Politics archive

Cameron and his government should recognise that our interests are best served by participating fully in the European decision-making process
May
18

When it can help for the UK to lose at Brussels

Martin Jones argues that it is in the Welsh interest to have more not less European integration

Is UKIP the existential threat to the Conservative party that the SDP was to Labour?
May
17

Euro exit could take Scotland out of UK

Jon Owen Jones assesses the impact of UKIP’s rise on the other parties and the future of British politics

The 2007 ‘One Wales’ coalition agreement – of formally breaking bread with the hated nationalists – was the first and so far last truly seismic eruption of Welsh Labour’s internal ideological rift post-devolution
May
16

Cardiff Bay’s ‘Welshminster’ consensus

David Moon explains how Welsh Labour has managed to spike Plaid Cymru’s guns and dominate Welsh politics

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May
15
Kirsty Williams AM leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats
May
14

Kirsty Williams plays an Oyster card in a wax jacket

Steve Brooks says the Welsh leader could emerge unscathed from a Liberal Democrat crash landing at the next UK election to take pole position

Clowns help the Police enforce Section 12
May
13
Presiding Officer of the National Assembly, Rosemary Butler AM
May
09

Cardiff Bay is not like Westminster

Rosemary Butler explains why there is no need for legislation to police AM’s relationships with lobbyists

Treasury
May
08

Why we need a Welsh Treasury

Mike Hedges argues that in future the Welsh Government will have to manage its money more effectively

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May
04

Talk of a Plaid-Labour coalition for Anglesey

David Taylor reports on the local election in an authority which has been blighted by controversy and failure

Plaid Cymru winners in Anglesey¹s  Canolbarth Mon ward: Dylan Rees, Nicola Roberts and group leader Bob Parry
May
04

Anglesey can become proud of itself again

Heledd Fychan says the island now has an opportunity to enter a new era of accountable local politics