For Wales, See Wales

This week, the For Wales See Wales team are joined by Dr Matt Morgan, Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Honorary Professor for the Public Understanding of Medicine at Cardiff University. Matt discusses what life within the Welsh NHS is really like. Will, Mel and Robin quiz him on whether change can effectively be applied, and what the new government in The Senedd should be prioritising. As...

Will is feeling too hot and “struggles” (apparently). This week the trio look at the recent heat wave in Wales and how certain politicians are acting like nothing is happening.  They also ask the question why Reform are opposed to climate action as well as how much of their party's funding comes from fossil fuels… They also look more at what Prime Minister Burnham is going to mean for Wales....

Keir Starmer has announced he is stepping down as Prime Minister and Andy Burnham seems odds on to replace him. Robin, Mel and Will get together with special guest former First Minister Mark Drakeford to chew the fat on what has just happened and what it means for Wales. Mark Drakeford breaks down what he would expect from a Burnham UK Government as well as why he thinks things went wrong for Star...

In this week’s episode the For Wales See Wales trio get their teeth into even more data. Will, Mel and Robin compare which demographics voted for Reform in the Senedd Elections compared to the last General Election. In light of the Makerfield by-election, the trio ask ‘who should be a politician?’, and ponder the all-important question: Does driving a van make you a misogynist? About FWSW 100 year...

In this week’s episode of For Wales See Wales, Will, Mel and Robin dive into some juicy data on which demographic of voters turned their backs on Welsh Labour during the 2026 Senedd Elections. Spoiler alert: almost all of them! The trio then discuss Will’s interview with Welsh Labour’s interim leader, Ken Skates, and question whether his plan for rebuilding the party will save them by the time the...

This week the gang are joined by Dr Louis Bromfield of Swansea University to look at whether anyone could have predicted what happened in the Welsh election and to discuss their polling project: Horse Race Politics They then turn their attention to a Reform member of the Senedd, who said that people in Wales weren’t good at running things efficiently! About FWSW 100 years ago if you had picked up...

The trio are out in the wild with nearly 400 (yes 400) listeners at the Cardiff Glee Club to unpack everything from the recent Welsh election. They ask the big questions. What would have happened if Reform had won? Is this the best result for Plaid? Will Rock and Slaughter really come together to fight crime?  Mel, Robin and Will then put their credibility on the line to open their pre-election pr...

In this week’s episode, the For Wales See Wales trio discuss Rhun ap Iorweth’s first discussion as First Minister with the Prime Minister. Will, Mel and Robin discuss what a nationalist government can demand from Westminster, and whether prioritising independence should be raised straight off the bat. With Mark Drakeford’s admission that he thinks the Prime Minister should step down, the team pond...

As the dust settles on a historic night in Welsh politics Robin, Mel and Will break down what happens next. They look at how Plaid plans to govern. Ask whether Reform will be a good opposition and predict what direction Labour are heading.  In a world first Robin also finds a talking turtle... About FWSW 100 years ago if you had picked up the Encyclopaedia Britannica and looked up “Wales” you woul...

The day is here. The votes are counted. Eluned is gone. The Rhunicorn has entered the stable.  Mel, Will and Robin look back at the day that Welsh politics changed. Why did Labour lose? What happened to the Greens? Did the Tories have a good night? Will Reform show up? Robin is recording this from a cruise ship in Greece (working not clubbing) so the audio is a little patchy. But we didn’t want yo...

With mere hours to go until the Senedd’s most important election yet, the For Wales See Wales trio tackle the contentious issue of tactical voting.  Will, Mel and Robin look at which areas are most likely to be strongholds for the bigger parties, whilst also throwing down some predictions of their own. The next episode will be dropping on Friday evening after the majority of the results have been...

This week the gang does a deep dive into Welsh independence.  With so much of day to day politics being nasty and personal they decided to have a friendly conversation about an issue that is being talked about a lot in this election campaign.  Could Wales go it alone? How would a referendum work? What would political parties look like in an indy Wales? The trio took audience questions to explore a...

In this episode, the For Wales See Wales trio take a whistle stop tour of the week’s Welsh political stories. They cover retorts to Reform canvassers, why Eluned Morgan was the only Welsh leader not on Question Time, ex Plaid and Tory members restanding despite suspensions, candidates not living in their prospective constituencies, what on Earth is actually going on with Restore, and the lack of c...

This week the gang tackled the big questions around Welsh politics (as well as wondering if a snake could eat a hippo?).  Will has been at the Plaid Cymru manifesto launch and there is a lot to discuss. Plaid are the party most likely to form the next Welsh Government which means it’s important to digest (like a snake eating a hippo) what their plans are.  With just three weeks to go until the peo...

The pod is back in the studio following their time in the Senedd! This week the trio looked at some of Reform’s new candidates for Wales and it is a rich tapestry. Nazi salutes, racist posts and toys been thrown out of prams left, right and centre (though mainly right). They also take a deep dive into the new polling for Wales to see what the “average” supporter for each party is like. There is al...

This is part two of a special episode recorded inside the Welsh Parliament on the last day of this Senedd term.  We chatted to politicians from across the political spectrum; some of whom were leaving to begin campaigning and others who were having an emotional last day of term.  Because so many Senedd Members joined us we have split this episode into two parts  - check out part one if you've...

This week the pod was recorded from inside the Welsh Parliament on the last day of this Senedd term.  Just hours before we started recording some bombshell polling dropped that showed Plaid in the lead with Reform snapping at their heels.  We chatted to politicians from across the political spectrum to hear all about their plans, history of typhoid and what it is like when their colleagues defect....

Wow there is a lot of talk about this episode. Robin, Mel and Will start by looking at whether Your Party will be standing in the Senedd election. They then settle to discuss THAT VIDEO where Nigel Farage mocks the Welsh language for £100. Is it a big deal? We break it down.  Finally we tackle the big question raised inside the Sendd - what is a gender neutral tree? Next week we will be bringing y...

In this week’s episode, the For Wales See Wales trio discuss whether Welsh Labour have meticulously planned how they will budget for key, big ticket developments, or whether they’ll just see how it goes. (Spoiler alert: the plan is a bit lacking). Will, Robin and Mel then discuss Keir Starmer’s leaked note which suggests Number 10 don’t exactly respect devolution as much as they could. Also!! Anot...

A busy week; you wait for one manifesto launch and then three come along at once. Deserted by Mel, the plucky boys dig into Labour's manifesto offerings. Will then wonders aloud why he was denied entry to the Reform campaign launch. Turns out, he could have just read it all in the Welsh Conservative Manifesto anyway! Also!! Another LIVE show is coming. Come along and see us at the Glee Club i...

In this special International Women’s Day episode, Mel sits down with campaigners and advocates Hanan Issa and Athika Ahmed to discuss the experience of being a woman in a public role in Wales, the realities of online abuse, and what Tommy Robinson may be looking for on Tinder. About FWSW 100 years ago if you had picked up the Encyclopaedia Britannica and looked up “Wales” you would have seen four...

This week the pod is on the road with a live show at the wonderful Arad Goch, Aberystwyth. We discuss the Plaid Cymru conference, the Rhunicorn’s speech and why it is going to be SUPER hard for whoever wins the Welsh election. The great thing about doing the pod live is we get to say things we can’t in a normal show. The bad thing is we can’t put it all in the edit! This pod is a (very) shortened...

This week the gang gets lost in a world of word clouds. With the Senedd election only nine weeks away the look at pooling which suggests how voters in Wales actually feel about some of the political parties. (Spoiler alert) the biggest word for Reform was “racist” which begs the question of why people think this and whether it actually hurts Nigel Farage’s party's ability to win? And finally...

In this week's episode, the For Wales See Wales team look at the Welsh Government’s plan to make Wales an anti-racist nation by 2030 and ask whether we’re on track. The trio look at how Reform's new leader in Wales, Dan Thomas, has a suprisingly progressive past, before asking whether Bangor University really should be defunded for refusing to host a Reform representative. Also... a smal...

In this week’s episode, the team delve a little deeper into who the new leader of Reform in Wales, Dan Thomas, actually is and where he lives (definitely in Wales, as confirmed since we recorded this). The trio also question whether newly defected Reform MS James Evans can really change his mind on Nigel Farage quite so quickly.  Will also deep dives on why the current economic system will not all...