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It’s 10 years since the Lib Dem-Tory austerity coalition birthed Brexit and our brutal tribalism

Mike Parker Last weekend, in a sterling attempt to keep the political nerds out from under everyone else’s feet, the…

Westminster’s insistence on over-centralising power is once again pulling the UK apart

Ifan Morgan Jones In his book From National Movement to the Fully-Formed Nation Miroslav Hroch notes that the success or…

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Wales understands why our government is acting differently to Westminster, and supports it

*English follows below* Aled Gwyn Williams Mae’r dyddiau diwethaf wedi bod yn rhai tyngedfennol o ran ymdeimlad ac ymwybyddiaeth o…

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After the pandemic, it will be up to us to build the New Wales we want

Llywelyn ap Gwilym, YesCymru central committee member and founder of AUOBCymru The coronavirus pandemic is presenting the world with a…

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The Welsh Government’s ‘stay at home’ plea will be drowned out by Johnson’s media megaphone

Ifan Morgan Jones I warned on Wednesday that the Welsh Government were in danger of being steamrolled by Boris Johnson’s…

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Our Parliament’s new name has annoyed all the right people – the Westminster elite’s boot lickers

Gareth Ceidiog Hughes ‘Welsh Assembly’ was always a terrible name for our democratic institution. It is drab, uninspiring, and sounds…

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Wales finally draws a line in the sand with England – and just in time

Theo Davies-Lewis Credit where credit is due. While the Office of the First Minister of Wales has never faced a…

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Under-resourced and under-funded – the pandemic has taught us to value our teachers

Sian Gwenllian MS, Plaid Cymru Shadow Education Minister If there’s one thing the current Coronavirus crisis has taught us, it’s…

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The optimistic internationalism of VE Day risks being trampled by saccharine exceptionalism

Mike Parker As is fitting in the week of the 75th anniversary of VE Day, I’ve been wallowing in 1945. …

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As the lockdown begins to ease the Welsh Government must hold back the tourism flood

Huw Prys Jones For those of us who have been fortunate enough not to be housebound the past few weeks,…

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A shambolic Welsh Government have offered no leadership for local government in this crisis

Dafydd Meurig, Gwynedd Council Deputy Leader As a county councillor, I have no real insight into how Welsh Government (WG)…

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The Welsh Government are powerless to resist being steamrolled on the lockdown

Ifan Morgan Jones I think I’ve mentioned before that my favourite quote about politics comes from George R.R. Martin’s Game…

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