Tag: UK Government

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

We'll all have our views on the necessity (or not) of the "War on Drugs" and whether prohibition works (and ...

As you've probably noticed, there won't be one big series of posts on independence this year. Instead, there'll be shorter ...

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

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

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

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

Housing Associations – which fall under the legal banner (in Wales) of Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) – provide just over ...

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 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 next two pieces in this series on transport will be a bit meatier, looking at where Wales might be ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Over the rest of summer and the autumn, I'll be doing a series on local government (a revisit to a ...

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 ...

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

The final two pieces in this series look at how criminals can be managed in Wales after independence. While the ...

This final tranche of posts in the "A Welsh Justice System" series looks at the consequences of crime and the ...