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The war in Ukraine has highlighted the danger of the rush to build new nuclear power stations in Wales

*English follows below* Dylan Morgan, ar ran CADNO a PAWB Beth nesaf i safleoedd niwclear Wcráin, Wylfa a Thrawsfynydd? Mae…

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Wales values the power of community – so why are we so careless with our community treasures?

Rhys ab Owen, Senedd Member for South Wales Central A recent report by the Institute of Welsh Affairs emphasised that…

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Putin’s claim that Ukraine and Russia are one nation has no historical basis – he’s just a thug with an army

Owain Jones, lecturer in history at Bangor University As war continues in Ukraine, thinking of history can sometimes seem an…

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Female voices are still underrepresented in Welsh politics – we all have a duty to change that

Jane Dodds, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats Today is International Women’s Day, where across the globe we commemorate the…

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This week’s budget shows how the Plaid-Welsh Government agreement is delivering for the whole of Wales

Sian Gwenllian MS, Lead Designated Member for the Co-operation Agreement between Plaid Cymru and the Welsh Government This week, the…

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Why Cardiff’s growing economic and political dominance within Wales is a threat to devolution

Ifan Morgan Jones Cardiff Council perhaps inadvertently put out a very telling statistic this week, when the council boasted that…

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Welsh Government is hellbent on dodging scrutiny of a Wales-only Covid inquiry

Tom Giffard MS, Welsh Conservative Shadow Minister for Culture, Tourism and Sport One-in-four people who died from coronavirus in Wales…

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How Brexit has changed our national identities and attitudes towards devolution in Wales

Richard Wyn Jones, Professor of Welsh Politics and Director of Cardiff University’s Wales Governance Centre Even before the Brexit referendum it…

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Let’s have a grown-up conversation about what the climate crisis means for our diets in Wales

Ben Lake, Plaid Cymru MP Yesterday’s Free Trade Agreement between the UK Government and New Zealand paves the way for…

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Why the Welsh Government should declare St David’s Day a de facto public holiday – without Westminster’s permission

Dafydd Meurig, Deputy Leader of Cyngor Gwynedd Today, on this Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant, thousands of Cyngor Gwynedd staff will…

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Welsh Europeans must stand with Ukraine – their fight is our fight too

Neil Schofield Hughes For those of us who consider ourselves European, this is a desperately dark day. An illegal war…

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Where did this new combative Welsh Labour come from – and is it going to stick around?

Ifan Morgan Jones During the last Ice Age, Wales was covered by a glacier half a mile thick. But when…

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