‘We’re the party of ambition’: Plaid Cymru sets out to topple Labour

‘Every day, I’ll be making the case for our potential, which I think won’t be realised until we’re an independent nation,’ Rhun ap Iorwerth said. Photograph: Dimitris Legakis/Athena Pictures

It is fair to say that Rhun ap Iorwerth, the leader of Plaid Cymru, was on safe ground at the national Eisteddfod in Wrexham this week. More than once, festivalgoers interrupted his interview with the Guardian to shake his hand or take a selfie.

Ap Iorwerth has just embarked on a nationwide “listening tour” during which he will visit every Welsh constituency, beginning in Wrexham, before the Senedd elections next May.