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| Elyfn Llwyd MP to urge Plaid 'parity with Scotland' | Elyfn Llwyd MP to urge Plaid 'parity with Scotland' |
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| By Adrian Browne BBC News | By Adrian Browne BBC News |
| Plaid Cymru's parliamentary leader is expected to urge his party to "strive for parity" with Scotland, whatever the Scottish devolution referendum outcome. | Plaid Cymru's parliamentary leader is expected to urge his party to "strive for parity" with Scotland, whatever the Scottish devolution referendum outcome. |
| Elfyn Llwyd will tell Plaid's spring conference later that the "tectonic plates" of the UK union are "shifting". | Elfyn Llwyd will tell Plaid's spring conference later that the "tectonic plates" of the UK union are "shifting". |
| Mr Llwyd will say activists must work to ensure Wales has a "partnership of equals" in a "changing union". | Mr Llwyd will say activists must work to ensure Wales has a "partnership of equals" in a "changing union". |
| His speech comes on the second day of the event at Beaumaris, Anglesey. | His speech comes on the second day of the event at Beaumaris, Anglesey. |
| He is expected to say the "critical" referendum in Scotland in 2014 is likely to be a "game-changer" which will have a "profound impact on these islands". | He is expected to say the "critical" referendum in Scotland in 2014 is likely to be a "game-changer" which will have a "profound impact on these islands". |
| Opening the second day of the conference, Plaid chair Helen Mary Jones said the party wanted to "bring the nation together" and reject rhetoric that "divides the rich and poor, that seeks to stigmatise the unemployed, that isolates those on benefits". | |
| 'Watchword for excellence' | 'Watchword for excellence' |
| "Let us not wait for 'them' to bring a factory to Wales and hope that jobs will be created - let us do it for ourselves," she said. | |
| "Let us spend our money more wisely and support our businesses, to strengthen our economy and create the jobs we so desperately need. | |
| "Unless we take it upon ourselves, no one else will deliver it for us," Ms Jones added. | |
| On Friday party leader Leanne Wood warned delegates that Wales' education system has gone from being a "watchword for excellence" to the "graveyard of ambition". | |
| She promised a "comprehensive" literacy and numeracy programme to improve standards if a Plaid Cymru Welsh government is elected at the next assembly election in 2016. | She promised a "comprehensive" literacy and numeracy programme to improve standards if a Plaid Cymru Welsh government is elected at the next assembly election in 2016. |
| Ms Wood, who became Plaid's first female leader last year, is planning to stand down from her regional seat as an AM for South Wales Central at the next election in 2016 to stand in a constituency. | Ms Wood, who became Plaid's first female leader last year, is planning to stand down from her regional seat as an AM for South Wales Central at the next election in 2016 to stand in a constituency. |
| It means she will be giving up a relatively safe route back to Cardiff Bay in an attempt to help her party break new ground. | It means she will be giving up a relatively safe route back to Cardiff Bay in an attempt to help her party break new ground. |