Bethan Jenkins AC/AM Blog

Dyma fy mlog olaf am y briodas brenhinol, a blog byr fydd hi er mwyn i mi ddweud fy mod i’n ddig bod S4C o bob sianel wedi dilyn y frenzy cyfryngol o wneud rhaglen llawn yn dilyn hynt a helynt priodas William a Kate, yn union fel a wnaeth Sky a’r BBC.

Roedd pobl fel Rhun ap Iorwerth a Nia Tudur yn cyflwyno’r sioe, ac mi oedd hwn yn siom mawr. Roeddwn i’n disgwyl gwell. Yr un oedd y siom o weld Huw Edwards a Alex Jones yn rhan o’r holl sioe. Beth fyddai Hywel Teifi yn dweud, sgwn i? Dwi’m yn credu mai nod protestio Gwynfor Evans oedd i greu sianel Cymraeg ei hiaith o gyflwynwyr taeog, a fyddai’n fodlon dilyn agenda Prydeinig. Y pwrpas, hyd y deallaf i, oedd i greu sianel a oedd yno i feithrin twf yr Iaith yn bennaf, i greu rhaglennu am Gymru, wedi ei wneud yng Nghymru, ar gyfer Cymru modern.

Ble ydym ni’n mynd fel Cenedl os ydym yn benderfynol o ddilyn yn ddi- gwestiwn yr hyn y mae’r cyfryngau Prydeinig yn blaenoriaethu? Nid dim ond y ffaith bod S4C wedi defnyddio ei harian prin i wneud sioe am y briodas yw’r broblem yn hynny o beth, ond y ffaith bod rheolwyr y sianel hefyd yn dilyn agenda Prydeinig ac Americanaidd o greu rhaglennu realiti arwynebol, yn copio yr hyn sydd yn llwyddiannus ar sianelu eraill heb hyd yn oed cwestiynnu os oes ganddynt yr un apel ar gyfer S4C.

Mae angen creu rhaglennu gwreiddiol a heriol. Nid rol S4C yw i gopio sianelu eraill, ond yn hytrach, i arwain y ffordd ( fel mae rhaglennu fel Pen Talar, Alys a Caerdydd wedi dangos…mae e’n bosib!) Mae angen i S4C fod yn fwy arbennigol hefyd, a chanolbwyntio ar raglennu a fyddai’n denu gwylwyr newydd. Mae cymaint o sianelu gwahanol yn bodoli y dyddie ma, fel bod angen i S4C edrych y tu allan i’r bocs, yn hytrach na gwneud y bocs yn fwy wrth greu rhaglennu heb fawr o sylwedd na siap.

Es i i gig Dafydd Iwan neithiwr, ac roedd gwrando ar ei ganeuon yn fy ysbrydoli i feddwl am y pwnc penodol yma.Pa fath o S4C sydd angen, pa fath o Genedl ydym am greu mewn gwirionedd? Mae rol y cyfryngau, a rol S4C yn hynny o beth mor mor bwysig. Rhaid i ni beidio a thanseilio cyfrifoldeb S4C wrth greu rhaglennu ar gyfer ein sianel Cenedlaethol. Mae dyletswydd ar y sianel i addysgu, i ysbrydoli, i dynnu pobl ynghyd, i ennyn twf yr iaith. Dyw creu rhaglennu am deulu Brenhinol estron ddim yn rhan o’r agenda hynny yn fy marn i.

Tomorrow Ieuan Wyn Jones our party Leader is visiting us on the campaign trail in Neath. We are visiting a local business, Menter Cyf to talk to the staff there about their work and how they are doing during this difficult economic time, and then we will be popping over to the train station to make a statement about Plaid’s transport priorities for the next five years of the Assembly. We have been working hard on the campaign here in Neath over the past weeks. We were within 2,000 of beating Labour in 2007, and I believe that we can do very well in this election. Alun Llewelyn is a talented and experienced politician. He has represented Ystalyfera effectively, and is the party’s economic spokesperson on Neath Port Talbot Council, where Plaid are the main opposition party.We are getting a good reaction when knocking on doors also, and campaigning in the sun has been exceptional! Its true to say that many people are not impressed with the UK government, but many of them have seen what Plaid have done over the last 4 years, and are pleased with what we are offering in this election. In 2007 we had never been in government before as a party, and I think this election has given us a foot up in that people can now realistically  envisage Plaid in government, and working on their behalf. In 2007, I had a lot of ‘well, you’ve never been in power so we don’t know what you will do’ type of responses, a bit of uncertainty if I’m honest. Whereas this time, people recognise the work that we’ve done on a National level, and in holding Neath Port Talbot’s Labour Council to account for their plans to change the working conditions and cut pay in the public sector, to proposing closing popular schools in the Swansea Valley, to the issues surrounding stock transfer in the area. Of course, we are hoping to build our support in this area, especially as we are hoping to gain ground in next year’s council election.

Tomorrow night I will be on the panel at the PCS hustings in Swansea. I’ve supported the Union for some time, especially in relation to the potential privatisation of DfT jobs in Swansea Vale, and the uncertainty surrounding the potential impact of UK government cuts to the public sector in an area like Swansea which is currently so reliant on public sector jobs.I’m looking forward to debating the issues, and to hearing what people present want to see the next Welsh Government deliver on in relation to this sector.

I have to say that I felt the need to write a blog post about this royal wedding that’s happening sometime soon, as I’m getting increasingly frustrated at the hype and pomp surrounding it.

The only way you won’t know a thing about it is if you are enviably living somewhere that isn’t Wales, the rest of the UK, or the USA where they are monarchy mad from what I’ve seen!  I really wish I could get away from all the over the top coverage of the wedding, and from supposedly unbiased journalists who are, in reality, obsessed with the cult that has become the royal wedding (either that or they are getting bonuses for all their 24 coverage of the wedding and feel duty bound to promote it…)

For anyone who knows me, you will understand that I am a republican. Not in the US right wing political party sense, but in that I am not supportive of the monarchy, and believe that Wales should be a Republic ( and England, Scotland, the North of Ireland)

I am not against the royals as individuals.  This is a classic criticism from monarchists to those of us who oppose the hereditary tradition that is monarchism. They tell me how lovely the Queen is, and how dare I be critical of such a lovely woman. Well, I am sure many of them are very kind and considerate. But I do not agree that one family should have such privileges, and I believe we should have a directly accountable and democratic head of state.

What gets me is that everyone is criticising the UK government for the cuts agenda, and rightly so, but then the same people choose to turn a blind eye to the wealth of the royals. Many of them haven’t worked a day in their lives, and live rent free at the many palaces that they occupy all over the UK. The cost to the taxpayer for security for events that they attend across the UK is huge, and the cost of maintaining their lavish lifestyles only adds to this bill. The campaign group Republic has a lot of interesting myth busters on their website.

I think the time is ripe for a debate on the future role of the monarchy, and I believe that there is a duty for politicians like myself to raise the profile of alternative opinions to that of merely accepting that the monarchy is here to stay.  In my opinion the whole concept is archaic, out dated and unrepresentative. If the House of Lords should not be hereditary, why so when it comes to the monarchy?

There is an event being organised in Machynlleth so that people can get away from all the royal wedding coverage next week. There’s no point hoping that there will be any balanced coverage from the BBC on that day.

I’ll be carrying on with the Welsh General Election campaigning in the day, and enjoying a Dafydd Iwan gig in Neath in the evening. I believe he has written a new song for the occasion. So join us if you want to get away from it too!

Rhaid i mi ddweud fy mod i’n ddig iawn bore ma. Dwi’n codi i edrych ar y post, ac mae prif taflennu’r etholiad gan ymgeiswyr y Toriaid a’r Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol yng Nghastell Nedd wedi cyrraedd. Does dim gair o gymraeg ar y taflennu. Roedd un paragraff yn unig o gymraeg ar daflen rhanbarthol y Toriaid, a dydw i ddim wedi derbyn un Llafur eto i wneud sylwad teg.

Dwi’n disgwyl gwell gan y pleidiau yma i fod yn onest, yn enwedig gan fod y Toriaid a’r Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol ill dau yn ceisio brandio eu hun fel pleidiau ‘cymreig’, wedi ei gwreiddio yma yng Nghymru. Sut felly os ydynt yn anwybyddu canran mawr o’r boblogaeth trwy diystyrru’r angen i ddefnyddio iaith ein gwlad ar eu taflennu? Byddai hanner tudalen yn well na dim byd, ond mae’r ffaith nad oes hyd yn oed brawddeg yno, yn dangos yn glir nad yw’r pleidiau Prydeining yn deall pa mor bwysig yw’r iaith, yn enwedig mewn ardal fel etholaeth Castell Nedd lle mae nifer fawr o bobl yn medri’r iaith, ac yn defnyddio’r iaith yn eu bywydau pob dydd. Pa esiampl yw hwn i eraill, megis cwmniau ac elusennau, y dylent hwy hefyd cyfieithu eu gwaith neu dogfennau cyhoeddus?

Dwi’n ddig am rheswm arall hefyd, ac hynny am i’r Toriaid a’r Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol yn nhymor diwethaf y Cynulliad beirniadu’r Llywodraeth am gynnwys y Mesur Iaith a gyflwynwyd. Does dim pwynt iddynt beirniadu’r Llywodraeth os nad ydyn nhw fel pleidiau gwleidyddol yn fodlon ymddwyn mewn modd sydd yn helpu datblygu’r iaith, ac yn ei gefnogi. Siarad gwag yw hybu’r iaith mewn areithiau di-ri ar lawr y Senedd, neu beirniadu Llywodraeth, felly.

Rhaid cofio na fyddai Mesur Iaith wedi dod i fodloaeth heb Blaid Cymru mewn Llywodraeth yn gwthio am ddatblygiad yr Iaith Gymraeg. Wrth gwrs mae angen gwella’r Mesur yn nhymor nesaf y Cynulliad, a gweld sut mae’r pwerau newydd yn gweithio o ran creu Comisiynydd Iaith yn ogystal a statws swyddogol i’r Iaith Gymraeg am y tro cyntaf erioed, ond does dim dwywaith ein bod ni fel Plaid yn frwd o blaid yr Iaith, ac am ei warchod yma yng Nghymru.

Ar nodyn arall, dwi allan eto heddiw yn helpu Alun Llewelyn canfasio yn ardal Castell Nedd. Mae’r haul yn tywynnu, a dwi’n erdych mlan. Ddoe roedd merch ifanc o’r enw Isabella o’r grwp ieuenctid Funky Dragon yn fy nilyn ar lwybr yr ymgyrch i weld beth roeddem yn ei wneud. Dwi’n meddwl iddi fwynhau, ta beth.

Heddiw daeth Dafydd Wigley ar wibdaith i Abertawe a Chastell Nedd. Roedd y tywydd yn wych, ac roedd e’n braf gweld Dafydd eto ar lwybr yr ymgyrch. Cafon ni gyfle o flaen Prifysgol Abertawe i gael llun gyda’r ymgeiswyr lleol gan dal datganiad UCMC yn tyngu ein cefnogaeth i fyfywrwyr o Gymru.

Mae hyn yn golygu ein bod ni’n cefnogi parhad yr EMA a’r grant dysgu myfyrwyr sydd yn cael eu cynnig gan Lywodraeth Cymru. Mae’n bwysig iawn ein bod ni fel ymgeiswyr yn cefnogi myfyrwyr,yn enwedig gan fod y Toriaid a’r Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol ar lefel Prydeinig yn benderfynol o orfodi myfyrwyr i dalu mwy a mwy am addysg a ddylai fod am ddim- gan rhoi nhw mewn mwy o ddyled fel canlyniad. Roedd e’n syfrdanol gweld maniffesto’r Toriaid ‘Cymreig’ yr wythnos diwethaf, wrth iddynt amlinellu y byddent yn gorfodi myfyrwyr o Gymru i dalu ffioedd o £9,000 pe byddent yn cael eu hethol. Rheswm gwych i fyrywyr beidio pleidleisio dros y Ceidwadwyr ( os oedd angen rheswm i beidio!) Mae ein record ni o ran cefnogi myfyrwyr yn gryf, ac yn sicr dwi’n brwd yn erbyn ffioedd cyflenwi a’r cysyniad o greu marchnad yn y system addysg yn sgil fy nghefndir fel Llywydd Undeb Myfyrwyr Aberystwyth cyn i mi gael fy ethol.

O Abertawe i Gastell Nedd, ac yno fe wnaeth Dafydd cael y cyfle i gwrdd a Keith Harding sy’n Gadeirydd ar Siambr Masnach y dre. Mae Keith yn ddyn weithgar iawn yn y dref, sydd yn credu’n gryf mewn cefnogi a datblygu busnesau bach, yn ogystal a gwerthu Castell Nedd fel tref masnach, gyda siopau newydd yn gymysg a’r hyn y mae’r farchnad yn cynnig. Fe wnaethom cael cyfle i gwrdd a rhai o’r masnachwyr, a siarad gyda pobl lleol am eu blaenoriaethau ar gyfer y dre. Fory byddem allan yn yr ardal eto, yn cnocio ar ddrysau, ac yn ennyn pobl i bleidleisio Plaid Cymru ar Fai y 5ed.

I think its quite strong of Catherine Zeta to say publicly that she has been treated for bipolar. Many people don’t have much time for celebrities, but, much like the importance of Jade Goody’s campaign to raise the awareness of cervical cancer by encouraging more young women to go for smear tests, I think there is a place for people in the public domain to raise awareness of such issues.

But cue the people on Twitter today ready to insult Zeta Jones, calling her ‘crazy’ and ‘nuts’ almost immediately following the press statement.  I am concerned about such comments, and I sincerely hope that her statement will go some way to educating people about mental health and the stigma surrounding it.

People who suffer from bipolar or depression, or any form of mental health are not ‘nuts’. They are ill, in the same way as someone is ill if they suffer from a physical illness. Yet time and again, many people deem eating disorders as a ‘diet gone wrong’, or a ‘lifestyle choice’, and the stigma is incredible. That is why I support calls from Welsh charities such as Gofal Cymru and Beat Cymru for the introduction of an anti stigma campaign to be launched in Wales to educate people of all ages about mental health- how it affects the sufferer, the family and those around them, as well as how they can seek help and assistance.

I understand on a personal level to a certain extent, as I suffer from post traumatic stress disorder following a car crash I had in 2005 on the Rhigos Mountain in South Wales during  freak weather condition, where it started hail stoning at the top of the mountain while on my way to work, and where my car nearly went over the side of the mountain.

I crashed in to the mountain cliffs and my car flipped over. I can’t remember the car going over, but I had glass from the side mirror in my hand, and I was very shaken up. I saw my life flash in front of my eyes, and nurses at the Hospital told me I had been lucky to live as many people, sadly, have died along that road. I was fine at first, I could drive as normal when I left hospital, but gradually over the years, it has worsened, and if the weather is bad (snowing, raining heavily or hail stones) I often panic and cannot drive somewhere. This is especially hard if I have meetings at small village halls to attend!

The same is true of flying. I used to be able to fly perfectly well before my car crash. Now, I have panic attacks every time  I go on a plane, especially if there is any turbulence or movement on the plane. I am short of breath, and I think of the worst case scenario of the aeroplane crashing down. It is a horrible experience.

Now, I have panic attacks much more often in my everyday life, which again, I never had prior to the car crash. I understand this isn’t bipolar, and that PTSD is the most common form of mental health, but for the individual concerned, it is something that you have to cope with and contain all the same.

What makes me determined to get reelected, however, is my eagerness to campaign for improved services locally for those with PTSD, depression and other forms of mental health problems. In Neath Port Talbot, for example, following on from an FOI request that  I sent to ABMU Health Board recently, I was informed that 17% of patients waiting to see a psychologist for psychological reasons are seen within 12 weeks, 32% have to wait up to 12 months, and 51% have to wait for over 12 months. This is totally unacceptable. I was actually told by my GP to seek alternative avenues to address my own problems as I would be on a waiting list for well over a year. What is worrying is that he is probably telling other patients to do the same. Some people will go private because they can, and others will get increasingly worse as they will not be able to afford any alternative treatments. This has to change.

The debate around treatment for PTSD of late has centred on treatment for ex soldiers who are struggling to access treatment. I agree that this area should be highlighted, but personally, I believe that such services must be improved for everyone in our society- for people who have experienced the horrors of wars, to people who have been in car or train accidents, to those who have experienced personal abuse. The next five years of the National Assembly should be time enough to change this, much like the introduction of a framework for eating disorders during the last Assembly term will change the lives of those suffering from this particular mental illness here in Wales.

Ddoe es i allan gyda’n hymgeisydd ym Mhenybont, Tim Thomas, i ganfasio yn ardal Cornelly o’r etholaeth. Mae’n anodd gwbod yn ystod y dydd faint o bobl  sydd yn mynd i fod allan yn gweithio er mwyn cael trafodaeth ar stepen drws, ond roedd ein sesiwn ddoe yn llwyddiannus yn hynny o beth, gyda nifer fawr o bobl yn eu tai, ac yn fodlon siarad  gyda ni.

Un Cynghorydd  Sir sydd gennym yn ardal Penybont ar Ogwr ar hyn o bryd, ond rydym yn ceisio mynd allan i siarad gyda pobl yn ardaloedd fel Cornelly er mwyn adeiladu at etholiadau’r cyngor y flwyddyn nesaf. Roedd ymateb nifer fawr o bobl yn gadarnhaol, rhaid i mi gyfaddef. Fe wnes i gwrdd a nifer o bobl a oedd wedi pleidleisio dros y Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol yn etholiadau San Steffan, sydd yn benderfynol o beidio pleidleisio drostynt eto am gyflwyno mwy o ffioedd myfyrwyr ac am gymodi gyda’r Toriaid. ‘Clegg the Clown’ oedd disgrifiad un hen fenyw o arweinydd y Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol, ac roedd hi am i ymgyrchwyr lleol y Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol cnocio ar ei ddrws er mwyn iddi gallu dweud wrthynt yn uniongyrchol pa mor ddig yr oedd am iddynt werthu eu hegwyddorion ar lefel San Steffan.

Roedd nifer o bobl yn barod i wrando ar syniadau Plaid Cymru yn ein maniffesto, yn enwedig o ran yr economi a gofal plant. Roedd nifer ohonynt wedi cael digon o’r Democratitiad Rhyddfrydol, y Toriaid, a Llafur am ei diffyg gweledigaeth i Gymru.

Dwi’n gwbod nad oeddwn wedi siarad  gyda miloedd o bobl ddoe, ond mae’r ffaith i bobl beirniadu Llafur hefyd- yn ddweud eu bont am rhoi cyfle i Blaid Cymru y tro hwn, yn dangos nad yw strategaeth Llafur o ymosod ymosod ymosod ar glymblaid Llywodraeth Prydeinig yn gweithio mor dda ac yr oeddynt yn credu.

Nid yw etholwyr yn dwp, ac mae nhw’n gallu cofio rol Llafur wrth dinistrio’r economi pan mewn LLywodraeth, wrth penderfynnu peidio cyflwyno rheolau digon llym ar y banciau, a’r ffaith bod system ariannu Cymru mor annheg. Roedd nifer o bobl am bleidleisio dros Blaid Cymru gan ein bod yn ffocysu ar Gymru yn unig. Mae nhw’n deall y ffaith nad yw’r pleidiau eraill yn rhoi Cymru yn gyntaf, nad Cymru sydd ar flaen yr agenda. Yr unig rheswm pam bod y Blaid Lafur nawr yn son am faterion fel cyllido teg, trydaneiddio’r rheilffyrdd yw oherwydd nad ydynt yn rheoli yn San Steffan. Beth wnaethon nhw am y pethau yma tra mewn pwer?

Pwer er mwyn cael pwer yw unig amcan y Blaid Lafur, ac ni fydd hwn yn newid yn yr hir dymor. Dwi’n falch felly bod ddoe wedi bod yn ddydd o ymgyrchu llwyddiannus, a dwi’n edrych ymlaen at barhau i helpu ymgeiswyr lleol sydd yn cynnig syniadau ffres, newydd ar rhan y Blaid.

For those who know me,  the description cautious would not necessarily come to mind in my attitude towards political campaigning, but when it comes to predictions and opinion polls for elections, this is an area that I differ from others in obsessing about who will win what, and what the odds are on different candidates.

Its not to say that I’m any less of a political anorak than some of those political analysts out there, its just that I sincerely believe that its best that we focus on fighting the election in hand without the distraction of what may or may not be the end result. Its a bit like when you are in school and you compare your work to the person sitting next to you all the time, constantly stressing that you are not good enough, or won’t succeed. If we spend too much time on opinion polls then we will do little else, and will suffer post election by being accused of either down playing results or over egging what was possible in the first instance.

Yes, I agree that some politicians on election programmes bat off any discussion on predictions because their own party may be faltering in the polls, but surely the media must be responsible for over obsessing about such matters to the detriment of introducing discussion on issues of policy direction, and what varying candidates have to offer for their communities?

The same must be said about the discussion that is inevitably happening about potential post May coalitions between political parties. Cue Peter Hain scaremongering as he did in 2007 about the Tory bogeyman, and the far fetched concept of a ‘Tory led’ coalition in Wales. But so what? What’s important is that every party fights the election to win, based on their own manifesto ideas. Not one political party took the option to outline what their ‘red lines’ would be prior to the election with regards to areas of no compromise in forming a coalition, and nobody took the decision to list areas of priority to facilitate working with certain political parties post May.

If it had been different, and parties had outlined upfront who they would or would not work with after May the 5th, then I could see a strong argument for discussing possible coalition make-up at this juncture.  I know that coalitions under our electoral system are  a more realistic outcome, but until we have a grown up debate about potential coalitions prior to elections, I won’t be engaging in any gossip or tittle tattle by individuals who purposefully scaremonger so as to undermine political opponents as opposed to offering tangible and sensible suggestions for coalition working.

To put it simply, if we discussed coalitions in a way that would assist the electoral process, and  enhanced the understanding of those voting in the elections, then I would support that.  Sadly as it stands, I don’t believe that the climate exists for such discussion. Perhaps this will change in years to come when coalitions are much more commonplace, and where working with other parties is not as uncommon.

This does not mean for now that any party is disingenuous in the decision not to rule anything in or out, it just means that parties are fighting elections to win, and will rightly open up discussions, should they need to be, post election when the reality of co-working kicks in, and the reality or running a government pushes aside election spin and hyperbole.

Fory dwi’n mynd i ymweld a’r cwmni Unit Superheater Engineering yn ardal Crymlyn Burrows o’r etholaeth ar gyfer pecyn etholiad y BBC ar yr economi. Dwi’n deall ein bod am gael gweld beth mae’r cwmni yn ei wneud o ddydd i ddydd, ac wedyn bydd y BBC yn holi barn ymgeiswyr o bob plaid ar ddyfodol yr economi yn yr ardal, a sut medrwn helpu cwmniau megis yr uchod i ffynnu.

Dwi ddim am ddweud gormod am fy nghyfraniad fan hyn cyn i mi wneud y cyfweliad, ond un peth sy’n sicr yw bod yr economi ar flaen yr agenda yn yr etholiad yma. Mae’n holl bwysig bod economi Cymru yn tyfu ac yn datblygu er mwyn helpu ein gwlad allan o’r sefyllfa ariannol erchrydus rydym ynddo.

Roeddwn i’n siarad gyda gwr busnes yr wythnos dwethaf a dywedodd bod yna ormod o bwyslais yn y cyfryngau ar effaith yr hinsawdd economaidd o ran toriadau i’r wladwriaeth les, yn hytrach na thrafodaeth go iawn ar sut medrir yr economi helpu i wella’r sefyllfa, a chreu twf  i fusnesau o bob lliw a llun. Dwi’n derbyn y pwynt, ond balans sydd angen yn fy marn i rhwng amddiffyn y sector cyhoeddus ar yr un pryd, a rhoi cefnogaeth real i fusnesau bach a diwydiannau mawr megis Tata ym Mhort Talbot er mwyn iddynt dangos y ffordd allan o’r twll du ariannol. Cefnogaeth o ran creu mwy o brentisiaethau, o roi cymorth ariannol i fusnesau bach i ffynnu, ac i roi sgiliau i bobl sydd newydd colli eu swyddi er mwyn iddynt chwilio am swyddi newydd, safonol. Mae hwn ond yn rhestr fer o’r hyn y mae Plaid Cymru am wneud. Dwi hefyd yn awyddus i sicrhau bod byd addysg yn gweithio yn agos iawn gyda byd busnes, ac mae’n braf gweld hwn yn digwydd yng nghyd destun y cysylltiadau cryf sydd rhwng Prifysgol Abertawe a busnesau lleol.

Does dim bwled aur i wella’r sefyllfa economaidd dros nos. Mae angen i bolisiau effeithiol economaidd plethu gyda polisiau cyfiawnder cymdeithasol, iechyd ac addysg er mwyn i ni weld newid gwirioneddol yma yng Nghymru. Does dim diffyg talent yma yn sicr, beth sydd angen yn awr yw ffocysu ar ardaloedd o gryfder, a gwerthu Cymru i’r Byd.