The twilight of the British Union
If Labour wins the next election it will face nationalist opponents in Scotland and England. Could the UK survive?
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If Labour wins the next election it will face nationalist opponents in Scotland and England. Could the UK survive?
ByWe are close to a real chance for reform. It is being caused not by pamphlets or seminars, but the…
ByHow results are spun will have serious consequences for both parties.
ByThere are, if not “rules” of politics, some pretty good general principles.
ByThe new Labour-Plaid Cymru cooperation agreement may present a more effective path to reforming the British state and increasing Welsh…
ByLabour has struggled to find a place for itself in Scottish politics after the independence referendum
For First Minister Mark Drakeford, the agreement is a big plus, moving his government further to the left.
ByThe party must decide whether to focus on differentiating itself from Welsh Labour or whether to help shape the government.
ByIncumbency undoubtedly helped the Welsh First Minister, Mark Drakeford, but was there another cause?
ByExploring why Labour won in Wales is as important as exploring why it lost in England.
ByMost voters think that the Welsh First Minister has done a good job of handling the pandemic – yet he…
ByTwo polls tell two different stories about how Mark Drakeford and his party will do in the Welsh parliament election in…
ByCar parks in the north Wales national park are closing because of a surge in visitors – exposing our warped…
ByThe former Ukip leader is a poor frontman for lockdown scepticism, but his opponents have reason to be worried by…
ByThe Welsh Conservatives are strongly opposed to the country’s new Covid-19 lockdown rules – but there is reason to believe the measures remain…
ByAlthough my NS series on Europe is having a long sleep, I have visited a foreign country six times since March: mostly…
BySpending decisions made by Rishi Sunak mean Welsh businesses are better off under a full lockdown.
ByThe prohibition on travel into Wales from tier two and three areas in England will depend upon the public enforcing…
ByThe health crises envisaged when the devolved institutions were created could be solved using the policy levers available to devolved parliaments…
ByWith no actual data, the government fell foul of the “garbage in, garbage out” problem.
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