“Whichever party comes in May will face serious problems … Plaid is going for a change agenda, but it will be difficult for [them] to fight an election on public service delivery and then actually follow through” -
@lauramcallister30.bsky.social
#Senedd26 #Cymru #Wales
From our latest episode, Lee, Lauren, and @lauramcallister30.bsky.social debate the future of policing as UK Govt announces that it plans to scrap PCCs in England and Wales and give powers to English mayors. But what will happen in Wales? #Senedd26 #Wales #Cymru
**NEW POD ALERT**
As UK Gov prepare to replace PCCs and reduce police forces in Wales and England, @lauramcallister30.bsky.social , Lauren McEvatt & Lee Waters MS debate the inevitable question about whether now is the time to devolve policing & justice to Wales. #Senedd26 👇
youtu.be/9QQzOKQu-RI
For those interested in this Spring’s Senedd election, this is an interesting piece by @walesgovernance.bsky.social’s @lauramcallister30.bsky.social on the dynamics of the forthcoming Senedd election and how the political & parliamentary fallout may settle after May 7th… #senedd #devolution
*NEW POD ALERT* @lauramcallister30.bsky.social , Lauren McEvatt, and Lee Waters tackle arguably the biggest issue for Welsh Government and devolution in Wales - money (and the politics of budgets, taxes, and the power of the UK Treasury). #Wales #Cymru #Senedd26
youtu.be/CHyWjZrDaSY
Our latest pod is in the feeds and on YouTube.
In the first of our explainer pods, @lauramcallister30.bsky.social is joined by @edgarethpoole.bsky.social of @walesgovernance.bsky.social as we grapple with the national finances, how we have the system we do and how it could be better. #Senedd26
Mae @lauramcallister30.bsky.social yn trafod gwleidyddiaeth Cymru ac yr arolygon barn #Senedd26 diwetharaf ar rhaglen 'PM'👇
Prof. Laura McAllister discusses Welsh politics at the start of the new year and the current positions of the parties ahead of the Welsh Parliamentary election in May👇
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Our latest pod is in the feeds!
@lauramcallister30.bsky.social, Lauren, & Lee tackle 'horribly male' politics, the 'consensual politics' of Cardiff Bay, and inspired by former Senedd member Nathan Gill, express preferences of which countries would offer the best bribes...
youtu.be/wnlWwGyye_o
Our latest Welsh Politics Q & A pod is now hitting the feeds. @lauramcallister30.bsky.social , Lauren McEvatt, and Lee Waters MS discuss the reasons for parachuting candidates into constituencies like Cardiff West and Swansea West, and discuss north-south Wales links:
youtu.be/YkzRcs5jnBI
Why wasn't there a Welsh Covid Inquiry? @lauramcallister30.bsky.social, Lauren, and Lee pick up the debate about what we have learned about Welsh handling of the Covid pandemic in our first Q & A pod. The full pod is in all the podcast apps and on YouTube (link below)
#Senedd26 #Wales #cymru
Well, it's been awfully quiet around here these last few weeks, hasn't it? (Apols, RM!)
Fear not, our series of Q & A pods arrives in the feeds today, starting with a biggie - 'Why wasn't there a Wales-specific Covid Inquiry?' With @lauramcallister30.bsky.social , Lee Waters, and Lauren McEvatt
Apparently there's another woman from Leeds with a brunette bob talking in a Parliament building about something or other today?? 😅
Anyway, I'm at the Senedd and excited to be appearing alongside @jessblair.bsky.social @lauramcallister30.bsky.social & Mark Drakeford!
“Ar ein colled”: Teyrngedau i Trefor Lloyd-Hughes, cyn-lywydd CBDC
Roedd Trefor Lloyd-Hughes wrth y llyw rhwng 2012 a 2015
✍️ Efan Meilir Owen
Laura McAllister: Cynnal gêm agoriadol Ewros 2028 “am roi Cymru ar y map”
Bydd gêm gyntaf y bencampwriaeth yn cael ei chynnal yng Nghaerdydd – ond mae pryder gan rai am effaith treth dwristiaeth y brifddinas
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We're going to be recording our next set of pods soon and will be doing a Q & A pod with audience questions.
If you have a question about Welsh politics for @Lauren McEvatt, @lauramcallister30.bsky.social , and Lee Waters, send it over!
A snap election on the old voting system AND 60 members?
With Welsh Government unable to pass its budget, is a snap election the answer? Could four more years on the old system of 60 members tempt Labour and the Conservatives to do a deal? #senedd26 #Cymru #Wales @lauramcallister30.bsky.social
Is Whitehall pushing Wales towards nationalism? We discuss the working/not working relationship between Welsh and UK Governments in our latest pod with @lauramcallister30.bsky.social Lauren McEvatt and Lee Waters MS
#Cymru #Wales #senedd26
NEW POD: Our latest pod is now out on all podcast apps and YouTube 👇
@lauramcallister30.bsky.social , Lauren, and Lee look at how the parties are choosing their candidates for #Senedd26 and what the candidates need to be braced for in the selection contests and the election. a
youtu.be/zgeNtALQvlc
My take on the Caerffili by-election and the political state of play six months from the Senedd election: www.walesonline.co.uk/news/news-op...
I said pretty much the same thing on UK media channels today Huw...
Ymateb @lauramcallister30.bsky.social i canlyniad is-etholiad #Caerffili ar @bbc5live.bsky.social #Senedd26 #Cymru
Prof Laura McAllister responds to the #Caerphilly by-election result on BBC Radio 5 #Wales
Here, @lauramcallister30.bsky.social notes "There’s no doubt in my mind that we are seeing a fundamental realignment of Welsh politics. Labour is left in a very invidious position. I think we’re getting close to seeing the end of Labour’s hegemony in Wales."
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Is-Etholiad Caerffili yn cael ei dadansoddi gan Volkskrant yn yr Iseldiroedd gyda dyfyniadau @lauramcallister30.bsky.social / Prof. Laura McAllister features in this analysis of the Caerphilly by-election in Volkskrant:
www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/h...
Penodau newydd ar y ffordd - New episodes on the way soon!
Mae @lauramcallister30.bsky.social yn trafod pwysigrwydd is-etholiad #Caerffili ar @BBCr4today / Prof Laura McAllister discussing the national and UK-wide implications of the looming #Caerphilly by-election on BBC Radio 4's Today programme. #Senedd26 #Cymru #Wales
Where did the Senedd's closed list system come from? Lauren McEvatt and @lauramcallister30.bsky.social ask Lee Waters MS to explain why the Labour Party proposed a system that nobody seems to really want.
#Wales #Cymru #Senedd26
Our latest pod 'Why do we have a new Senedd voting system that no-one wanted?' is now on all the podcast feeds, where @lauramcallister30.bsky.social, Lauren McEvatt and Lee Waters MS discuss the new voting system for #Senedd26 #Wales #Cymru
Also on YouTube! 👇
youtu.be/91MyTLRa0iE
Our next pod takes apart the Senedd reform package which sees expansion to 96 members and a new - and universally unpopular - voting system.
So why are the Welsh Conservatives talking about numbers? Lauren, Lee and @lauramcallister30.bsky.social have different takes! #Senedd26 #Cymru #Wales
