Wales is a basket case, Reform's Nigel Farage says at final Senedd rally

Nigel Farage says Wales has become a "basket case" after 27 years of having a Welsh Labour government. The Reform UK leader called on voters to smash Labour to "smithereens" in the Senedd election after taking Wales "for granted". At his party's final Welsh campaign rally on Tuesday, Farage accused Plaid Cymru candidates of being "anti-English", and claimed polls suggesting Plaid led in the Senedd race were similar to predictions Remain would win the Brexit vote. His party's Welsh leader Dan Thomas joined him in Merthyr Tydfil and said that Welsh voters could give Reform a majority in the 7 May election - an outcome thought by many to be unlikely for any party. Thomas also appeared to support the idea that migrant detention centres for people awaiting deportation could be opened in areas that vote for Plaid Cymru in a UK general election, after Reform suggested the same for areas that vote Green. Speaking at the rally in Merthyr Tydfil, which took place at a Trago Mills car park, Farage said: "Under 27 years of bad government, Wales has become a basket case - there's no doubt about it. Poorly led, idiotic policies. "What is about to happen here is that the party that has been able