Tag: Senedd

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The final part of this mini-series on democracy and independence focuses on raising standards of political conduct and making politics ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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In 2019 – not long after the first AUOB Cymru march in Cardiff – I wrote "Five Steps to Independence". ...

Last week, the Senedd (Members & Elections) Bill was tabled. It comes after the best part of 20 years of ...

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

After looking at some of the  blunders and missed opportunities when it comes to transport, it's time for the "good ...

Having looked at how transport is currently managed in Wales, this piece looks at transport use and transport's social and ...

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

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Anyone who has even a passing interest in Welsh politics will have come across the complaint about "a weak Welsh ...

The penultimate part of this series on local government and independence looks at how local democracy and community spirit could ...

In case it wasn't obvious, the chances of any significant local government reform – considering the current and expected state ...

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

The final piece in this mini-series examining decentralisation within Wales after independence looks at perhaps the thing you've been waiting ...

  The previous pieces in this series on local government have focused on what we would traditionally consider "local government": ...

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

Reforming local government has been a rather fruitless endeavour since devolution - to the extent that a few years ago ...

Having looked at how local government in Wales has got to where it is, next it's worth examining how local ...

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