Tag: Devolution
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The Decline of Liberalism in Wales, and the Fracturing of Its Inheritance
For more than a century, Liberalism in Wales was not merely a party label, it was the organising language of public life. It fused chapel morality, civic ambition, land reform, and a distinctly Welsh insistence on dignity into a durable political culture. (source 1) (source 2). Its decline, therefore, is not simply an electoral story,…
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Why Reform UK Will Never Understand Wales
Wales is not a branch office of Westminster politics. It is a nation with its own civic memory, its own institutional landscape, and its own lived experience of what happens when power is exercised at a distance. Reform UK’s problem is not simply that it is provocative, plenty of parties have been provocative, it is…
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My Political Heritage, Wales in My Blood, and the Quiet Lessons of Ancestry
Most people assume that political identity is something acquired, a set of opinions formed by the news cycle, public argument, and the shifting pressures of the present. In Wales, that assumption seldom survives contact with history. Welsh political culture was not born yesterday. Nor did it begin with devolution, or with the institutions of modern…
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Why the English and the Welsh Keep Misunderstanding Each Other — And Why It Still Shapes Modern Britain
We talk endlessly about the politics of the Union, the economics of devolution, and the future of the UK. But beneath all of that lies a quieter, deeper truth: The English and the Welsh speak the same language, but not the same culture.And because no one acknowledges this, we constantly misread each other. These aren’t…
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Why Plaid Cymru is the Best Choice for Wales in the 2026 Senedd Elections
Although I now live in England, my roots run deep in Welsh soil. My elderly mother still resides in the quiet heartlands of rural mid-Wales, where I was raised on a tradition of civic responsibility, cultural pride, and community resilience. Every decision I make, from the words I write to the policies I support, is…
Antony David Davies FRSA FRAS AFRHistS FIoL MCMI 