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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Iwan Morgan With a couple of notable exceptions, Plaid Cymru had a very disappointing election night. The Arfon result was sobering; although it should be remembered that it’s a university city and that this seat was actually a Plaid gain from Labour in 2010 when first contested under new […]
Jason Morgan argues that the Plaid Cymru leader should take responsibility for the party’s lack of electoral success… Darllenwch yr erthygl yma’n Gymraeg fan hyn. Like most people, I like Leanne Wood as an individual. I do think she’s a principled and determined individual, although her politics and mine […]
Ifan Morgan Jones There has been some predictable blowback to the Welsh Assembly Commission’s decision that the Welsh Assembly should change its name to Welsh Parliament next year. A lot of this has come from those who just don’t want to see the institution flourish. Their objections alone might […]
Dylan Llyr As the UK has unexpectedly ended up with a hung parliament rather than the thumping Tory majority that Theresa May arrogantly expected, all eyes are suddenly on the Democratic Unionist Party, whose ten MPs now hold the balance of power. The London media rarely paid much attention to […]