Andy Williams When it comes to public communication about politics, Wales has issues. We have a weakened commercial regional news sector which, compared with past performance, is less able to play traditional democratic roles, especially around information provision and scrutiny. The National Assembly for Wales acknowledges this, and has long […]
Izzy Evans When I started a petition in late July against the Welsh Government’s plans to erect a monument to Wales’ conquest near Flint Castle I had no idea how successful it would be. Within the week the Culture Secretary Ken Skates announced that they would think again, and […]
Ifan Morgan Jones Why don’t Momentum and Jeremy Corbyn put pressure on Labour to implement their policies in Wales, where they’re actually in power? Almost weekly, we see Labour call for one thing at an UK level and do something different in Wales. This week it’s been the turn […]
Abraham Somers At every decade since 1891 the inhabitants of Wales have been asked if they can speak Welsh. Ever since, the question has been used to judge the health of the Welsh Language. During the 20th century, the census showed a steep drop from just under one million Welsh […]
Ifan Morgan Jones Today’s Welsh Political Barometer Poll makes for very sombre reading for Plaid Cymru. The poll shows Labour on 50% of the Westminster vote in Wales while Plaid Cymru has slumped another two and a half percentage points to 8%. I had expected Plaid Cymru to regain some […]
Rhys Llwyd How best to preserve Welsh-language communities is an issue it seems that politicians from all parties have been unwilling to get to grips with. This may have changed recently with the concept of ‘Arfor’ as set forth by highly regarded Assembly Member Adam Price. According to Adam […]
With Indyfest coming up on the 16th of September, here are 10 reasons why it’s time to support independence for Wales… 1. Wales’ vote has no influence on who governs us Wales only elects 40 out of 650 MPs, which is 6% of the total. And before the next General Election there […]
