales by Adam Price MS, and that he had a lot of respect for the party's Carmarthenshire councillors.
Mr Edwards found himself in the spotlight in May 2020 when he was arrested at his Carmarthenshire home. He received a police caution for common assault and said in a statement in June, 2020, that he was deeply sorry and that it was the biggest regret of his life by far. "Nothing can excuse that I lost my temper in my home," he said. "It was completely out of character."
