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Why we need devolution to the north of Wales to see off the threat to the Senedd

Gareth Ceidiog Hughes The Westminster system was created to run an empire. Consensus wasn’t really its modus operandi. Indeed, that…

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My life with Hydrocephalus

Ant Evans Mine was apparently a difficult birth, but when I eventually arrived, there was silence. I took a couple…

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The left need to realise that just being right won’t win them elections

Ifan Morgan Jones The political left needs to start winning elections, and soon, or the 2020s are going to be…

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Why is Wales so silent on the Windrush scandal?

Leena Sarah Farhat, Diversity officer for the Welsh Liberal Democrats You may have heard the word mentioned. Windrush, the generation,…

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Why control over broadcasting would give Wales its voice

Angharad Mair, Welsh Television presenter and Executive Director for Tinopolis This is a lightly edited transcript of Angharad Mair’s address…

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Wales is paying for HS2 but it will harm our economy – we must receive the £5 billion we are owed

Jonathan Edwards, Plaid Cymru MP for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Yesterday the government surrendered to vested interests and group-think, approving HS2,…

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Why Sinn Fein’s shock win has little to do with Irish unification

Lila Haines ‘This result is not red, it’s not green. It’s an expression of pure frustration.’ At 10pm on Saturday…

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Scotland may be heading for independence in name only – will Wales follow?

Neil Anderson As a man of fully Scottish descent I have long taken a close interest in Scotland’s pursuit of…

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If a bridge between Scotland and Ireland is feasible, is a decent road across Wales too much to ask?

Ifan Morgan Jones Hugely expensive infrastructure projects seem to be in vogue at the moment. Not only is Boris Johnson…

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Why jibes about the Welsh language aren’t funny

Gareth Ceidiog Hughes It’s hard to be too mad at someone who is making an effort to learn the Welsh…

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A growing feeling that ‘Cardiff doesn’t care’ in the north-east could threaten the future of the Senedd

Carrie Harper, Plaid Cymru Councillor for the Queensway ward on Wrexham Council A post-Brexit YouGov poll for ITV Cymru Wales and…

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Gwrthsafiad pobol Cymru – nid rhethreg wag y llywodraeth – fydd yn sicrhau dyfodol y Gymraeg

Aled Gwyn Jôb Pe baech chi am lunio mudiad torfol newydd o blaid y Gymraeg heddiw, falle mai model y…

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