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Plaid smash Reform to win in Caerphilly These are the key takeaways from a massive night in Welsh politics

My latest newsletter with all the analysis from a historic Caerphilly byelection

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24.10.2025 04:29 — 👍 307    🔁 124    💬 29    📌 59
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Reform's defeat is a triumph for Wales Martin Shipton Lindsay Whittle’s triumph in the Caerphilly by-election is a victory not only for Plaid Cymru, but for Wales. Like many others, I had been seduced into believing that the Farage bandwag...

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24.10.2025 06:57 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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The default 20mph for roads in Welsh communities has been one of the most successful UK road safety initiatives this decade. It cost just £10 per head and delivers huge benefits across a wide range of areas including 630 fewer KSIs pa and £45 pa lower insurance for drivers.

29.06.2025 10:31 — 👍 32    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 0
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Council backs campaign group fighting plans to downgrade hospital services Bruce Sinclair, local democracy reporter A campaign group opposing plans which could see services downgraded at a Welsh hospital has been backed by county councillors. Protect Bronglais Services, the ...

A campaign group opposing plans which could see services downgraded at a Welsh hospital has been backed by county councillors

14.06.2025 13:00 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Sensational poll puts Plaid Cymru 12% ahead of Labour at Senedd election Martin Shipton A sensational new poll on voting intention at next year’s Senedd election has put Plaid Cymru in the lead with 30% of the vote – 12 points ahead of Labour on 18% and five points ahead o...

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06.05.2025 22:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Abandoned Railways from Above - Episode 4 We traverse a line in Wales that connected rural communities and helped industries boom

**English version below**

“Abandoned Railways from Above”

Dyma’r ddolen i’r rhaglen Sianel 4 sydd yn son am y llinell Caerfyrddin i Aberystwyth.

Here is the link to the Channel 4 programme about the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth line.

www.channel4.com/programmes/a...

02.02.2025 00:06 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Overnight visitors to Wales could pay ‘tourism tax’ under Welsh Government plans A Bill to give local authorities the option to introduce a small visitor levy in their area to re-invest in local tourism has been introduced by Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford today. Anyone staying ...

A Bill to give local authorities the option to introduce a small visitor levy in their area to re-invest in local tourism has been introduced by Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford today

25.11.2024 12:28 — 👍 27    🔁 12    💬 3    📌 2
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Wales’s 20mph speed limit saves lives and money. So why has it become a culture-war battlefield? | Will Hayward In a world of online outrage, evidence is no longer enough – for a policy to work, politicians must explain it and stick by it Imagine you’re a politician running a country. In front of you there is a proposal that in just nine months would save your…

Wales’s 20mph speed limit saves lives and money. So why has it become a culture-war battlefield? | Will Hayward

18.11.2024 08:15 — 👍 369    🔁 92    💬 59    📌 30

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