Keira Marshall is Plaid Cymru’s rising star targeting the Senedd 2026 election, arguing Welsh politics must move beyond empty rhetoric and economic stagnation.

After a record-breaking result in Cardiff in 2024 for the Westminster seat, she is campaigning to reform a dysfunctional Senedd and champion policies like community-owned energy, seeing the opportunity in AI for productivity, and a Welsh sovereign wealth fund.

Keira is second on the list for Plaid Cymru in the constituency of Caerdydd Penarth.

Simon Hobson is a co-founder of New Wales and an active member of the Welsh diaspora, he recorded this conversation with Keira back in April 2025.

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