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All the things we learned from three shocking weeks of the Covid Inquiry in Wales

For three weeks the UK Covid Inquiry has been based in Cardiff pouring over how the handling of the virus played put in Wales. Within days the...

16.03.2024 7

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Will Hayward

We saw the best and worst of Mark Drakeford during the Covid Inquiry

Over the course of six hours we saw every side of the First Minister. There was the good. The desire to show his workings on why he made decisions he...

14.03.2024 7

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Bluster, fluster and 'word salad' nonsense: Vaughan Gething ducks and weaves like a boxer at the Welsh Covid Inquiry

There were three main aims of any inquiry. Firstly, it is to establish what happened. Secondly to learn why and who is to blame. And thirdly to...

12.03.2024 20

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How all of Wales' political parties have performed in the past 12 months

At the start of 2023, with the Welsh NHS close to being overwhelmed, if someone had told you that the issue that would really get people angry this...

28.12.2023 7

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The bold predictions for what will happen in Welsh politics in 2024

Nothing is guaranteed in politics. If the situation in the UK since 2016 has taught us anything it is that making predictions is a mug's game....

26.12.2023 10

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The most loved and hated man in Wales: How Covid defined Mark Drakeford

In many ways, Mark Drakeford’s greatest success and failure was the pandemic. Having announced that he would be stepping down it is worth...

13.12.2023 3

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Is the Welsh Government really at war with motorists?

The Welsh Government declaring “war” on motorists has been a criticism from their political opponents in recent months. Just type “Welsh...

29.10.2023 3

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'We treat kids like crap in this country and it has to stop'

I was in a café the other day and there were some young kids mucking around and being a bit loud. They were laughing, then crying, then being silly. ...

29.10.2023 5

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New poll on 20mph shows Labour have lots to think about with an election due

A month on from Welsh Labour introducing the 20mph limit for most 30mph zones and it is fair to say that it hasn’t gone down well with the public so...

22.10.2023 10

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'Two things happen next year that will reshape politics in Wales'

Welsh politics isn’t renowned for enormous changes. The very fact that the governing Labour Party has been vocally celebrating being the largest...

14.10.2023 4

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'HS2 has been a farce from start to finish and the only consistent part of it is that Wales is getting screwed'

The problem with trying to defend the indefensible is that, eventually, you tie yourself into so many knots you have nowhere else to go. From the...

03.10.2023 3

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The poisoning of Welsh politics and the man who's more central to it than most

Welsh politics has long been in need of change. A century of Welsh Labour dominance culminating in the party running key services like health and...

01.10.2023 20

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