Posts Tagged ‘Westminster’

Beyond the Boundaries

Beyond the Boundaries

A week on from the announcement of new boundaries for Welsh constituencies in Westminster, the changes proposed still cause concern

Mapping the future

Mapping the future

Now that we can view the probable electoral map of Wales at Westminster, our statistical analyst offers some views of what this means for future Welsh elections and the UK as a whole

And the winner is…

And the winner is…

Ahead of tonight’s ceremony, Owen Hathway shares his opinions on who should be named Welsh Politicians of the Year

30-30 re-vision

30-30 re-vision

Labour is muddying the electoral reform waters with a big lie strategy that offers nothing to voters in Wales

Listen to the Assembly on Policing

Listen to the Assembly on Policing

In the second of two articles on policing today, former Secretary of State Paul Murphy makes the case against elected Police Commissioners

Stormy weather

Stormy weather

Wild storms are hitting the international political and financial scene, but things appear calm in Wales. All that is about to change, according to Lee Waters

The antique democracy of Westminster

The antique democracy of Westminster

Outdated and remote political processes in London are preventing Wales from moving quickly to the next stage in its devolved development

X misses the spot

X misses the spot

Even “yes” campaigners can’t bring themselves to fully endorse the Alternative Vote. Yet if you stop seeing proportionality as the goal, it is possibly the best electoral system on offer

Treacle we don’t need

Treacle we don’t need

Welsh acts and mirror clauses bundled up into English legislation such as yesterday’s Localism Bill not only create a great deal extra, unnecessary work for the Assembly. They often escape proper scrutiny, too

What Woolas means for Wales

What Woolas means for Wales

The decision of a court to declare Labour MP Phil Woolas’s General Election victory void and to bar him from office has shocked the political establishment. Wales may be the first real test of the new precedent it establishes

‘The dragon’s head is on the Chancellor’s chopping block’

‘The dragon’s head is on the Chancellor’s chopping block’

It was billed as the budget that would change our way of life. So did George Osborne deliver a decisive and historic break from the past, or only a conventional does of austerity?

Is Plaid about to get shafted over Select Committee places?

Is Plaid about to get shafted over Select Committee places?

New elections to Parliament’s scrutiny bodies could have dire implications for the minor parties