Posts Tagged ‘devolution’
Time to stand up
Carwyn Jones has proven himself to the people of Wales during the referendum campaign and recent election. It’s now time for him to up his game and really stand up for Wales
Words as bombs and bullets on the election battlefield
See beyond the typos and read this analysis of the 2011 Assembly Election manifesto – done through a twelve year looking glass
Heads Carwyn wins, tails Hain loses
Wales’ largest political party could be heaved into civil war as its two leading figures become ever more polarised. But is the First Minister becoming stronger and the Shadow Welsh Secretary weaker because of the forces of history?
No way to fix the “England problem”
Creating a Parliament where elected members have differential voting rights would create an unjust “two-tier” system of MPs – and Unionists should know better
The next big questions for Unionists
Earlier this month a most interesting debate took place at the Scottish Conservative conference. Here is an account of a discussion that has much to say to us in Wales
A Vote for Apathy
An American intern describes her attempts to engage with the recent referendum, and reflects on the result
Mr Smith goes to Cardiff
True Wales’ short term approach to demonising our politicians in the way they are depicted in the US risks long term damage to Welsh political discourse
A low turnout might be good
Even if the referendum is a non-event, a Yes vote could mean an end to voter indifference – provided ministers focus on the job in hand
Wales’ devolution legacy
The Conservatives arguing for a Welsh parliament and Plaid Cymru against? It really happened. Wales’ foremost historian outlines the path that has taken us to this week’s vote
Far from poor
Martin Shipton’s chronicle of the first 10 years of the National Assembly is as timely as it is readable, since its central contention is that without primary law making powers the Assembly will never reach its proper potential
They’re off (well, one lot are, anyway)
Yes for Wales has launched – and here’s my view of their first day







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