Reform UK makes dramatic first impression in Senedd opposition role

Dan Thomas, the Reform UK leader in Wales, said his party operated within the rules of Senedd. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

Tears, walkouts, own-goal votes: the Welsh parliament has only been sitting for a few weeks, but Reform UK has already made a dramatic first impression in its new role as the official Senedd opposition.

Plaid Cymru won May’s historic Welsh elections, ending 100 years of Labour dominance and blocking the momentum of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, which came second.