SNP and Plaid Cymru seek to give voters a ‘positive alternative’ to Westminster

The SNP and Plaid Cymru can offer Scotland and Wales a ‘positive alternative to Westminster’s despair and decline’, Scotland’s First Minister has insisted (Jane Barlow/PA) -

Scotland’s First Minister has vowed to work with Welsh nationalists to show their respective countries there is a “positive alternative to Westminster’s despair and decline”.

John Swinney will hold talks with Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth in Edinburgh on Thursday, with both men keen to work together to develop a “progressive alliance” between their two nations.