Neil Anderson Opportunities for dramatic change arise rarely for any country. But now is such a time. If we can learn something from the pandemic ripping out the hearts of our communities, decimating our elderly people, overworking our nurses and doctors both doing their best to care for and protect […]
Mick Antoniw, Labour Member of the Senedd for Pontypridd and Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee of the Senedd. I was invited to write this short article because of my criticism on social media of an article written by the leader of Plaid Cymru which promotes an opinion […]
Theo Davies-Lewis The superficial hero-worship of Pericles – as well as other great men through history – is now a well-known element of Boris Johnson’s ever-fragmenting self-constructed public image. The bust of “the first citizen” of democratic Athens, as the historian Thucydides saw him, apparently sits proudly in the Prime […]
Helen Wales, Chair of Wales for Europe It was shocking, of course, to see a Cabinet Minister standing up in Parliament and stating that his government was proposing legislation which would break international law. However, this week’s events and the tactics being deployed by Johnson and co are disappointingly predictable. […]
Becky Ricketts, President of the National Union of Students Wales Eat out to help out! Return to the office! Get the economy moving again! It’s fair to say that the UK Government’s message since lockdown eased has been unambiguous: let’s get back to normality. So I was surprised to see […]
Adam Price, Leader of Plaid Cymru Time and time again Plaid Cymru have warned that the Conservative Government’s promises to respect devolution were not to be trusted. This week, they have sadly proven us right with the introduction of the Internal Market Bill. This proposed law is not just a […]
Carrie Harper, Plaid Cymru Councillor for the Queensway ward on Wrexham Council On Wednesday the First Minister Mark Drakeford slammed the UK Government for an “enormous power grab” which he said the Welsh Government will oppose “every step of the way”. Boris Johnson’s government is introducing a bill at Westminster […]
Andrew Potts In a speech earlier this year Welsh Conservative Senedd leader Paul Davies alluded to the need for a Dominic Cummings-style shakeup in Cardiff Bay. From what I’ve seen of post-lockdown driving skills I think Dom is already here, with many motorists seemingly trying out their own Barnard Castle […]
Ifan Morgan Jones Today a Senedd committee published its suggestions for reforming the Senedd, including up to 30 new members and a switch to a fairer voting system. Most of the main political parties welcomed the changes but there was one discordant note from the direction of the Welsh Conservatives. […]
Mat Mathias, Electoral Reform Society Cymru Today, after months of deliberation we see the report from the Committee on Senedd Electoral Reform. It’s called Senedd Reform: Next Steps and sets out a path to improve the health of our democracy in Wales. It includes recommendations from increasing the size of […]
