Is Labour losing Wales to Reform?
Electoral Dysfunction
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🗓️ 8 July 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
But what does this mean for Labour? The party was founded in Wales and since devolution in 1999, they've run the government there. Are they now scared of Reform?
So in this extra episode of Electoral Dysfunction, Beth meets Wales's first female First Minister – Labour's Eluned Morgan. She's also been taking the temperature with a group of Welsh voters.
They talk about the "Farage surge" in Wales ahead of the Senedd elections next May as Baronness Morgan admits the threat from Reform is "very serious" and that Labour have got "a lot of work to do" to stay in power.
Also – the first minister attempts to swerve rating the Keir Starmer's first year... but Beth's not letting her get away with it.
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| 0:00.0 | Just think where we'll be in a year's time in Wales. |
| 0:05.0 | Just think where we'll be when those elections here in 2026 come. |
| 0:11.0 | I've been asked before what my ambitions are. |
| 0:14.0 | Well here in Wales, the primary ambition is to be the main challenger to Labour. |
| 0:20.0 | But frankly, my ambition, sky is the limit. |
| 0:26.2 | That's the unmistakable voice of Juan Nigel Farage, who's pitching his party Reform UK |
| 0:32.1 | as the answer for Wales, and his party is certainly on the march. |
| 0:43.3 | Reform are well ahead in the opinion polls and they're now leading both Labour and the Conservatives. That is the result there with reform taking an enormous chunk and Labour and the Conservative Party have basically been squeezed out. |
| 0:51.3 | The arrival of reform if you like has been building for some time. That hasn't happened overnight. |
| 0:56.0 | Frankly, what we're achieving in terms of council seat numbers, |
| 0:58.0 | what has happened here in County Durham, |
| 1:00.0 | beyond my wildest dreams. |
| 1:04.0 | Poll after polls put in Reform UK |
| 1:06.0 | well on course for a massive share of the electoral pie |
| 1:09.0 | in Westminster at the next general election. |
| 1:11.6 | Now we know that could be years off, but Nigel Farage has an opportunity for power in his sights coming even sooner. |
| 1:20.6 | So is Labour losing Wales and is reformed the biggest threat? |
| 1:25.6 | It's Beth here with an extra episode of electoral dysfunction. |
| 1:34.3 | Now I am delighted at the progress |
| 1:40.3 | our small team in Wales have made already. |
| 1:45.0 | The Welsh Senath has its election in less than a year and support for a form surging. |
| 1:52.0 | They're now the first choice for Welsh voters in both Westminster elections and in the Seneth. |
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