Attacking Labour, he said: "We are at a decision point. In 2005 we are calling on this nation to hope again. He added: "They lied on the war, they lied on tuition fees, they lied on waiting lists."Our challenge to the Welsh people is simple - join us and together we will revitalise this country. And our message to the Labour Party is equally direct - your time has come and gone. It's time for a change in Wales." Mr Price, who is leading a campaign to impeach Tony Blair, added: "People are ashamed of a government whose guided missiles killed the innocent because of one guilty, misguided leader. And he should pay for his crime." . Labour hit back saying Plaid were "whingeing for Wales". "They have been rejected by the people of Wales. They have nothing new to say." round UP High hopes for election PLAID Cymru is on the verge of its best-ever general election result, said Ceredigion MP Simon Thomas. Mr Thomas said the poll, expected in May, gave the party the opportunity of embarrassing Labour in Wales. Wales had "fallen out of love" with Tony Blair.. Mr Thomas told delegates: "There has never been a better chance to embarrass the Labour establishment in Wales." 20 welcomed TWENTY unfairly sacked workers at Friction Dynamics were given a standing ovation at the Plaid Cymru conference. Meirion Hughes pledged he and his fellow workers would not give up the fight for their rightful compensation. Despite a tribunal ruling in thier favour in November 2002, which was ratified by another tribunal in Abergele last November, they are still waiting for their money from American factory owner Craig Smith. Two honoured TWO Plaid stalwarts were each presented with long-serving awards. Glyn Jones, treasurer of the Ynys Môn region, is a farm-worker who now lives in Rhosybol. Gwynn Davies, of Waunfawr, Caernarfon, joined Plaid in 1934 when he was 14-years-old. A conscientious objector in World War II, he is credited with being the inspiration for the Antur Waunfawr centre for people with disabilities. Island task EURIG Wyn says he is "fairly confident" of winning the Ynys Môn seat at the next general election. The former MEP and broadcaster has already been canvassing support on the notoriously-fickle island but faces a difficult task to wrestle power away from the present incumbent, Labour's Albert Owen. Health plan PLAID Cymru yesterday promised to tackle the waiting list crisis in Wales by boosting bed capacity in NHS hospitals rather than spending on private care. At a Royal College of Nursing Wales fringe meeting, entitled 10 Ways to Cut Waiting lists, speaker Rhodri Glyn Thomas said it was time for a radical re-think on health care provision in Wales. Plaid's shadow minister for health and social care, he listed a series of "holistic" strategies, including walk-in centres tailor-made for different areas to reduce the pressure on hospital casualty units and GPs. |