"Things are sh*t, and they're going to stay sh*t"
From our latest pod, it's fair to say that Lee isn't impressed with the content of the manifestos and other pledges released by the parties at the start of the unofficial campaign for the Welsh Parliament in May 2026.
#Senedd26 #wales #cymru
🚨NEW POD🚨
After a busy week of political news, pledges, manifesto launches, governing plans, and, yes, a Wales-centric espionage story (ikr), Lauren , @lauramcallister30.bsky.social and Lee debate the latest from the campaigns for #Senedd26 #Wales #Cymru
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🚨 NEW POD🚨 Will Wales come out to vote in May? @lauramcallister30.bsky.social , Lauren, and Lee debate whether this year the Senedd election turnout will break 50% for the first time and what factors will be at play in getting people to vote at #Senedd26 #Wales #Cymru
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Ahhh... hope this isn't too soon for everyone!
Our latest pod is in the feeds now and looks at the off-field woes of the WRU and other Welsh institutions and why our parliaments have such patchy quality of scrutiny.
#Wales #Cymru #Senedd26 #WALvFRA
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In our latest pod, @lauramcallister30.bsky.social Lauren, and Lee explore why the relationship between Welsh Labour and UK Labour is like a puppy and its master and why a Wales Office firing wouldn't matter... pod link below 👇 #Senedd26 #Wales #Cymru
🚨NEW POD🚨 With the Senedd campaign well underway @lauramcallister30.bsky.social Lauren & Lee tackle some audience questions about what comes next. How will Reform MSs perform in the Siambr and what happens if the FM loses her seat?
In your podcast app and on YouTube now! #Senedd26 #Wales #cymru
🚨 NEW POD🚨 out now! Lauren, Lee, and @lauramcallister30.bsky.social debate the start of the Senedd campaign 100 days out from the election.
Which parties have pull factors, which have push factors, & which are pulling themselves apart? #Senedd26 #Wales #Cymru
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From our latest episode, Lee, Lauren, and @lauramcallister30.bsky.social debate the future of policing as UK Govt announces that it plans to scrap PCCs in England and Wales and give powers to English mayors. But what will happen in Wales? #Senedd26 #Wales #Cymru
**NEW POD ALERT**
As UK Gov prepare to replace PCCs and reduce police forces in Wales and England, @lauramcallister30.bsky.social , Lauren McEvatt & Lee Waters MS debate the inevitable question about whether now is the time to devolve policing & justice to Wales. #Senedd26 👇
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We're recording another Q & A pod soon, please send us your Welsh Politics questions for Lee, Lauren, and Laura! (No more Nathan Gill ones, please!) #Wales #Cymru #Senedd26
*NEW POD ALERT* @lauramcallister30.bsky.social , Lauren McEvatt, and Lee Waters tackle arguably the biggest issue for Welsh Government and devolution in Wales - money (and the politics of budgets, taxes, and the power of the UK Treasury). #Wales #Cymru #Senedd26
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Our latest pod is in the feeds and on YouTube.
In the first of our explainer pods, @lauramcallister30.bsky.social is joined by @edgarethpoole.bsky.social of @walesgovernance.bsky.social as we grapple with the national finances, how we have the system we do and how it could be better. #Senedd26
Our final pod of the year is now in the feeds!
We discuss the UK's unwillingness to be a 'normal' federal country, and the potential risks for Plaid Cymru of being too close to the SNP after May, when both parties look set to lead in Wales & Scotland:
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Watch in full here or listen in your podcast app of choice!
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One of our audience questions started by describing Welsh politics as 'horribly male' and asked if that would change after May's election.
Is it? And will it? Our hosts @lauramcallister30.bsky.social , Lee & Lauren discuss... (link below and in your podcast apps/YouTube)
#Senedd26 #Wales #cymru
We weren't expecting this question!
Inspired by the convicted former Reform leader in Wales, our hosts answer "If you had to be a paid agent of a foreign government like Nathan Gill, which would it be? #Wales #Cymru #Senedd26 #NathanGill
Full pod linked below 👇
Our latest pod is in the feeds!
@lauramcallister30.bsky.social, Lauren, & Lee tackle 'horribly male' politics, the 'consensual politics' of Cardiff Bay, and inspired by former Senedd member Nathan Gill, express preferences of which countries would offer the best bribes...
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Our latest Welsh Politics Q & A pod is now hitting the feeds. @lauramcallister30.bsky.social , Lauren McEvatt, and Lee Waters MS discuss the reasons for parachuting candidates into constituencies like Cardiff West and Swansea West, and discuss north-south Wales links:
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The full podcast can be found in your favourite podcast app and is also here on YouTube:
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Why wasn't there a Welsh Covid Inquiry? @lauramcallister30.bsky.social, Lauren, and Lee pick up the debate about what we have learned about Welsh handling of the Covid pandemic in our first Q & A pod. The full pod is in all the podcast apps and on YouTube (link below)
#Senedd26 #Wales #cymru
Our first Q & A pod - The Covid Inquiry That Never Was - is now in your podcast feeds and on YouTube. #Wales #Cymru #Senedd26
youtu.be/MITKUY_upZM?...
Well, it's been awfully quiet around here these last few weeks, hasn't it? (Apols, RM!)
Fear not, our series of Q & A pods arrives in the feeds today, starting with a biggie - 'Why wasn't there a Wales-specific Covid Inquiry?' With @lauramcallister30.bsky.social , Lee Waters, and Lauren McEvatt
We're going to be recording our next set of pods soon and will be doing a Q & A pod with audience questions.
If you have a question about Welsh politics for @Lauren McEvatt, @lauramcallister30.bsky.social , and Lee Waters, send it over!
A snap election on the old voting system AND 60 members?
With Welsh Government unable to pass its budget, is a snap election the answer? Could four more years on the old system of 60 members tempt Labour and the Conservatives to do a deal? #senedd26 #Cymru #Wales @lauramcallister30.bsky.social
