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Readers respond to Plaid Cymru’s victory in the recent Welsh byelectionThe most worrying factor in the devastating result for Labour in Caerphilly is that its roots stretch further back than the election of Keir Starmer’s government in 2024. According to YouGov, in 2019, 52% of the electorate under the age of 40 voted for a Labour party led by Jeremy Corbyn. This is not because they were “looney lefties”, but because they were likely seeking something to deal with the “British crisis” that you identify in your editorial (The Guardian view on the Caerphilly byelection: Labour’s collapse in its Welsh heartland signals a wider loss, 24 October). The populism of Corbynism was not the answer to the country’s malaise, but rather a symptom of it. Nigel Farage realised this, and until those controlling the direction of Labour do likewise, its decline will continue.
Colin Burke
Cartmel, Cumbria• You appear to have assumed that because Reform didn’t win in Caerphilly that immigration must not have been an important issue. In fact, there are many voters for whom immigration is important but who reject the xenophobia of Reform UK, the Tories and Labour. This would seem to be just as plausible an explanation for both Reform’s failure to win and the collapse in support for Labour.
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