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Plaid members back campaign to withhold TV licence fee | Plaid members back campaign to withhold TV licence fee |
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Plaid Cymru's annual conference has voted to support a campaign to not pay the TV licence fee in protest at changes to S4C. | Plaid Cymru's annual conference has voted to support a campaign to not pay the TV licence fee in protest at changes to S4C. |
Delegates overwhelmingly endorsed a motion calling for the protection of the channel's editorial and financial independence. | Delegates overwhelmingly endorsed a motion calling for the protection of the channel's editorial and financial independence. |
Plaid's Welsh assembly group tried to amend the motion to avoid backing the licence fee campaign. | |
But it was heavily defeated at the conference in Llandudno. | But it was heavily defeated at the conference in Llandudno. |
The pressure group Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg [The Welsh Language Society] is calling for people to refuse to pay the licence fee in protest at changes to the way S4C is funded. | The pressure group Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg [The Welsh Language Society] is calling for people to refuse to pay the licence fee in protest at changes to the way S4C is funded. |
The UK Government is handing over part of the responsibility for funding the Welsh-language channel to the BBC. | The UK Government is handing over part of the responsibility for funding the Welsh-language channel to the BBC. |
Plaid's conference motion called on the UK government to withdraw its proposals and for the devolution of all broadcasting powers to the assembly. | Plaid's conference motion called on the UK government to withdraw its proposals and for the devolution of all broadcasting powers to the assembly. |
Speaking at the conference on Friday, former Welsh assembly Presiding Officer Lord Elis-Thomas told party members that withholding the licence fee "no longer belongs to policy development in a constitutional political party". | |
'National party' | 'National party' |
But several speakers urged delegates to support people who choose not to pay the fee in a debate tabled by Plaid's London branch and European Parliamentary Group. | But several speakers urged delegates to support people who choose not to pay the fee in a debate tabled by Plaid's London branch and European Parliamentary Group. |
Former party president Dafydd Iwan recalled the 75th anniversary on Thursday of the burning of the RAF bombing school in Penyberth by Welsh nationalists, including Saunders Lewis. | Former party president Dafydd Iwan recalled the 75th anniversary on Thursday of the burning of the RAF bombing school in Penyberth by Welsh nationalists, including Saunders Lewis. |
He told the conference Plaid Cymru had to "deserve the title, national party". | He told the conference Plaid Cymru had to "deserve the title, national party". |
There were some principles, he said, that were so important, it was right to make it clear that Plaid "will not accept everything that is thrown at us". | There were some principles, he said, that were so important, it was right to make it clear that Plaid "will not accept everything that is thrown at us". |
This was a case of "thus far and no further. We must support everyone who refuses to pay the licence". | This was a case of "thus far and no further. We must support everyone who refuses to pay the licence". |
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