Devil’s Advocate: We can’t do anything about the “Brain Drain”
Today I look at "The Brain Drain" – the net loss of skilled people to out-migration; particularly the under-40s – ...
Today I look at "The Brain Drain" – the net loss of skilled people to out-migration; particularly the under-40s – ...
In 2019 – not long after the first AUOB Cymru march in Cardiff – I wrote "Five Steps to Independence". ...
You've probably all seen this. You've probably all said this. When spending decisions are debated or announced – whether it's ...
Last but not least, this "Wales on the Move" transport series ends with air transport. It's a transport sector that ...
The previous piece looked at roads and independence. This time, it's buses (including community transport). The current situation (though arguably ...
Having looked at some of the strengths and weaknesses of transport policy for Wales things now turn to geography. In ...
The next two pieces in this series on transport will be a bit meatier, looking at where Wales might be ...
Here's the latest in the "Devil's Advocate" series looking in more detail at some of the most commonly-used arguments against ...
Back in September, Plaid Cymru published a report they commissioned into the "Welsh deficit" (pdf). The deficit is the difference ...
The final four posts on local government and independence start with a look at money. Firstly, a word of warning. ...
Here's another edition of this series of "looking at arguments against Welsh independence/Owen creates a strawman". Today, I'll look at ...
Following the post earlier this week looking at defunding - even abolishing - the police, this considers something on the ...
Hammered by the pandemic and cuts, much-maligned and seeming unfashionable – are buses being unfairly overlooked in discussions around transport ...
All professions have their annoying buzzwords and shibboleths they use to talk to each other and the Welsh political bubble ...
It's safe to say it's been a difficult few months for the Welsh independence movement. As said in a previous ...
Although it had been trailed in the new national transport strategy – published towards the end of the Fifth Senedd ...
Matter of opinion, or flaw in the system? What counts as a "crap development" in the first place? Student flats ...
(Title Image: via medium.com) The mention of a "four-day week" may, to older folks, bring back memories of the "three-day ...
(Title Image: Nordic Council) Independence raises a lot of questions about the future, but if the UK did dissolve, that ...
(Title Image: The Guardian) Independence is my preferred constitutional future for Wales – that's obvious - but that support is ...
Political unions come and go. The shortest-lived ones (i.e. the United Arab Republic) have lasted little more than a decade ...
(Title Image: Wales Governance Centre/Wales Fiscal Analysis) Earlier in March, Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre published Wales' Fiscal Future – ...
(Title Image: Wales Online) Who owns the Welsh (print) media? This isn't particularly scientific but, as a snapshot, of the ...
Following a look at the achievements and all the associated back-slapping, it's time to look at the....not so glorious moments ...
(Title Image: BhzSamTheRipper via Wikipedia under the GNU Free Documentation Licence) Towards the beginning of January, Plaid Cymru leader Adam ...
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