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Jane Dodds

Jane Dodds

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Sep 24, 2026

Shelley PhelpsCORRESPONDENT
32:13
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.
Shelley PhelpsCORRESPONDENT
32:22
And so what is the strategy here? Well, I thought it was really interesting in their Welsh leader, Jane Dodds' speech.
Shelley PhelpsCORRESPONDENT
32:29
She was talking a lot about, she said the party needed to be more progressive.
Shelley PhelpsCORRESPONDENT
32:34
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.
Shelley PhelpsCORRESPONDENT
32:51
You know, they've talked a lot about at the end of Labour dominance in Wales.
Shelley PhelpsCORRESPONDENT
32:54
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.
Shelley PhelpsCORRESPONDENT
33:18
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.
Shelley PhelpsCORRESPONDENT
33:26
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.
Olly ColeHOST
39:29
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.
Olly ColeHOST
39:40
And, you know, Jane Dodds...
Olly ColeHOST
39:40
Do you wish they
Jo KiernanPANELIST
39:41
were more exciting, as Jane Dodds said, Ollie? LAUGHTER
Olly ColeHOST
39:46
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.
Olly ColeHOST
39:55
I heard a few interesting things.
Olly ColeHOST
40:06
that actually they needed to focus on certain areas of England.
Olly ColeHOST
40:09
And that was pretty much it.

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