Tomos Evans

An absolute must read piece 👇

Those of us who care about trans rights, equality and basic decency need to be as loud and organised as the terfs and bigots have been in bringing us to this ridiculous state of affairs.

Welsh Language Commissioner publishes 'ambitious' manifesto Stephen Price The Welsh Language Commissioner has published a manifesto ahead of the Senedd Cymru election in 2026, calling for increased use of Welsh in the workplace and ensuring compulsory Welsh la...

The Welsh Language Commissioner has published a manifesto ahead of the Senedd Cymru election in 2026, calling for increased use of Welsh in the workplace and ensuring compulsory Welsh language training for the education workforce

Be grateful for Welsh rail cash, UK Labour minister tells MP Treasury minister tells MP they should be "grateful" amid criticism £445m is not good enough.

“The beatings will continue until morale improves…” #Wales #Cymru

Be grateful for Welsh rail cash, UK minister says
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Wales Fiscal Analysis: immediate response to rail funding announcement for Wales Showcasing current research, comments and analysis on the law, politics, history, culture, government and political economy of Wales from the Wales Governance Centre.

🚨 Ymateb i'r cyhoeddiad am gyllid rheilffyrdd i Gymru gan dîm Dadansoddi Cyllid Cymru 🚝

🚨 Our Wales Fiscal Analysis team’s response to today’s rail funding announcement for Wales 🚝

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Falch iawn i lansio ein manifesto heddiw. Mae’n bryd trasnewid gofal diwedd oes yng Nghymru.

Really proud to launch our manifesto today. It’s time to transform end of life care in Wales.

HS2 all over again.

Over last year I've been building a Senedd Election Simulator tool. It gives a useful (I hope!) visual explainer of how the new election system turns votes into seats.

🧵 on some of what it can do below:

jaclarner.github.io/senedd_ethol...

New ITV Wales @yougov.co.uk @walesgovernance.bsky.social has been published.

#Senedd voting Intentions:

Plaid 30%
Reform 25%
Labour 18%
Cons 13%
Libdems 7%
Greens 5%
Others 2%

Westminster

Plaid 24%

Reform 24%

Lab 20%

Cons 13%

Libdems 9%

Green - 7%

Other - 2%

www.itv.com/news/wales/2...

Despite being the most loyal brick in the red wall for a century, Keir Starmer's offering to Wales has thus far been derisory.

Wales will be hardest hit in the UK by the changes to disability benefit. Nearly 190,000 people will be affected, 6.1% of the population, with £470 million lost.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Port Talbot - abandoned
🇬🇧 Scunthorpe - saved

UK Labour hardly making friends in Wales ahead of #Senedd26

Spring Statement 2025 – some implications for Wales Showcasing current research, comments and analysis on the law, politics, history, culture, government and political economy of Wales from the Wales Governance Centre.

🚨 NEWYDD 🚨: Ymateb Dadansoddiad Cyllid Cymru i Ddatganiad Gwanwyn y Canghellor - beth fydd ei effaith yng Nghymru? 💷 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

🚨 OUT NOW 🚨: Wales Fiscal Analysis's reaction to the Chancellor's Spring Statement - what will be its impact in Wales? 💷 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Diabolical #FRAvWAL

Coming Thursday Mark Drakeford appears on the For Wales, See Wales podcast.

We talk NHS waiting lists, whether Keir Starmer doing enough for Wales and cheese.

Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

Happy Splott by-election day!

A “steady stream of people” at my polling station at 08:20 this morning.

Doubt we’ll make it above 20% turnout mind.

The most leaflets I’ve ever had and most times I’ve ever been canvassed for an election!

Andrew RT Davies resigns as leader of the Welsh Conservative Senedd group Emily Price Andrew RT Davies has resigned as leader of the Welsh Conservative Senedd group. In a letter published to social media on Tuesday (December 3) he said: ” I write to inform you of my resigna...

Andrew RT Davies has resigned as leader of the Welsh Conservative Senedd group

New plan would ‘transform’ end of life care for 100,000 in England and Wales Palliative care commission set up to provide high-quality, holistic support following assisted dying vote

Unless the Welsh Government are involved hard to see how such a commission would set policy for Wales, given significant parts of palliative and end of life care sit within health and social care. Areas that are wholly devolved

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Agree we may be heading for a really interesting vote in the Senedd because of principles and that ilk, but it’s really important not to overstate it being PMB as causing issues: PMBs have had LCMs before. Obvs not as huge as this but not uncharted territory like some are claiming

Doubt reply is substantive enough for topic but 1)Senedd motion was broader than Bill before Westminster. 2)Unsure Bill as currently drafted engages Sewell. 3) Can’t see how Bill can be implemented re NHS in Wales as stands 4)Any LCM actually technocratic in nature but Senedd determines scrutiny

Did a thing in Pudding Mill Lane

Great read. Refreshing to see multiple truths about the Welsh psyche, our position in the Union and to read them in the UK press. Da iawn Will!

Autumn conference season ✅

Particular highlight - a stressful one - was charing a debate on palliative and end of life care at Plaid Cymru conference last month.

Looking forward to spring conferences now

The less said about the disastrous Wales performance @tomosdaf.bsky.social and I watched through terrible, intermittent data coverage on the train home the better!

Years of dispute, WRU arrogance and WRU mismanagement were only going to lead to one place.

The place Welsh rugby finds itself in now.

It is now up to the WRU to change course.

Enough is enough. Gatland has got to go

Arrived in Llandudno for Welsh Labour conference with @tomosdaf.bsky.social

Please do join us tomorrow. In the meantime, why not read the report we publish on Tuesday 👇

www.mariecurie.org.uk/policy/pover...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿WGC Annual Lecture 2024🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Jane Runeckles (former head of First Minister Mark Drakeford's Team of Special Advisors, and SpAD to both FMs Carwyn Jones and Rhodri Morgan) will discuss '25 Years of Welsh Government). #Wales #Cymru

Register with the link below 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wales-gove...

Two cats sat on a windowsill

Officially here and in the process of jumping ship. Who knows how long that will actually take though.

In the meantime, meet the #cats Hector and Nyx 🐈‍⬛🐈