Aled Gwyn Job Last week’s National Eisteddfod on Ynys Mon seemed different somehow. Just over a year after the Brexit earthquake of 2016, there appeared to be a fresh verve and a new sense of vitality. It was as if this nation had taken a whole year to really […]
Benjiman L. Angwin Jeremy Corbyn visited Bangor and Aberconwy over the weekend, where Labour fancy their chances having come within 92 and 635 votes of toppling the incumbents. Corbyn is lauded by many on the Left but the truth is that he is a wolf rather than a shepherd; he does […]
Ifan Morgan Jones Leanne Wood has been criticised by the Conservatives and UKIP for a Twitter comment calling ISIS ‘far-right’ following yesterday’s terrible attacks in Barcelona that left 14 dead. Ofnadwy / terrible. Is this more far right terrorism? My thoughts are with all those affected.https://t.co/REkCs6HNgy — LeanneWood (@LeanneWood) […]
Dafydd Thomas The term ‘cleansing’ makes us think of a bloody process, a kind of genocide where people of the wrong religion or ethnicity are killed or driven from their homes. But if the objective is to displace one population to make room for another then there are less brutal ways […]
Benjiman L. Angwin Welsh democracy will not fully mature until the Labour party’s dominant position in our country faces serious opposition. This will be difficult to achieve as voting Labour in many parts of Wales is as much an expression of belonging to a community as it is a vote […]
Ifan Morgan Jones I, like many others within the Welsh national movement, voted to ‘Remain’ in the Referendum on EU membership on 23 June last year. Subsequent events have, I believe, validated that choice. I believe that Wales will suffer economically, and culturally, because of Brexit. However, as contradictory […]
A Plaid Cymru adviser at Westminster, Ben O’Keeffe, argues that incompetence by the Welsh and UK Government has squandered millions “[I am] satisfied that the position we are in today is where we would wish to be in the overall timeframe of the procurement exercise.” This is what Economy […]
Dylan Llŷr Anyone who’s ever manned the barricades against attacks on the Welsh language will have noticed that the arguments against it are often contradictory. This is because the game is rigged. It’s designed so that we can’t win. The most common hostile claim is probably that the language […]
Ifan Morgan Jones The Eisteddfod has come to an end for another year. And once again, it has proven that our culture can match any other in the world for its creative excellence. I was constantly astounded by the talent on display. It was even more amazing because the […]
Ifan Morgan Jones This week and last has seen a slow drip, drip of news seemingly designed to soften up the Plaid Cymru membership for a leadership challenge in the next year. Last week, the BBC was briefed anonymously that Leanne Wood considered resigning as the votes were counted during […]