Adam Price AM, Leader of Plaid Cymru After almost three years of going around and around in circles, we are now standing at the edge of a Brexit cliff, staring into the abyss. Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn have been spending their time squabbling with each other, and with their […]
Ifan Morgan Jones According to a YouGov poll published yesterday Nigel Farage’s new Brexit party is on course to win two of Wales’ four European election seats. That this new party leads in the polls here after only four months of existence should be a wake-up call to those who […]
Aled Edwards The horrors of modern trafficking are significant and growing. At the world’s border crossing points for vulnerable migrants, especially those fleeing persecution, there are always vulnerable children. In such places, there are also traffickers ready to buy and sell them. Enslaving children also happens within borders. But this […]
Leigh Jones This past weekend the wall of a ruined cottage in a Ceredigion lay-by baring the symbolic and politically significant slogan, ‘Cofiwch Dryweryn’, was found to have been smashed to pieces – apparently attacked during the night. The words were painted during the 60s as a reminder to all […]
Nicolas Webb The park was empty. Empty that is but for one person stood on a wall. This is not your typical scene in Newport. Yet, this was not your typical by-election campaign. The angle provided from the elevated if wobbly position was perfect to get a photograph of the […]
Jonathan Edwards, MP for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr The idea that Wales is too poor to be independent has been ingrained in the Welsh national consciousness as a result of years of the both Tories and Labour repeating a condescending narrative. According to them, Wales is an economic basket case […]
Tim Richards Back in his pre-leadership past, Corbyn was a high-profile opponent of the nuclear issue on both environmental and proliferation grounds. Unfortunately, the Labour party has recently come out in favour of nuclear power with Jeremy Corbyn doing a u-turn on the issue since becoming party leader. All that […]
Ifan Morgan Jones Two weeks is a long time in politics. It was only two weekends ago that Welsh Labour were warning that Plaid Cymru, then at their annual conference, were planning to jump into bed with the Conservatives after the next Assembly election. Plaid Cymru were quick to dismiss […]
Bethan Sayed AM, Chair of the National Assembly Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee This week marks a first step in the right direction in how we support local, community-based journalism in Wales. It will be no secret to many of the readers of this site that journalism in Wales […]
Daran Hill There is no getting away from the fact that Newport West was a seriously good result for Labour. Against a backdrop of confusion and division, and a week where the party began negotiating with the Government to actually deliver Brexit, they still won through convincingly. If they had […]
