Plaid Cymru Hijack St David for Election Campaign

On Thursday 7th May 2026 there will be local council elections across England as well as National elections in Scotland and Wales. The electoral system in Wales has changed for this year and will be proportional representation, with an addition of 36 extra members of the Senedd.

It seems to be pretty much a two-horse race between Reform UK and Plaid Cymru.

I am not interested in voting for a particular political party. I always try and find out where the candidates stand on the number one issue of abortion, and prioritise that over all secondary issues, as local candidates will usually have a free vote in the Senate or Parliament on moral issues. I noticed an interesting thing on Facebook on St. David's Day. Saint David is the Patron Saint of Wales and his Feast falls on the 1st of March, which is the date on which he died in 589. He was canonised in the 12th century by Pope Callistus II.

On the Feast of Saint David this year I saw that Reform UK Wales, the Welsh Conservatives and Wales Green Party on Facebook, merely wished people a Happy St. David's Day. Welsh labour said, “Stronger. Fairer. Proudly Welsh. The next chapter for Wales begins – Happy St David’s Day.” Which I think was a little bit of campaigning using their electoral phraseology, but to be expected. The Welsh Liberal Democrats were also not content to just say, Happy Saint David’s Day, they said “Happy St David’s Day! Let’s celebrate everything that makes Wales special today – our communities, our culture and our language. Wales forever”. Again, a little bit more than was necessary.

But when comparing the above with Plaid Cymru’s Facebook post that day, it pales into insignificance. To celebrate Saint David's Day Plaid Cymru posted, “Saint David asked us to do the little things, so vote Plaid Cymru on 7 May. Happy Saint David’s Day.” To be honest, this is nothing short of outrageous for Saint David actually said, "Arglwyddi, frodyr a chwiorydd, byddwch lawen; a chedwch eich ffydd a’ch cred, a gwnewch y pethau bychain a welsoch ac a glywsoch gennyf i." Which in English would be, "Lords, brothers and sisters, be joyful; keep your faith and your creed, and do the little things that you have seen and heard me do."

So in fact, the little things Saint David wants us to do, are the things that people had seen and heard him do. And one thing that is sure, is that he never voted for Plaid Cymru, or for any of the Parties standing in this forthcoming election! Plaid Cymru is an extremely pro-abortion political party, I'm not aware of any of its key figures taking a different stance on this issue. It is ironic then to think that Saint David, who was conceived in rape, when his mother Saint Non was assaulted, could be hijacked by such a Party!

It is a simple thing in this election for people in Wales to find out where the candidates at the top of the Party lists for their area stand on the issue of abortion. And then do as Saint David said, and not as Plaid Cymru misquote him "Lords, brothers and sisters, be joyful; keep your faith and your creed, and do the little things that you have seen and heard me do." There is no doubt that Saint David as a Catholic would have voted for a candidate who was 100% in favour of life with no exceptions. Saint David's life was not worth any less than mine or yours because his mother had been raped, no matter how often we hear pro-abortionists abuse rape victims by using them to push for abortion in all cases. His mother is a Saint and he is a Saint. And so keep his faith and his creed. Vote Pro-Life.

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The Meekness of GK Chesterton Pilgrims

               Arriving at St George’s Anglican Church on Campden Hill, Kensington, can be a little daunting as one looks around to see if anyone else has turned up to join the annual Gilbert Keith Chesterton Pilgrimage from the very start: this church, the site of Chesterton’s baptism. This time I felt the fear especially as, unusually, I was to be the one leading the pilgrims on their route along rolling English roads all the way to Beaconsfield, Chesterton’s last earthly home. My promotion was not for merit or for service in the field especially, but because my father, who typically lands the job, had injured his back and would not be able to walk any of the 27-mile trek.

                Thus it was that I looked around to see if I would be marching alone this year and was relieved to find a little crowd of four or five people gathered outside the church. This did double or triple over the next few minutes as we waited for more people to arrive. After hearing a passage from Chesterton’s autobiography about his baptism, read by veteran pilgrim Malcolm, we headed off.

                After picking up a few more pilgrims in Ealing, we made our way to the Grand Union Canal, which we walked along for much of the morning. Here people spread out into groups, some praying, some talking, and a few loners enjoying the silence and beauty of the canalside. After a much-needed rest and drink at The Malt Shovel pub in Uxbridge, we continued to Mass at the Bridgettine Convent in Iver, at which Fr. Neil Brett preached an excellent sermon on the joyful spirit of Gilbert, and we concluded by singing Chesterton’s own rousing hymn “O God of Earth and Altar”, after which both walking pilgrims and pilgrims who had just come for Mass, had some tea, coffee, and lunch amongst the Bridgettine Sisters’ beautiful grounds.

By this point, we were well into the last stretch of the walk. These last six miles become a pleasant stroll through the countryside and so many more pilgrims joined us for this part, including some families. At last we arrived in Beaconsfield and went to the Chesterton’s graveside, where we said the Prayer for the Beatification of GKC. We concluded the day by sitting down in The White Horse, a pub in the town, which even had a couple of pictures of Chesterton inside!

                Numbers were reasonable this year, not the most we have had, nor the least, but solid throughout, and the weather was ideal, especially considering the humidity and intense heat of the week before. Even the very little rain we had was a gentle shower, and was, if anything, cooling.

                    It was a pleasure to lead the pilgrimage for the first time, but the credit for the overall management should most thoroughly go to my father Stuart, who did a fantastic job pulling everything together, even though he wasn’t able to walk the pilgrimage himself! Other mentions should go to my mother Clare, for running the tea and coffee and organizing the visit to the White Horse pub, as well as Fr Brett for saying the Mass, and the sisters for allowing us to have Mass at their convent.

                    Congratulations to all those who walked any parts of the pilgrimage, especially those who walked all 27 miles, such as M’Aibh, who joins the ranks of the few under-18s to walk the whole day, Benjamin, who served the Mass as well as doing most of the pilgrimage, and Angeline, who continued to walk along the canal for some time even after hurting her foot!

                   I have no doubt that Mr Chesterton (and Mrs Chesterton, for that matter) approves very much, though I expect he chuckles to watch these modern poetic lunatics who think it worth walking 27 miles just to see his grave.

Report by Nathanael T. McCullough

From "GK's Meekly" VOL. IIII. No. 1. To recieve GK's Meekly free of change send any email to catholicgkcsociety@yahoo.co.uk

Saint Patrick, A Former Embryo

A few years ago I had trouble buying a green Pro-Life t-shirt from Texas, they said, "We don't ship [post] outside North America. Happy St Patrick's Day!" or something like that. So I though, I'll make Green and Orange Former Embryo badges for St Patrick's Day. And I did make them, but I forgot to advertise them! Get your's here, https://ebay.us/m/S03H2h

What Will You Do To Mark The 58th Anniversay Of The Passing Of The Abortion Act?

Monday 27th October 2025 is the 58th anniversary of the passing of the Abortion Act in the UK. There have been well over ten million children lost to abortion here since 1967. If you order a badge to wear on the day, I'll post it to you first class, no extra charge, there are more badges listed than are shown in this photo, https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?sid=stuartmcc1927

Monday will be a National Day of Prayer and Fasting for Life.National Day of Prayer and Fasting for Life.

There are also events on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. And one in Scotland on Thursday.

Greens Beating LibDems, Tories Beating Labour, Blue Beating Pink and Cornwall Beating England....

Since I started making badges a few years ago I have not kept a proper record of the numbers distributed. But as some get printed on the same page as others I do know some things.

For example, more blue FORMER EMBRYO badges have gone than pink ones. More PRO-LIFE GREENS have gone than PRO-LIFE LIBDEM badges. The TORIES are beating LABOUR at the moment.

And St Piran's Cross, Cornish PRO-LIFE badges,

which I haven't even advertised yet are beating St George's Cross, English PRO-LIFE badges, which I have advertised! Get your badges here, https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?sid=stuartmcc1927

Note, The "Pro-Life Reform" badges were on a page of their own.

72 Reasons Not To Vote On Party Preference Alone, Or Where To Vote LibDem!

Some years ago Father Frank Pavone of Priests for Life, wrote an excellent article regarding how we should decide who we vote for, in which he said, ‘If a candidate who supported terrorism asked for your vote, would you say, “I disagree with you on terrorism, but where do you stand on other issues?” I doubt it.’ He points out that you would quite rightly know that this candidate’s position on terrorism meant that their ideas on other issues were irrelevant, and you would choose how to vote on this one issue, which in this case would be of paramount importance. Father goes on to say, ‘So why do so many people say, “This candidate favours legal abortion. I disagree.

But I am voting for this person because she has good ideas about healthcare (or some other issue).” His point is, that if a candidate does not believe in the right to life of everyone, then all of their other policies are irrelevant. To Brexit or to Remain, to have a free market economy or a planned socialist economy, to have the right to buy your council house or not, doesn’t really matter if you have not had the right to be born.

Often we see pro-abortion Labour MPs trying to put amendments into government bills to support their views. As these amendments have come from Labour MPs, the Tories tend to reject them and the Bill passes in it’s unamended form. Earlier this year the government’s Health and Care Bill went to the House of Lords where Liz Sugg, a Conservative Lord added an amendment that would allow abortion pills to be posted to women to use at home. If you have followed this campaign for and against ‘pills by post’ abortions, you may know that the scheme is a cheap, dangerous ploy that increases the number of abortions (profits) and the number of hospital admissions while preying on vulnerable women and offering them little or no support before, during and afterwards. This measure had been allowed during lockdown and the COVID pandemic, as a temporary measure by the Government which it had planned to cease this autumn. The Bill with this horrendous amendment in it then went back to the House of Commons where 72 Tory MPs voted for this amendment. You should at this point have a quick look at how your MP voted on Wednesday the 30th of March 2022. If your MP voted for this you should of course contact them and inform them that you will never vote for them again.

I myself do not live in the Constituency of Westmorland and Lonsdale. But I’m fairly sure that Westmorland gets a number of mentions in my favourite Shakespeare play, Henry V. But here is a funny thing, if I did live in that constituency I would in fact vote Liberal Democrat, while I have never really been accused of being a liberal. The local MP there is Mr Tim Farron, a pro-life Christian who on the 30th of March this year voted against the Tory Lord’s amendment, and thus voted to defend unborn children. It was also a vote to help their mothers avoid the horrors of abortion, particularly the added horrors of abortion at home.

One young women who has spoken publicly of her ordeal, Natalia, who went through a DIY abortion at home tells us, ‘I remember somehow getting to the toilet, it was unbearable the pain, and that’s when I passed my baby. I looked down and saw him, it wasn’t like a heavy period, it was like a baby. I must have flushed it down the toilet and I remember just falling to my knees’ Natalia continued; ‘I just lay in my bed and I was bleeding through the mattress, and I laid there for about three days on my own’ – her mother still unaware of what was going on.

Even four Labour MPs had the decency to vote against this amendment. So there you have it, you cannot just vote for a party in elections, we have local candidates and we need to know where the candidate stands on the fundamental right to life of unborn children. If more than one of your candidates is in fact pro-life, then by all means look at where they stand on other secondary issues and vote accordingly.

Since this article was was written "54,000 women were admitted to an NHSE hospital for treatment of complications arising from the use of abortion pills since the introduction of pills-by-post. Analysis of accredited official statistics shows that is 1-in-17 of all women self-managing their abortion at home." Kevin Duffy

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This article originally appeared in the now defunct print edition of The Mallard. This author strenuously denies that the inclusion of his article in The Mallard, in any way lead to that magazines decline!

The 15th Annual GK Chesterton Pilgrimage 26th July 2025

The 15th Annual GK Chesterton Pilgrimage will take place on Saturday 26th July 2025. As always there are several ways you can join us, either in prayer, or by joining us in walking a short section of the pilgrimage or even in walking the whole 27 miles! To be involved and maybe help members of your Family into the Catholic Church you can;

A. Send prayer intentions for us to pray for along the way, we will not make the intentions public; catholicgkcsociety@yahoo.co.uk

And/or

B. Join us on the day of the Pilgrimage, Saturday 26th July 2025, for an Old Rite Mass  at 2.30pm at The Bridgettine Convent, Fulmer Common Road, Iver, SL0 0NR. BRING A PACKED LUNCH.

C. And if you like you can walk 6 miles after Mass to GK Chesterton's Grave in Beaconsfield.

D. Or meet us at 9.05am outside Ealing Town Hall to walk on to Mass (approximately 12 miles).

E. Or, to do the whole 27 mile walk, meet us at 7.15am outside St George's C of E Church, Aubrey Walk, London, W8 7JG where GKC was Baptised as a baby, to walk 21 Miles to Mass. And 6 miles after Mass if you want.

F. And say the GK Chesterton Prayer on the day wherever you are. Find the prayer in a number of languages https://www.catholicgkchestertonsociety.co.uk/about

G. Invite friends to join us. The best way to do this is to click, Going or Interested/Maybe on this Facebook event https://www.facebook.com/events/1675870979701803

and then click on Share and on Invite Friends and select those you wish to invite to join us for any of the above. You can also forward this email to all of your contacts.

H. Sponsor Nathanael as he raises funds for Good Counsel’s life saving work; https://www.gofundme.com/f/helping-mothers-and-babies-with-the-gk-chesterton-pilgrimage