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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The Palace of Westminster is falling down, just like our political system
We are close to a real chance for reform. It is being caused not by pamphlets or seminars, but the…
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What would a good night look like for Labour and the Tories in the local elections?
How results are spun will have serious consequences for both parties.
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What I got right, and what I got wrong, in 2021
There are, if not “rules” of politics, some pretty good general principles.
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What Scottish nationalists could learn from Wales
The new Labour-Plaid Cymru cooperation agreement may present a more effective path to reforming the British state and increasing Welsh…
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Does Labour have a future in Scotland?
Labour has struggled to find a place for itself in Scottish politics after the independence referendum
What does the Labour-Plaid Cymru deal mean for Wales?
For First Minister Mark Drakeford, the agreement is a big plus, moving his government further to the left.
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The dilemma facing Plaid Cymru
The party must decide whether to focus on differentiating itself from Welsh Labour or whether to help shape the government.
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Why did Labour do better in Wales than in England? You might not like the answer
Incumbency undoubtedly helped the Welsh First Minister, Mark Drakeford, but was there another cause?
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What are the lessons of Welsh Labour’s remarkable success?
Exploring why Labour won in Wales is as important as exploring why it lost in England.
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Is Mark Drakeford about to be destroyed by success?
Most voters think that the Welsh First Minister has done a good job of handling the pandemic – yet he…
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How will the Welsh Labour Party perform in the Senedd election?
Two polls tell two different stories about how Mark Drakeford and his party will do in the Welsh parliament election in…
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The true scandal behind Snowdonia’s Covid-19 lockdown rule-breakers
Car parks in the north Wales national park are closing because of a surge in visitors – exposing our warped…
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Nigel Farage’s new Reform UK party is unlikely to succeed – but his next one might
The former Ukip leader is a poor frontman for lockdown scepticism, but his opponents have reason to be worried by…
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Has Wales turned against lockdown?
The Welsh Conservatives are strongly opposed to the country’s new Covid-19 lockdown rules – but there is reason to believe the measures remain…
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Lockdown’s fragile idyll, the 10’o’clock habit, and crossing the border for Waitrose
Although my NS series on Europe is having a long sleep, I have visited a foreign country six times since March: mostly…
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The Welsh “firebreak” is a lockdown made in Westminster
Spending decisions made by Rishi Sunak mean Welsh businesses are better off under a full lockdown.
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The success of Wales’ new Covid-19 regulations will test England’s appetite for lockdown
The prohibition on travel into Wales from tier two and three areas in England will depend upon the public enforcing…
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British devolution isn’t built for a crisis like Covid-19
The health crises envisaged when the devolved institutions were created could be solved using the policy levers available to devolved parliaments…
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Westminster’s U-turn over exam grades is a case study in how not to use algorithms
With no actual data, the government fell foul of the “garbage in, garbage out” problem.
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