Posts Tagged ‘Bethan Jenkins’

It’s Deaf “Question Time!”

It’s Deaf “Question Time!”

On 25th January a number of school pupils spoke to four Assembly Members about how Wales could be made better for Wales’ deaf young people. Here’s what they discussed

The Battler

The Battler

The youngest member of the National Assembly is also one of its most effective – as she proved last week when she pulled off a notable political victory

For Hay, see England?

For Hay, see England?

For a Welsh event, the Hay Festival can seem terribly English. Plaid AM Bethan Jenkins found that there is scant evidence of the festival’s setting, but they are there if you are prepared to look – and be inspired

The smoke surrounding this renewable plan

The smoke surrounding this renewable plan

Proposals to build a series of wood-fired biomass power stations across Swansea Bay will do nothing to alleviate pollution issues there. In fact, matters will be made worse

Leave the politics to us, love

Leave the politics to us, love

Continuing our International Women’s Day coverage, why doesn’t politics practice what it preaches, and could there be a better time than now to address the gender imbalance on our local authorities?

We must investigate UK Border Agency allegations

We must investigate UK Border Agency allegations

Allegations of racism and asylum applications refused for poor reasons have been made against the UK Border Agency’s Cardiff branch. They must be taken seriously

Cut and Waste: Tory mixed messages on spending

Cut and Waste: Tory mixed messages on spending

Welsh Tories have been calling for a raft of new public spending commitments from the Welsh Government. How would they be paid for if David Cameron enters Downing Street with a mandate to introduce drastic cuts?

Boil it down to the fundamentals

Boil it down to the fundamentals

The technical aspects of the referendum question have left some devolutionists gloomy about which way voters will go. Time to take a leaf out of the salesman’s book

Now is the time for us to work together

Now is the time for us to work together

Ireland’s current economic crisis should also be a concern for Wales, and this week’s meeting of the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly provides the perfect place to start pooling our expertise – and experience in devolution – to find solutions that suit the Celtic nations

A meander around the constitutional crossroads

A meander around the constitutional crossroads

Patrick Hannan’s latest book “A Useful Fiction” provides brain food for those willing to question their identity and the role of Britishness within it. But it does not – and cannot – answer the big question about the UK’s constitutional crossroads