Debate contribution: Scottish Election and Welsh Election
Debate contribution by Mrs Sinéad Ennis on .
- MLA
- Mrs Sinéad Ennis
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 11 May 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Matters of the Day
- Heading
- Scottish Election and Welsh Election
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5523495
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First, I send congratulations from the Assembly Chamber to the Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru on their historic election success over the weekend. For the first time in history, we could have three nationalist, pro-independence First Ministers leading the devolved institutions. The election results are not just a reaction to the desire and clear necessity for self-determination but a damning indictment of successive British Governments, who have abandoned working people, decimated public services and put vested interests above communities. More and more people are seeing that the Union is not working for them. It is no surprise that the DUP, 10 years after the disastrous referendum on Brexit, which it championed and still supports today, has been at pains over the past number of days to diminish and talk down the enormity and significance of the elections. The DUP increasingly wants to fight the battles of the past, because it has no vision for the future.
However, people here want better for themselves and their families, and Sinn Féin will continue to offer a better way and a better future. We will continue to give people hope; hope for a future beyond the constraints of Westminster, where decisions are made without thought of, or regard for, the people and communities here. We look forward to working with progressive Governments and parties in Wales and Scotland, and we will build on existing relationships as we continue to build momentum towards constitutional change and, ultimately, something better for all our people here.
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