D-Day

The English fight for power, the Welsh for liberty;Their aim is domination, our aim is to be free.The English way is war, land-grab, greed and hierarchy,While the Welsh value equity …

The choice

Only one issue really matters in the seventh Senedd election on May 7th: stopping the abhorrent Reform UK. I doubt if anyone who reads this blog would fall for Nigel …

Stop the destruction of Wales!

I hold these truths to be self-evident: To destroy the extraordinary beauty of the natural world is to destroy the source of human creativity.Biodiversity and ecological health are prerequisites for …

Michael Sheen: a new Welsh hero

Michael Sheen is an inspiring example to all who care about Wales. With deeds not words the Newport-born, Port Talbot-raised actor is showing the limitless potential of our abused, supressed, …

Jump jockeys of Wales

With Wales excluded from most sports – see Sport in Cardiff for more – and with Welsh rugby union, the sport that defined our nation for over a century, being …

Starmer the harmer

In October’s Caerffili by-election Labour lost the previously safe seat and its share of the vote collapsed from 46% to 11%. Should something similar happen in the 2026 Senedd election, …

Nasty Nigel

Last year, in return for abstaining in a key Senedd vote, Plaid Cymru extracted a promise from Labour to introduce a law before the 2026 election that would disqualify any …

Wales shows the way

What a fantastic, amazing, sensational result in the Caerffili by-election! Labour, having held both the Westminster seat since it was created in 1918 and the Senedd seat since the start …