Summary

  • BBC Wales Live hosted an election debate in the Pembrokeshire County Showground

  • The panel: Nia Griffith from Labour, the Conservatives' David TC Davies, Jane Dodds who represents the Liberal Democrats, Liz Saville-Roberts from Plaid Cymru and the Brexit Party's James Wells

  • The first question was on Brexit with the politicians being asked how they will deliver on their promises

  • The second question was about child poverty and how the politicians would help struggling families

  • The third question was on climate change

  • The final question challenged the panel on how they would restore faith in politics and politicians?

  1. That's all folkspublished at 21:15 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    Thanks for joining us tonight for this live coverage of the election debate in Pembrokeshire.

    We're signing off for the night.

    You can follow more on the election and what's happening on the BBC live page here.

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    Have a nice evening.

  2. Listen back on BBC Soundspublished at 21:07 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    If you missed any of the debate, head over to BBC Sounds for a podcast version of tonight's Wales Live Election debate

    Click the link here where it will be available later.

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  3. 'Politics is how we live together'published at 21:03 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    Liz Saville-Roberts

    Liz Saville-Roberts says "it's evident people are fed up with the personality riven soap-opera slogans politics.

    "As a society we have to look at politics is for, politics is how we live together.

    "We are going to have to find a way to be a society as a whole."

  4. 'We have to work together'published at 21:01 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    Jane Dodds

    "We have to trust each other, if we say we're going to do something, we have to do it," says Jane Dodds.

    "We have to work together".

  5. Trying to brainwash uspublished at 21:00 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    One audience member accuses the Conservatives of trying to "brainwash" young people by changing their twitter name to Fact Check UK during the live election debate.

  6. 'I'm very very ashamed of it'published at 20:59 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    Nia Griffith

    "We need to apologise to the whole of the Jewish community", says Labour's Nia Griffith.

    Nia Griffith says she is "very very ashamed" of antisemitism in the Labour party.

    She says there should be an apology to all the Labour members and everyone in the Jewish community.

  7. 'Stop lying'published at 20:57 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    "Stop lying to us, don't insult our intelligence", says Patrick Jones who asked the question on faith in politics.

  8. 'Change politics for good'published at 20:56 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    James Wells

    James Wells says: "The Brexit Party slogan is 'change politics for good' and that's why I got involved in politics in the first place."

  9. Language in speeches 'shocking'published at 20:55 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    David TC Davies

    "We must carry out our promises", says David TC Davies on trust in politicians.

    Mr Davies says he has been shocked by some of the speeches candidates have made about celebrating the deaths of politicians.

    He says that it is outrageous that people are saying the Tories would sell off the NHS.

    When challenged on a recent change of Twitter handle by the Tory party during a recent debate, Mr Davies joked it was an "enthusiastic move by someone there".

    There were jeers of "lies" by audience members.

  10. And finally...published at 20:49 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    Patrick Jones asks: What are you going to do to restore our faith in politics and politicians?

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  11. 'Carbon neutral by 2050'published at 20:49 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    David TC Davies

    "It is quite obvious carbon dioxide is affecting the climate", says David TC Davies for the Tories.

    "We've put forward a plan to be carbon neutral by 2050.

    "It might not be as ambitious as some people want but we don't want to create a loss of jobs."

  12. 'Don't play politics with climate emergency'published at 20:48 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    Jane Dodds

    "We can't play politics with the climate emergency", says Jane Dodds.

    She says that politicians need to work with farmers and landowners to fight climate change and plant trees.

    Ms Dodds talks about investing in the Swansea Tidal Lagoon.

  13. 'The airport exists'published at 20:46 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    Nia Griffith

    Ms Griffith is asked about Cardiff Airport: "It clearly is a project being taken over by Welsh Government and we want to see it succeed.

    "The point is the airport exists and we're not going to get rid of air travel overnight... we need to look at ways to green our economy."

  14. 'We need to be very bold'published at 20:44 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    Nia Griffith

    "We have a very, very clear plan and we need to be very bold", says Nia Griffith of Labour.

    "It's essential we get a move on.

    "We want to use the natural resources we have here and have a green industrial revolution."

  15. No to new nuclear sitespublished at 20:43 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    Liz Saville-Roberts

    "We don't have a mile in electrified railway in Wales," says Liz Saville-Roberts.

    Nuclear has always been a difficult issue for Plaid, with Wylfa B plant on Anglesey, and the issue of jobs for the island.

    She says it is "no" to any new nuclear sites as Plaid's policy.

  16. 'We have got an issue here'published at 20:41 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    James Wells

    Brexit Party James Wells says "we have got an issue here" about climate change.

    "When we turn our TVs on we see forests burning" he says.

    Mr Wells says his colleague Nathan Gill is "wrong" in his personal view on whether the climate problem is man-made.

    He says we need to work with the UN and to stop sending our plastics overseas to be dealt with.

  17. The climate crisis is the third questionpublished at 20:39 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    Rose Parkin asks: What are you going to do to stop the climate crisis?

    FieldImage source, Getty
  18. 'We could have done much more'published at 20:38 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    Jane Dodds

    Jane Dodds admits that the Liberal democrats should have done more during their time in the coalition government to stop cuts.

    "We shouldn't have things like zero hour contracts," she says.

  19. 'We would never sell off the NHS'published at 20:38 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    David TC Davies

    "We woulds never ever sell off or privatise the NHS or sell it off," says David TC Davies.

    "We want money into Wales and want it spent properly on a National Health Service".

  20. Not 'complacent about poverty'published at 20:34 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2019

    David TC Davies

    Conservatives' David TC Davies responding to the question says he "totally accepts poverty exists" in our society.

    "I would never be complacent about that, we do need to do a lot more to address this."