Emergence of Llais Gwynedd
In 2008 a previously unheard of regionalist pressure group won several seats on Gwynedd Council. Llais Gwynedd, or Voice of Gwynedd demands an end to cutbacks in rural areas threatening schools, a relaxation of planning controls, action to provide rural employment and calls for more to be done to protect Gwynedd's "unique cultural, linguistic and social fabric".
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