Tag: Independence

Today, I'm revisiting "vices" and independence, combining previous posts on pornography and prostitution. There's nothing explicit in this, so it's ...

After drugs, alcohol and tobacco/vaping, it's time to return to another vice. "Gambling" - in the context of this post ...

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The previous two parts in this mini-series looked at sport more generally – including how to boost participation amongst as ...

The second part of this mini-series on sports policy and independence looks at how Wales can boost sports participation more ...

Now, onto the meat of drug policy - what an independent Wales could do differently. Let's assume that recreational drugs ...

A significant portion of Wales' total land area – around 20% (or 4,100sqkm) – is designated as National Park1. It's ...

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The third part of this series on democracy and independence looks at one of the more important elements: elections and ...

After looking at democracy, attention turns to the star teams in the sport of representative democracy: the parties. Party Politics ...

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The Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales - the latest installment in the Welsh Constitutional Universe franchise - ...

Some may think Wales is a classless, egalitarian paradise - or at least should be. Everyone is a salt-of-the-earth stiff ...

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". ...

Last but not least, this "Wales on the Move" transport series ends with air transport. It's a transport sector that ...

The penultimate piece in this series looks at maritime transport. While it's not the most commonly discussed transport method in ...

Now, onto what I'm expecting to be the most popular post in this series: the rail network. This was a ...

The previous piece looked at roads and independence. This time, it's buses (including community transport). The current situation (though arguably ...

The first half of this series focused on general transport issues - not only those that need to be addressed ...

This is a re-write of one of the most popular and regularly recurring questions brought up on social media and ...

Closely tied to previous pieces on the census and national statistics is civil registration - registration of births, marriages and ...

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At the start of 2022, I posted "My Nationalist No-No Confessions", which proved to be one of the more popular ...

Back in September, Plaid Cymru published a report they commissioned into the "Welsh deficit" (pdf). The deficit is the difference ...