Dragon’s teeth
In Wales more than in Scotland, the nationalists could make trouble for Labour
PLAID CYMRU, the Welsh nationalist party, is used to the Scottish National Party (SNP) getting all the British media's attention at election time. The SNP is a lot more explicit about wanting Scottish independence than Plaid is about its plans for Wales, and it got a much bigger share of its countrymen's vote in the 1997 election—22% to Plaid's 10%. But at this election, it looks as though it will be the Welsh who give Tony Blair the bigger headache.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Dragon’s teeth”
From the May 26th 2001 edition
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