Matthew Mathias, Campaigns and Projects Officer for the Electoral Reform Society Cymru This month saw the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Bill passed the final stage at the Senedd. There is a lot to be happy about. We in Wales can be proud that 16 and 17-year-olds can now vote […]
Barbara Davies-Quy, Head of Programmes for Size of Wales Jamie Green, Communications and Marketing Manager for Size of Wales The COVID-19 pandemic has put humans’ complex relationship with nature in the spotlight. As policymakers look to secure a green recovery from COVID-19 and prevent future pandemics, addressing nature loss and […]
Richard Nosworthy Despite a year dominated by the pandemic, another issue has also resonated strongly in recent months – the environment. With green groups now setting out their asks of the political parties, could nature and climate change be about to influence the next Senedd in a way never seen […]
Gareth Ceidiog Hughes You just have to laugh, don’t you? Well, you don’t have to – but you might as well, because let’s face it, the Abolish the Welsh Assembly clown show is objectively hilarious. Don’t get me wrong, I would very much prefer that the forces dedicated to the […]
Ioan Phillips Boris Johnson is notorious for his belief in ‘cakeism’ – the belief that it is possible to govern without making trade-offs. This laissez-faire attitude towards consistency left the Prime Minister painfully exposed over comments he made about devolution last week. Just hours after Johnson told Conservative MPs devolution […]
Helen Mary Jones In the wake of Brexit, Wales is at risk of being left behind both in terms of diplomatic representation, engagement, and developing links to further international trade. You only have to look at the recent announcements by Irish ports investing heavily in alternative routes for their carriers […]
Theo Davies-Lewis Jan Morris, one of Britain’s most revered writers and travellers, was a self-confessed incorrigible Welsh romantic. Her passing reminds us of how her lucid writing about Wales was lived as both a personal and collective experience at the same time. To her, we were a nation full of […]
Angharad Shaw Just before the start of the firebreak lockdown, I wrote an article for Nation.Cymru explaining the expected path of cases and deaths during the lockdown. I’m pleased to say that my predictions turned out to be pretty accurate. Now that we’re 11 days past the end of lockdown, […]
Ben Lake MP, Plaid Cymru Spokesperson on the Treasury Wales and the UK face an economic and political inflection point as we grapple not only with the devastating consequences of Covid-19, but also the economics of post-EU reality. In such circumstances, raising the Welsh government’s capital borrowing limit is essential […]
Lord Dafydd Wigley The UK Internal Market Bill has already been ravaged by the House of Lords, who at Committee stage, knocked out the entirety of the scandalous sections empowering the UK Government to break its treaty obligations under international law. This week it was further amended at Report stage, […]
