Tag: Devolution

There's been a bit of chatter recently – on the Welsh political Twittersphere at least – about referendums and if/when ...

  Today I'll be taking a look at how Wales preserves the historic environment and how that may or may ...

This is a rewrite of a piece originally written in 2015 and long overdue given the number of developments in ...

Continuing the "Devil's Advocate" series – looking closer at some of the arguments which will be, or are being, used ...

The final piece of this chunk of articles on the judiciary and independence focuses on the structure and make-up of ...

After looking at the issue of access to justice, the focus turns to those responsible for securing justice on behalf ...

As we all know by now, the solution to every problem in Wales is to form a committee. The more ...

The second theme of State of Wales' look at the justice system and independence moves to the police. As is ...

Although hardly anyone bothered to vote, towards the end of 2020 the justice system was selected on Twitter as the ...

There's nothing the Senedd and its members love more than a story about themselves. With that in mind, I don't ...

This week marks the fifth anniversary of the 2016 EU membership referendum and, naturally, there was a debate in the ...

(Title Image: UK Ministry of Defence, Crown Copyright) As well as electing the Senedd, this year Wales will be going ...

(Title Image: Audit Wales) Having looked at health, education, the environment and the economy, last but not least how have ...

(Title Image: The Guardian) Independence is my preferred constitutional future for Wales – that's obvious - but that support is ...

As chosen by Twitter followers back in July, this short series – one article a week for the next six ...

(Title Image: Pixabay, copyright free) The third (often considered to be the weakest) branch of government in most constitutions is ...

(Title Image: -JvL- via Flickr under Creative Commons Licence CC-BY-2.0) Before considering what a Welsh Constitution might look like, the ...

(Title Image: wallpaperflare.com) Devolution in Wales has always existed in a type of limbo; neither fully embraced by the public ...

(Title Image: Leicestershire Police) Like this year's European Parliament election, this coming election is invariably going to be framed as ...

(Title Image: photoeverywhere.co.uk under Creative Commons Licence CC-BY-2.5) Before looking at how news from Wales is covered in the UK ...

This final article marking devolution's 20 anniversary considers the future. While I have a terrible track record for making predictions ...

(Title Image: secularism.org.uk) This is a re-write of an older post looking at the minor implications of independence – this ...

(Title Image: Wales Online) As you can probably tell, I've decided to change the format of State of Wales. Fixed ...

(Title Image: BBC Wales) In the early hours of 19th September 1997, Wales voted by just over 6,700 votes to ...

(Title Image: Cambridge University) Irish Parliament Committee backs starting Irish reunification process One thing we haven't heard too much of ...