truly— vision, what makes a plaid cymru trulv stahd — vision, what makes a plaid cymru truly standout— the ultimate way to deliver it is about taking the leavers of change into our— about taking the leavers of change into our own hands. westminster governments, red and blue, have tried— governments, red and blue, have tried and— governments, red and blue, have tried and failed. and i tell you, they— tried and failed. and i tell you, they will— tried and failed. and i tell you, they will never try hard enough for wales _ they will never try hard enough for wales. look around you. do you think this is— wales. look around you. do you think this is the _ wales. look around you. do you think this is the best things can get? no, it isn't _ this is the best things can get? no, it isn't and — this is the best things can get? no, it isn't. and that is why we are determined to build a new wales. he speaks welsh within the crisis facing our nhs, there _ within the crisis facing our nhs, there is— within the crisis facing our nhs, there is no— within the crisis facing our nhs, there is no grea

plaid cymru speaks your language. whatever that languages.les. to me, this is a country at _ ambition for wales. to me, this is a country at its — ambition for wales. to me, this is a country at its best when our communities are bound by a sense of belonging _ communities are bound by a sense of belonging, whether it's residents were _ belonging, whether it's residents were born — belonging, whether it's residents were born here or move to last week. this country— were born here or move to last week. this country belongs to us all and this party— this country belongs to us all and this party takes pride in trying to do our— this party takes pride in trying to do our best in speaking up for all of wales— do our best in speaking up for all of wales equally. in that united wales can i want our children— in that united wales can i want our children to — in that united wales can i want our children to have the basic human rights _ children to have the basic human rights that— children to have the basic human rights that equal opportunity with the

labour meet up in liverpool, the conservatives in manchester and the lib dems in bournemouth plus plaid cymru greens. some of the keynote speeches were carried live on bbc news outlets such as politics live and clips of other speakers we used in political reports from the conferences and on the bbc website. but some people contacted us to say more was needed and newswatch viewers may remember we discussed on this programme the bbc�*s decision to stop live coverage of party conferences in 2020 because of budget cuts. well, drjohn coleman wrote to us saying he wanted the party conferences televised as they happen. he's an associate professor at the school of history and cultures at the university of birmingham, and hejoins us now on the line from that city. welcome to newswatch, john. you used to enjoy watching the live coverage. can you sum up what's your concern about the coverage now from party conferences? well, my main concern is that these are an important part of our national democracy. we're running up to what will be quite a significant general election. and it's quite clear that there

plaid cymru has opened its annual conference in aberystwyth, setting out a vision for a new wales.tions for an independent wales and he hit out at the record of both labour and the conservatives. westminster governments red and blue have tried and failed, and i tell you, they'll never try hard enough for wales. look around you — do you think this is the best things can get? no, it isn't — and that's why we're determined to build a new wales. the green party have also opened their conference in brighton. the co—leader carla denyer says she wants to increase their number of seats in the commons to four at the next election and give renters a legal right to demand landlords insulate their homes. with four green mps in parliament, we'll have the voices to call for a nationwide home insulation scheme — notjust to lower emissions but to make people's homes warm in winter and cut their bills for good. by the end of the weekend, wilko stores will be no more, with the shutters coming down on a high street presence which was first established almost 100 years ago. the homewares chain, with a

plaid cymru has opened its annual conference in aberystwyth, setting out a vision for a "new wales".ed and blue, have tried and failed, and i tell you, they will never try hard enough for wales. look around you. do you think this is the best things can get? no, it isn�*t, and that�*s why we are determined to build a new wales. the green party have also opened their conference, in brighton. the party�*s co—leader, carla denyer, says she wants to increase their number of westminster seats to four at the next general election, and give renters a legal right to demand that landlords insulate their homes. woth four green mps in parliament — we will have the voices to call for a nationwide home insulation scheme, notjust to lower emissions but to make people�*s homes warm in winter and cut their bills for good. now, to the story of a tropical turtle washed up thousands of miles from her home waters, malnourished and dehydrated, off the inner hebrides. she was named iona, after the island where she was found. and, against all the odds, iona has made another remarkable journey — towards reco

so, party conference season is in full swing, and today the plaid cymru conference in aberystwyth will {lit but not setting a date. is it still a priority for the party? of course it is still a — a priority for the party? of course it is still a priority _ a priority for the party? of course it is still a priority for _ a priority for the party? of course it is still a priority for the - it is still a priority for the party, one of our core principles, and we understand that to win people over to independence, notjust to be a talking amongst ourselves, and people who already supported, we need to presented to people as this it will how it will make your lives better, doing more of the same and finding wales as the poorest nation within the uk will only result in more of the same, so our argument in terms of the economy, of what we would do if we had additional powers for devolution, but with the final goal in mind as to what we could really do and the difference that could make, that is ourjob, that is what we need to present to people and of course we talk about the funding for a just