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Kirstie Allsopp’s advice to people struggling to buy homes is absolutely ridiculous

Mabon ap Gwynfor, Plaid Cymru MS Today, a rally will be held in Aberystwyth by Cymdeithas yr Iaith, in the…

What can we learn from the Welsh Government’s cost of living announcement?

Victoria Winckler, Director of the Bevan Foundation The Welsh Government’s announcement of its package of financial help to deal with…

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60 years since Saunders Lewis’ call to save the Welsh language, our means have changed but the goal remains the same

Jeremy Miles, Minister for Education and Welsh Language Cymraeg belongs to us all. Sixty years ago this week, Saunders Lewis…

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Guto Harri may be betting that the best replacement for ‘Brexit Boris’ is the ‘One Nation’ leader he used to work for

Ifan Morgan Jones At the climax of the national rail strike of 1919, then Prime Minister David Lloyd George emerged…

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Jeremy Bowen’s ‘This Union: Being Welsh’ – so far, so disappointing

Lewis Eldred Davies Last week, a three-part series on ‘being Welsh’ aired on BBC Radio 4, with Cardiff-born BBC Middle…

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Welsh graduates shouldn’t pay for decisions made in England

Becky Ricketts, NUS Wales President Last Friday, following pressure from the NUS and tens of thousands of students, England’s Universities…

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The UK Government’s levelling up plan is a pile of piffle – its instincts is to centralise power, not give it away

Ifan Morgan Jones The UK Government is one of the most over-centralised democratic nations on earth. It’s over-centralised politically, culturally…

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Dishonesty is being institutionalised at Westminster, with profound implications for democracy

Jane Dodds, Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats Maria Ressa, a Filipino journalist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in…

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Why the failure to provide proper public transport is harming rural Wales

Mabon ap Gwynfor, Plaid Cymru MS To many, living in the countryside offers a form of simple idyll – surrounded…

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Why the Tory attempt to restrict voting rights is an attack on Welsh democracy

Rhys ab Owen MS, Plaid Cymru spokesperson for the Constitution and Justice From the Chartists to the Suffragettes, the right…

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The Tories are pulling the plug on the license fee – Wales’ cultural and political future now depends on our own media

Ifan Morgan Jones I had always thought the campaign to devolve broadcasting to Wales was something of a wild goose…

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Boris Johnson is just a human manifestation of the British state – getting rid of him won’t solve all its problems

Ifan Morgan Jones It looks like it’s now over for Boris Johnson’s premiership, whether he goes quickly or his demise…

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