Michael Jones is a Conservative researcher at the National Assembly. He previously worked as a researcher for The Rt Hon Peter Lilley MP.

Immigration: the need for controls

Is the free movement of peoples, as argued on WalesHome.org earlier this month, really a blow for natural justice? Or does the evidence show that mass immigration would be bad for migrants as well as bad for Wales?

The house that Gordon wrecked

It is western governments that sleepwalked us into the recession that is engulfing the world. Arguing against an earlier WalesHome.org piece on Gordon Brown’s performance, there is a clear case that the Prime Minister was one of the architects of this financial disaster, not our saviour

Don’t look back in anger

Devolution is an idea deeply rooted in Conservative thinking, yet is often depicted as anathematic to the party. It’s time to reclaim the mantle of local accountability and get past the myth that a more equal Wales would be less secure in the union.