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Plaid Cymru conference 2014: Wood leaves activist hungry as Elis-Thomas rests his eyes

Luke James's conference diary

IT was every member for themself in the rush for seats before Leanne Wood’s speech.
And there was no priority for the party’s grandees as former leader Dafydd Elis-Thomas discovered.

Spotting a seat in the  middle of the back row,  the sprightly 68-year-old adopted a high jump technique, launching himself backwards and swinging his legs over ducking delegates.
All that exercise apparently led to the leaping Lord having to “rest his eyes” during the speech.

The speech went down well with most delegates and Welsh bedroom tax campaigner Jamie Insole wanted another helping from Wood’s policy menu.
“You know you’re knackered when you try to order from your favourite Chinese takeaway, only to discover that you are actually ringing Leanne Wood’s constituency office,” he wrote on Facebook.
“No duck & spring onions there!”

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