I was delighted recently to do an episode of Martin Shipton’s podcast. As many blog readers will know, Martin is Chief Reporter for Media Wales, and a long-standing perceptive observer of the Welsh political scene. You can find him on Twitter: @ShiptonMartin He recently began a series of podcasts, which involve him interviewing at length Read more
In the second of my pieces assessing the current electoral fortunes of the main political parties, I turn to the Conservatives. In my equivalent piece last year, I concluded that “A year that once looked so promising for the Conservatives now offers them increasingly difficult prospects.” A year on, and not much has changed. Some Read more
Showing a marked lack of consideration for the poor, struggling psephologist, Plaid Cymru managed to time the culmination of their recent leadership election with the end of Freshers’ Week here at Cardiff University. Nonetheless, I managed to put together some thoughts on the outcome of the election, as well as on the departed leader Leanne Read more
Following a tradition entirely invented on this blog, I’m going to be publishing a series of pieces in the next couple of weeks assessing the current electoral position of the main parties in Wales. I start, as always, with our dominant party, Labour. In my equivalent article last year I concluded that “Labour are in Read more
I hope you have all had a good summer. You will have noticed that the blogging has been quiet for some weeks. I spent some time while the weather was warmer re-charging my psephological batteries; since I returned to work at the start of the month I have had my hands rather full with my Read more
I have posted a new blog piece, summarising some of my thoughts about the possible future of UKIP in Wales, over at my personal website. You can find the new blog piece here. Read more
On Wednesday 18th July, the Wales Governance Centre held the latest in our periodic public briefing sessions about the state of play on Wales and Brexit. Chaired by Arwyn Jones of the BBC, and held in the Neuadd of the National Assembly’s Senedd building, the latest briefing session included three presentations – one by myself Read more
As many blog readers may just have noticed, the politics of party leadership have become highly topical in Wales in recent weeks. The four official parties in the National Assembly are all facing actual or potential leadership contests. Fortunately, the new Welsh Political Barometer poll was able to include some relevant questions. Most of our Read more
Although much political attention in Wales at the moment appears to be focussing on elections within parties, the Welsh Political Barometer poll has also continued to ask the public about levels of electoral support for the parties. With the troubles of Brexit looking ever larger, and internal difficulties facing all of our main political Read more
Well, it’s not dull is it? We now face the realistic prospect of there being simultaneous leadership elections running for all four parties in the National Assembly for Wales across the summer. To recap… Welsh Labour started things off, with the announcement by Carwyn Jones at the party’s Welsh conference in April that he would Read more
