Tag: Ireland

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 ...

Does Wales have a drinking problem? If so, what can be done about it? Is the problem fixing itself? Having ...

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 ...

This four-part mini-series follows on from 2020's series on the constitution and independence, taking a more in-depth look at the ...

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 ...

Having looked at some of the strengths and weaknesses of transport policy for Wales things now turn to geography. In ...

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 ...

In the previous piece, I looked at governance at the community level. Today, it goes up a level to counties ...

An examination of the issues, lack of reform and international comparisons are out of the way. So it's time to ...

After a short break, next up in this series on local government is an examination of how Wales' peer countries ...

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

Honours are awards given by the state to acknowledge a personal achievement, bravery, exceptional performance or extended periods of service ...

While I've looked at the issue of the monarchy (and how it may or may not fit an independent Welsh ...

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

The final post in this "Welsh Justice System" series focuses on the least comfortable element – prisons and prisoners - ...

A key element of independence is learning best practices from around the world (and learning from mistakes too), so it's ...

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