Dan Thomas

This is Dan, our Welsh leader.

How are you?

OK, yeah.

Good, thanks.

He's the one on the ballot paper, not me.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

You're doing a fantastic job.

Thank you, ma'am.

That's all right.

It's too late to change now.

This morning we're in Aberdare and it was this part of the world that Keir Hardie represented as a Member of Parliament for 15 years and from 1906 he became the leader of the first ever parliamentary Labour Party.

You know, it's true to say that the Valleys in South Wales literally are the birthplace of the modern Labour Party.

And ever since the end of the First World War,

They've utterly dominated politics in this part of the world.

And even over the years, when the Labour Party's had a bad time in England and Scotland, in Wales, the Labour vote has always held up.

That is, until now.

It's now a Labour Party that cares more about welfare.

A Labour Party that cares more about those who come from different cultures and don't share those senses of history and community.

And a Labour Party utterly dominated by a smart North London set of human rights lawyers.