Samuel Parry The Guardian recently published an article regarding Welsh education; an inflammatory article with no real depth, nuance or understanding of Welsh culture or language policy. The article was written by two residents of Bristol; Louise Tickle and Steven Morris, who probably assumed they were writing about Welsh […]
Voting at National Assembly elections should be made compulsory, according to Welsh Labour AMs. Jeremy Miles, AM for Neath, said Wales should copy the example of countries such as Australia, where citizens can be fined for not voting, in order to boost turnout. He told Newyddion 9 that he was […]
Radio Wales will expand its availability on the FM band so that its signal reaches more of the nation, according to the BBC. The BBC also announced that they will set up a second Welsh-language radio channel, Radio Cymru 2, to broadcast from 7am to 10am every morning on digital […]
Aled Gwyn Jôb Most of our attention since the election has been paid to Theresa May’s defeat in the election ‘she called but failed to turn up for’, as Green MP Caroline Lucas put it. But it was also a stunning defeat for the UK tabloid newspapers which have […]
One of the nation’s universities has been found to be among the best at teaching students across 130 higher education institutions in Wales, Scotland, and England. Bangor University was the only university in Wales to be awarded a ‘gold’ award for the standard of its teaching in the new […]
The weakness of the media in Wales means that the National Assembly should expand its own content platform in order to communicate directly with the people of Wales. That is one of the recommendations of a report published today commissioned by the Assembly’s Llywydd, Elin Jones. According to the report, […]
The Guardian newspaper today has a story suggesting that children in Wales will be disadvantaged by a Welsh-only education. The story itself is complete rubbish, as I’ll explain. But the Guardian has a history of getting stories about the Welsh language completely wrong. One might suggest that it is too […]
Ifan Morgan Jones The turning point for the Welsh Conservatives came in 2011, when electoral common sense was replaced by an irrational British nationalism. It began when Party leader Nick Bourne, who had taken the Conservatives from a paltry nine to 14 seats, and from third party to main […]
Dafydd Trystan, the former chairman of Plaid Cymru, says that the challenges facing the party are more complex than they appear… The narrow victories in Ceredigion and Arfon were a ‘get out of jail free card’ for Plaid Cymru. While voters were lost across the country, the seat tally, […]
Dr James Luchte argues that we need to build the Welsh nation through devolution before rushing for independence… No one can argue in good faith that Brexit will be good for Wales. Wales will be one of the biggest losers in the implementation of the “will of the people”. Hundreds […]