The leaked exchange shows how much the party dislikes scrutiny – which reveals a lot about its approach to governing • Will Hayward publishes a regular newsletter on Welsh politics and is the author of Independent Nation: Should Wales Leave the UK?

Will Hayward publishes a regular newsletter on Welsh politics and is the author of Independent Nation: Should Wales Leave the UK?

Last week saw one of the proudest moments of my journalism career. Leaked messages from a WhatsApp group containing several senior members of Reform UK in Wales seemed to suggest that the party’s director of communications called me a bad word in January this year. I won’t say the word, but it’s the bad one beginning with C.

Personally I don’t have any issue with being called that inside a private group. I would

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