Plaid membership up 23%  

Wave of new members pledge to play part in making Wales better Plaid Cymru has revealed that its membership has increased 23% in the past 4 months. As nominations closed at midnight last night, the party said that its recent membership drive had been a big success and bodes well for the future as the party continues the process of renewal. The party will be confirming the exact rise in membership later today. Since October the party has been undertaking one of its biggest ever membership drives, encouraging people to be part of Plaid at this crucial time in the nation’s development. The membership drive used traditional and new media to communicate Plaid’s message to tens of thousands of people over the last four months - using online advertising, facebook, text messaging as well as other innovative techniques to communicate with the thousand of potential members who share in...