The Sunday Times has been criticised after running a poll asking readers whether the Welsh language should continue to be taught in schools. The poll followed a story in the newspaper about Eve Myles, who had learnt Welsh in order to star in S4C drama Un Bore Mercher – screened […]
The Labour Party have been criticised after accidentally using footage of Snowdonia in an advert about Scotland. Despite selling “Labour’s vision for Scotland,” the footage shows a clip of Tryfan Mountain near the city of Bangor. Twitter users pointed out that the advert was created from footage from other Labour adverts […]
A new poll suggests that an overwhelming majority of people in Wales have lost faith in the British political system. Excluding ‘don’t knows’, 93% of Welsh respondents to a Comres poll agreed with the statement that ‘the Brexit process has shown that the British political system needs a complete overhaul’. […]
If Wales were the Westeros of Game of Thrones, then the Joneses would dominate the frozen north, while Davieses hold the south of the country, according to a new surname map tool. The new search engine shows where people across the UK share a surname. If can be used to […]
An MP has called for the voting system at Westminster’s House of Commons to be changed so that a solution to Brexit can be found. After consulting with Parliamentary Clerks, Plaid Cymru MP Jonathan Edwards has put forward the idea of using the Alternative Vote (AV) voting method to decide the next […]
Thersa May is set to make a speech today claiming that the 1997 vote to set up the Welsh Assembly was “accepted by both sides” – despite the fact that she herself voted against accepting the result. She will refer to the Welsh Assembly in a speech about Brexit in […]
The new socialist pro-independence group Undod will hold its launch event in Aberystwyth at the end of the month. According to those who have set up ‘Undod’, meaning ‘solidarity’ or ‘unity’ in Welsh, the group is socialist and campaigns for ‘radical’ independence for Wales. Speakers at the launch, held at […]
The Welsh Conservatives have criticised the decision to readmit Cardiff Central AM Jenny Rathbone to Welsh Labour’s Assembly group. She was suspended last November for making “extremely offensive” comments about Jewish people and the security concerns of a synagogue in her own constituency. In comments made in 2017, reported by […]
Gweler isod ar gyfer y fersiwn Gymraeg A language group has warned that there would be real risk of missing the million Welsh speakers goal if the Welsh Government follows a panel’s suggestion not to set targets for expanding Welsh language teaching in English-medium schools. A panel under the leadership […]
Following a cross-party meeting of MPs, Liz Saville Roberts, Plaid Cymru’s Leader in Westminster has said the Prime Minister must “stop playing with fire” and take No Deal off the table. All four Plaid Cymru MPs were part of a meeting with the Prime Minister, alongside MPs from the Greens, Liberal […]
