Brexit will do for independence what Thatcherism did for devolution, one of Plaid Cymru's MPs has said.
Jonathan Edwards told his party's conference in Swansea the vote to leave the EU has driven a "sledgehammer through the post-devolution period".
Independence has risen up the Welsh political agenda following a series of marches held across Wales.
"We can finish the job started by devolution," the MP for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr said.
Plaid is holding the second day of its autumn conference at the city's Grand Theatre.
In a vote party members backed campaigning to scrap Brexit at a general election if the UK government sought a mandate for leaving the EU without a deal.
Plaid said it backs a new referendum on Britain's status in the EU in all other circumstances.
Hywel Williams, MP for Arfon, said: "If the UK Government seeks a crash out, no deal mandate, Plaid Cymru must and will campaign to revoke Article 50 because at that point, that will be the only lever left to protect Wales and our communities from the disastrous effects of no deal." [...]
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