Sunday, 4 March 2012

St. David’s Day Launch for Plaid’s Rhuthun Team

The Rhuthun branch of Plaid Cymru launch their Denbighshire County Council election campaign on March 1st, St. David’s Day when candidates and members will start canvassing and leafleting the town. Plaid Cymru’s Rhuthun branch has selected three local members to stand as a team targeting all three Rhuthun seats in May’s County Council elections.

Shane Brennan, Hywel Richards and Peter Ryder have very varied backgrounds which reflect Plaid’s Rhuthun branch membership. Shane Brennan, a young history graduate is originally from Ireland and works on Wrexham Industrial estate, he is a Welsh learner. Hywel Richards, a school governor of Ysgol Penbarras, has lived in and around Rhuthun all his life and is self employed. Peter Ryder, originally from Yorkshire has lived in Rhuthun for over 20 years, learnt Welsh and is head of English in a local school.

At present Plaid Cymru is represented on Denbighshire County Council by Morfudd Jones who is retiring. She said “The more Plaid councillors Rhuthun elects the stronger their voice on the council. They will present a united front with other Plaid Denbighshire councillors standing firm against hospital closures or any deterioration in local health services.”

The three candidates will launch a Rhuthun manifesto later in the month. Central to the manifesto will be a vision of Rhuthun as a special and unique Welsh market town that needs new strategies to draw in more visitors. Studies have shown that its historic and architectural heritage and its Welsh culture are important attractions to visitors but the town is still struggling to maintain a wide variety of local shops. The candidates seek to promote policies which will capitalize on the Craft Centre as a focus for small craft based shops. The also have a vision of Rhuthun and the surrounding countryside as a walking and cycling centre with a network of way marked paths and lanes.

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