Jasmine Donahaye The news that the Westminster government appears to have interfered in the Welsh government’s access to Covid-19 testing kits has filled people with rage and despair. This isn’t like the daily dismay over the weakness of our devolved institutions, nor an outraged sense of patriotic pride, nor a […]
Mike Parker Some nicknames fit so perfectly, they almost eclipse the real one. The BBC has long been known as Auntie, a name that came originally from the phrase ‘Auntie knows best’. It became especially widespread on the arrival of brash commercial upstart ITV in 1955, providing an instant contrast […]
Ifan Morgan Jones Some of us who take a great deal of interest in Welsh politics have long been worried about the lack of public understanding of what is devolved and what isn’t. For example, a BBC/ICM poll in 2014 suggested that fewer than 50% of respondents understood that the […]
Helen Mary Jones, Plaid Cymru Assembly Member for Mid and West Later today I will be taking part in the first virtual Senedd. One of the issues I want to raise with the Welsh Government is the importance of introducing an emergency Universal Basic Income to help people during this public […]
Ifan Wyn Jones One thing that has become evident over the last month is that the coronavirus pandemic is going to become a major, historical turning point on a global scale. It’s hard to think of another event beyond the world wars which has changed life in Wales, across the […]
Mike Parker Human evolution is a long old game. We still have our coccyx, the remnant of a long-vanished tail, and our wisdom teeth, from when we needed them to grind food like an elementary mill. Even getting goosebumps is just a hark back to the time when we needed, […]
Mike Parker So, the weekend is upon us again. You’ve probably not noticed, as for those of us whose work is non-essential (and seeming ever more ephemeral by the hour), the days are starting to melt into one another like a four-cheese fondue. Do you remember fondues? Even in the […]
Jonathon Dawes, Member of Welsh Youth Parliament for the Vale of Clwyd Only last week, I and other young people were dedicating every waking hour in preparation for our summer examinations. Rightly so, as they are extremely important. However, in a very short time, things have changed very quickly for […]
Mike Parker In these feverish times, what counts as an essential job? Some are self-evident. Doctors, nurses, carers and chemists, of course. People in the food supply and distribution chain. Transport workers, posties and delivery people. Personally speaking though, I’d have to trawl down a very long list of decreasing […]
Adam Price, Plaid Cymru leader Politics is a finely trodden line – a daily trapeze act of balancing tone within argument. The key is in the equilibrium, where critical observation doesn’t succumb to obtuse one-upmanship. A time of huge anxiety brings with it heightened emotion, where the constructive is often […]
