Wales on Wednesday: squabbles and spellings
It’s been really convenient for Welsh Labour governments to have the Conservatives in Westminster to point fingers at for all...
Read moreDetailsIt’s been really convenient for Welsh Labour governments to have the Conservatives in Westminster to point fingers at for all...
Read moreDetailsSome say Labour cutting support for sick and disabled people in ways Thatcher wouldn’t have dared is a gift to...
Read moreDetailsMany people in Wales will tell you that it’s too often ignored, overlooked, subsumed into England. But when it is...
Read moreDetailsWill there be more than a handful of experienced Labour MSs on the ballots in 2026? And will Welsh Conservatives...
Read moreDetailsWere you excited at the prospect of having Labour governments at both ends of the M4, for yourself, your community,...
Read moreDetailsThe ‘f’ word may be thrown around too easily – some on the right argue that – but parallels between...
Read moreDetailsWales is no Washington but there’s always plenty going on politically. With the 2026 Senedd elections coming towards us at...
Read moreDetailsWales is the next major electoral battleground in the UK, with Senedd elections in 2026. While polls suggest trends, there’s...
Read moreDetailsDo you live in a place with a Welsh name? Do you struggle to pronounce that name? If so, give...
Read moreDetailsIt’s hard to understand how some politicians thrive when you’d think their careers wouldn’t survive. Yet other political moves are...
Read moreDetailsThe winds of the world are blowing cold and hard. How will Wales react, and can it get some of...
Read moreDetailsThe Crown Estates, HS2 consequentials, help with the cost of living … Labour promised “change” to get people to vote...
Read moreDetailsYou might think the transition to new leaders in Cardiff and Westminster would see an end to recent dramas plaguing...
Read moreDetailsYou might think that a Welsh Labour government would be able to do much more for Wales with a Labour...
Read moreDetailsYou may think Wales is safe from the waves of racism-fuelled violence that flooded England in recent weeks. But some...
Read moreDetailsUntil we stop calling things by the wrong name – “protests” – and call them by their real names –...
Read moreDetailsMorgan an unelected leader as ever, money siphoned from Wales to Westminster as ever, RT culture wars as ever …...
Read moreDetailsThe story of the First Minister has been a tale told by an dramatist, full of sound and fury (and...
Read moreDetailsAll eyes are on the road from Wales to Westminster this week, as a scandal-ridden and interminable general election campaign...
Read moreDetailsWelsh politics during a general election: who can keep up? Who can accurately predict outcomes? Not everything seems a foregone...
Read moreDetailsThe problem with writing a political column like Wales on Wednesday is that you never seem to be able to...
Read moreDetailsScrutiny of ministerial behaviour and decision-making is essential to a functioning democracy. That applies to Vaughan Gething more than most
Read moreDetailsMy message to our embattled First Minister Vaughan Gething is simple: for heaven’s sake, do the right thing, and go!
Read moreDetailsHas the Labour Party in Wales backed the wrong horse? Will he make it to the finish line? Or can...
Read moreDetailsThe election of Vaughan Gething as Labour Party leader in Wales, and consequently as First Minister, is tainted by multiple...
Read moreDetailsVaughan Gething has achieved his dream of being First Minister, but are his nightmares over? This and more news from...
Read moreDetailsA new biweekly column by Ethan Jones looks at key political events in Wales, giving you the view from not-Westminster...
Read moreDetailsWales doesn’t seem to have a genuine opposition. What future is there for a country in that position? Is Plaid...
Read moreDetailsThere is growing support for Wales as an independent country among younger age groups. But can we wait for more...
Read moreDetailsRarely does debate in Wales get this heated. What does it tell us about ourselves, asks Ethan Jones, that it...
Read moreDetailsMany may assume the movement for an independent Wales is republican. But it’s more complicated than that, as Ethan Jones...
Read moreDetailsThe United part of the United Kingdom isn’t working for Wales, says Ethan Jones. It’s time we had a different...
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