I’ve decided to launch a podcast. I’m calling it The After Party, and I’ll be using it to explore some of the fascinating political issues of the day with a wide variety of interesting people. For the inaugural episode, I was delighted to speak to former student protestor, union activist and later government minister, Dr Kim Read more
Our ‘Bonus Barometer’ poll was constructed mainly around the parliamentary ‘meaningful vote’ –which is now, it appears, not going to happen – and Brexit. But the poll also gives figures on voting intentions for Westminster and the Assembly. Our new poll puts support for the main parties as follows (with changes on the previous Barometer Read more
Yesterday was an historic day in Welsh politics, with the election of Mark Drakeford as the new leader of the Welsh Labour party – and, almost certainly, the next First Minister of Wales. The election result brings to a close an extraordinary period in Welsh politics – a few months in which all the parties Read more
The latest Welsh Political Barometer poll featured questions about a range of political leaders in Wales – of the recent past, the present, and potentially also of the future. There was a question asking people directly about their preferences between the three candidates to succeed Carwyn Jones as Welsh Labour leader; I discussed the results Read more
I used some evidence from the new Welsh Political Barometer poll in a discussion of the race to be the next First Minister, which I wrote for the New Statesman. You can read the article here. Read more
The darkening days have been brightened by the arrival of a new Welsh Political Barometer poll. This will be one of our most interesting polls ever, providing detailed evidence on public attitudes to Brexit and to the new party leaders (and candidates for the Welsh Labour leadership) in Wales. Let us start, though, with the Read more
The latest Welsh Political Barometer poll has once again included questions about the defining political issue of the moment – Brexit. Our poll included some questions that have been asked consistently over a long period of time, and others which were new and which reflect the current state of affairs. One question that has been Read more
In my equivalent piece last year on Plaid Cymru I observed that “Plaid Cymru has seen much worse times than this. Plaid are nothing if not resilient; they are not likely to disappear. But things are not looking good. The party has had a poor twelve months. And its prospects for the immediate future are Read more
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
