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Blwyddyn etholiad yw eleni. Wyddom ni hyn yn nawr yn sicr, fel y cadarnhaodd Rishi Sunak mewn cyfweliad \u00e2'r BBC ddydd Iau 4 Ionawr. Mae pryd yn union y cynhelir yr etholiad eto i'w weld, er gwaethaf datganiad anghonfiniol Sunak mai ei ragdybiaeth weithiol yw y bydd yn ail hanner y flwyddyn. Gyda etholiad ar y gorwel, cyflwynir cyfle i ni ddewis. Ac yn fy marn i, dim ond un dewis clir sydd yna.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1261,1805,1260,3,1795],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tory","category-ge-2024","category-labour","category-politics","category-topical"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/www.clarkeroberts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/14.png",1920,1080,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.clarkeroberts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/14-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.clarkeroberts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/14-300x169.png",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.clarkeroberts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/14-768x432.png",768,432,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.clarkeroberts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/14-1024x576.png",1024,576,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.clarkeroberts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/14-1536x864.png",1536,864,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.clarkeroberts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/14.png",1920,1080,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/www.clarkeroberts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/14.png",18,10,false]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"

This year is an election year. We now know this for certain, as Rishi Sunak confirmed as much in an interview the BBC on Thursday 4 January. Exactly when the election will take place is still yet to be seen, despite Sunak’s unconvincing line that his working assumption is that it will be in the second half of the year. With an election on the horizon, we are presented with an opportunity to choose. 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