Wales voted for Brexit – to the undisguised shock of nearly all its political and socio-economic elites. The Leave vote severely undermined the long-cultivated self-image of Wales: a vision, sustained by the nation’s long electoral aversion to the Conservative Party, of Wales as a more politically progressive nation than its English neighbour. That vision was Read more
Drawing on the most detailed examination of what the Welsh public think about Wales’ decision to leave the European Union, Professor Roger Scully outlines how latest research on attitudes to Brexit reveals that deep divisions still exist between Remain and Leave voters, and that no consensus is emerging among Welsh people on the Brexit process. Read more
On the first anniversary of the EU Referendum, academics from Cardiff University’s Wales Governance Centre came together at a public event to explore some of the legal, political and financial issues attached to Brexit, considering Welsh, British and European dimensions. During the event, Profressor Roger Scully questioned whether the UK General Election 2017 was really Read more
Brexit will clearly have enormous implications for the UK’s external relations. But it is also having a large impact on the UK’s internal politics: it has already helped reignite the Scottish independence issue, and played a significant role in the latest bout of political turbulence in Northern Ireland. Things are rather less dramatic in Wales. Read more
The results on 23 June 2016 were clear: 52.5% of Wales’ population voted to leave the European Union and despite a brief suggestion of ‘Bregret’, there appears to have been little shift in public opinion since. Here Professor Roger Scully reflects on what current opinion polls tell us and outlines how new qualitative and quantitative Read more
