Jane Dodds
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Sep 24, 2026
Reform Reshuffles and NHS Targets
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32:13Shelley PhelpsCORRESPONDENT
But as you say, in Wales, where at the last general election, they got one MP, they haven't been as successful as they have been in England.
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32:22Shelley PhelpsCORRESPONDENT
And so what is the strategy here? Well, I thought it was really interesting in their Welsh leader, Jane Dodds' speech.
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32:29Shelley PhelpsCORRESPONDENT
She was talking a lot about, she said the party needed to be more progressive.
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32:34Shelley PhelpsCORRESPONDENT
She was talking a lot about social justice issues, a And I don't know about you, Fliss, but to me, her approach sounded quite different, as though they were trying in Wales to tap in a bit more maybe to Labour voters.
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32:51Shelley PhelpsCORRESPONDENT
You know, they've talked a lot about at the end of Labour dominance in Wales.
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32:54Shelley PhelpsCORRESPONDENT
Does Jane Dodds think she can tap into a bit of that vote? Is she trying to get a bit more of the green vote maybe, particularly looking towards Labour? students in the cities, because also when I spoke to Davey ahead of the conference, looking ahead to the Welsh local council elections next year, he was talking about them wanting to do well in places like Cardiff and Swansea.
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33:18Shelley PhelpsCORRESPONDENT
So I got the sense from listening to her speech and especially one of Jane Dodds' policy proposals, she was talking about an AI wealth tax.
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33:26Shelley PhelpsCORRESPONDENT
It seemed like she was kind of Maybe going a bit more for the young people and the votes on the left than perhaps is the strategy of the party in England.
Reform in Crisis? Plaid’s Plans, NHS Waiting Lists & the future of 'Flying Start'
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39:29Olly ColeHOST
I've just come away from Liberal Democrat conference where I found it really interesting because Liberal Democrats in Wales, they're sort of nowhere to be seen at this point.
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39:40Olly ColeHOST
And, you know, Jane Dodds...
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39:40Olly ColeHOST
Do you wish they
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39:41Jo KiernanPANELIST
were more exciting, as Jane Dodds said, Ollie? LAUGHTER
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39:46Olly ColeHOST
So there was a definite mood at Lib Dem conference that it was a party trying to find a purpose again, that they really needed to change their approach to things.
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39:55Olly ColeHOST
I heard a few interesting things.
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40:06Olly ColeHOST
that actually they needed to focus on certain areas of England.
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40:09Olly ColeHOST
And that was pretty much it.