Would Wales Vote Against Devolution Today?

Posted on 11 January 2018 by Professor Roger Awan-Scully

Some interest was generated this weekend by an article in the Sunday Times, in which Conservative Assembly leader Andrew RT Davies appeared to cast doubt over whether Wales would vote for devolution today if given the choice. I responded on Twitter at the time that this statement did not appear to be in line with
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2018: The Political Year Ahead

Posted on 9 January 2018 by Professor Roger Awan-Scully

In my last blog post I looked back at the extraordinary electoral year of 2017. I’d now like to look forward and consider what 2018 may have in store. First, however, a note of caution. In summer 2015 – with the Labour leadership contest under way and the U.S. presidential primary races taking shape –
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The Electoral Review of the Year, 2017

Posted on 3 January 2018 by Professor Roger Awan-Scully

Well, that was some year. Whatever else we might say about 2017 as an electoral twelve months, it certainly wasn’t dull. We began the year expecting the main electoral event of the year in Wales to be the local authority elections in May. These did indeed occur – but when they did, they had already
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