Iestyn T Davies is currently researching political communications and devolution in the JOMEC Department of Cardiff University. He is a graduate in Welsh and Philosophy and studied under both Hywel Teifi Edwards and Dewi Z Phillips at Swansea University. He is currently a freelance political and communications consultant and has worked for some of Wales’ leading organisations since the arrival of devolution and also in Westminster, Brussels and the UN. He recently cycled from London to Copenhagen in time for the COP15 climate change summit.

Chewing the fat of disgust and deliberation

The test that our democracy faces, both in Wales and in the UK, is to engage more people. But how can this be done against a backdrop of disenchantment with politicians fuelled by the expenses scandal?