Gareth Ceidiog Hughes If you live in Wales it’s pretty likely that you’ll have heard the weird Anglo-supremacist trope about Welsh speakers down the pub. For those unfamiliar, it goes a little something like this. A monolingual English speaker walks in to a pub in Wales. When he or she […]
Liz Saville Roberts, Plaid Cymru’s Westminster leader Today, the House of Commons will be asked to take a decision on Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal. This is a decision that will have serious consequences for the lives of the people of Wales for years to come. Plaid Cymru took a stand […]
Ifan Morgan Jones This Saturday is a rugby feast that only comes around once every four years – four matches of world-class knock-out rugby between the eight best teams on the planet! And every match here is dripping with history and significance. Can Japan repeat the heroics that beat South […]
Delyth Jewell AM, Shadow Minister for Culture and the Future Every October we celebrate Black History Month in Wales with the aim of giving people throughout our nation the opportunity to recognise the contribution of black people to the economic, political and cultural history of our country. Black History Month […]
Theo Davies-Lewis A year after his death, Theo Davies-Lewis pays tribute to Denzil Davies, the enigmatic man who was Llanelli’s MP for 35 years. When David John Denzil Davies was growing up in the small village of Cynwyl Elfed, few would have predicted how he would rise meteorically in British […]
Sian Gwenllian, Plaid Cymru AM for Arfon There’s a secret scandal going on in Wales – and it’s causing serious inequality. Currently, because of a loophole, a great number of second-home owners can avoid paying taxes. By registering their second-homes as small businesses, these owners can not only avoid having […]
Ifan Morgan Jones A new edition of the quarterly Welsh barometer poll has been published, and you can read Professor Roger Scully’s full psephological analysis here. So what does it show? At Westminster, the Conservatives capture Alyn and Deeside, Bridgend, Cardiff North, Clwyd South, Delyn, Gower, Newport West, Vale of […]
Ifan Morgan Jones It’s almost inevitable that under any news article about the Welsh Assembly, at least one person will pop up to claim that it’s a waste of money and should be scrapped. This has been complemented by a recent Facebook campaign (based out of Bristol, according to the […]
Carrie Harper From sprawling commuter estates in the north-east to holiday homes in the north-west, it’s clear we need to overhaul Welsh housing policy. This week saw Wrexham Council submit a last-ditch proposal to more than halve the number of affordable homes in the borough’s Local Development Plan (LDP) – […]
Vicky Moller, XR Wales The Welsh contingent of Extinction Rebellion put BBC Broadcasting House in London on lockdown at 8am Friday as staff arrived. Over 1000 rebels poured into the courtyard and provided an alternative programme schedule, exploring topics ignored by the broadcasting corporation. We were calling on the BBC […]
