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Born in Swansea, Royston Jones joined Plaid Cymru in the mid ’60s but was also familiar with those of a more militant bent. Active in the anti-Investiture campaign and convicted for the attempted decapitation (of Aberystwyth statue), he spent two years in Coleg Harlech before returning to Swansea, getting married, and standing for Plaid in local elections. After moving to his wife’s home village in Meirionnydd in 1980 he "became aware of the full horrors of cultural nationalism and gave up entirely on Plaid Cymru as it turned Green and moved irrevocably Left". Royston was a founder member of Y Cyfamodwr (the Covenanters), and later the Independent Wales Party.