Tag: Northern Ireland

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

For the sake of getting straightforward matters concerning independence out of the way, attention turns towards health and safety - ...

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 latest (possibly final) in-depth examination of policy options and independence – chosen by Twitter followers towards the end of ...

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

The final four posts on local government and independence start with a look at money. Firstly, a word of warning. ...

I've looked at the Constitution in more detail previously, while some of the available options for introducing devolution or federalism ...

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

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

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

Although they play the role of "referee" during trials and hearings - especially in adversarial systems - at the heart ...

For far too long, most of my independence-related work on State of Wales has focused on the arguments in favour ...

Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, one of the most persistent claims made by Labour is that the Welsh Government's business support ...

(Title Image: Source: Cambridge University) Having started in 2017, the Road to Brexit series comes to an end with the ...

(Title Image: Holiday Property Bond) Last but not least in this "After the UK" series, a look at some of ...

(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 ...

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

(Title Image: Cambridge University) UK Government doesn't seek an extension to Brexit transition period The UK Government decided not to ...

(Title Image: © Copyright Brian Slater and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence BY-SA-2.0) The final four articles in ...

(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: Cambridge University) New Withdrawal Agreement clears first major hurdle A new Withdrawal Agreement Bill made it past the ...

(Title Image: EU Council) 1. Brexit It's easy to forget that amidst the UK's clowning about that the rest of ...