Jellyfish don’t have backbones, but does the Plaid Cymru leader, Rhun ap Iorwerth? Charismatic former BBC journalist ap Iorwerth (53) has shown up to publicise his party’s main promise to voters to expand free childcare. A suspicious three-year old boy eyeballs ap Iorwerth across a table of Plasticine (márla in Irish, clai in Welsh). Leader of Plaid Cymru Rhun ap Iorwerth visits Wibli Woblli nursery last week. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage greets James Evans, Reform's Senedd member for Brecon and Radnorshire, in Newport, Wales.

Source: The Irish Times March 06, 2026 22:31 UTC