My two recent blog posts about the latest BBC/YouGov poll looked at evidence from that poll regarding attitudes to the devolved institutions and other levels of government, including views on which level of government should be responsible for a number of different policy areas. After posting the second of these pieces on the blog, I Read more
In my previous blog post I talked about some of the findings from the recent BBC/YouGov poll conducted in Wales (in parallel with other work on England and Scotland). In this post I will follow on from that by talking about some further evidence in the poll – specifically a series of questions that explored Read more
There has been a great deal of interest in the last week in a set of surveys conducted by the BBC with YouGov. Parallel surveys were run in England, Scotland and Wales in late-April/early-May. Mark Easton, the BBC’s excellent Home Affairs editor, discussed what much of the evidence gathered said about the state and nature Read more
This is the second blog post in a series, drawing on research from my forthcoming book on Elections in Wales, which examines the impact of electoral systems on the electoral history of Wales. It is often impossible to be wholly definitive about the impact of electoral systems on election outcomes. We cannot know for Read more
To the extent that Brexit allows room for any other political issues to be debated, there has been some discussion in Wales over the last few months over electoral systems. This follows publication of the McAllister Panel report in December last year – which examined the size of the National Assembly, and how it is elected. Read more
Many people in Wales were surprised by the announcement last month, by the Secretary of State Alun Cairns, that the second bridge across the River Severn was to be renamed the Prince of Wales Bridge to mark the 70th birthday of the current Prince. This announcement came rather out of the blue; there had been Read more
The last few months have clearly been difficult times, on a personal level, for many people in the Welsh Labour party. I haven’t said much about this: trying to keep completely out of commenting about the sensitive personal dimensions, and focus any comments on the more directly political implications of recent events. Some of those Read more
This has been an exciting week for me personally, as the last seven days has seen the publication of my latest book, The End of British Party Politics? The book explores what I argue is one of the most important developments in contemporary democratic politics: the hollowing out of a genuinely British party politics, and Read more
Today’s blog post is a guest post by my colleague Dr Siim Trumm of the University of Nottingham. You can find Siim on Twitter @SiimTrumm. Dual candidacy – i.e., the ability of candidates to stand for office in single member districts and regional party lists simultaneously – is a contested feature of the additional Read more
The new Welsh Political Barometer poll is the second to be published in just over a fortnight. Outside of the 2017 general election, I can’t ever recall having two Welsh polls published in such short succession. Verily doth our cup runneth over… The two polls have been conducted by two of the most widely-respected polling Read more
