Welsh Labour leader begins party’s uphill battle for Senedd victory

Eluned Morgan sought to underline the differences between her party and Keir Starmer’s. Photograph: Dimitris Legakis/Athena Pictures/The Guardian

The leader of Welsh Labour, Eluned Morgan, has said her party is a patriotic protector of her country as she tries to fend off the twin threats of Plaid Cymru from the left and Reform UK from the right.

Launching Welsh Labour’s Senedd election campaign, the first minister said: “Welsh Labour will always be proud to be patriots and to stand up for our country. I’ve always been a patriot. It is absolutely central to my core political beliefs.”