Hiraeth - Welsh Politics

As the countries on Britain continue to chart different political courses, could a new federal United Kingdom provide a solution that could persuade independence supporters and centralising unionists that there is enough common ground to build a sustainable future for the UK? The Liberal Democrats and the new British Labour leadership think so. We ask the leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, Jan...

Following the First Minister's widely-shared comments about the compatibility (or not) of national movements and socialism, this episode is the second of a short series of two exploring the subject. In our previous episode we heard PhD student Sam Parry explore the argument from the perspective of a committed socialist equally committed to the Welsh independence campaign. This episode takes in a v...

Following the First Minister's widely-shared comments about the compatibility (or not) of national movements and socialism, this episode is the first of a short series of two exploring the subject. In this episode we hear PhD student Sam Parry explore the argument from the perspective of a committed socialist equally committed to the Welsh independence campaign. Our subsequent episode will feature...

Wrapping up our series looking ahead to the Senedd election in 2021, we pull out some of the common themes and differences in the way the parties are approaching the election and look at the personalities and policies that might make a difference. If you'd like to catch up with our Senedd 2021 series, you can find the whole box set here: https://soundcloud.com/hiraethpod/sets/senedd-2021-the-box-s...

In the last of our series of interviews looking at the Senedd 2021 election, we take a look at the increasingly prominent question of Welsh independence and the ever prominent question of Scottish independence in the parallel election for the Scottish Parliament. Our guests: Prof. Ailsa Henderson: https://twitter.com/ailsa_henderson Ben and colleagues at Labour for Indy Wales: https://twitter.com/...

Continuing our preview of the Senedd 2021 campaign, this episode we discuss the policies not the politics that will - and should - feature as the people of Wales elect their next government. Our guests: Meg Thomas - Policy and Research Officer at Disability Wales - https://twitter.com/meganniathomas Harry Thompson - Account Executive for Deryn Public Affairs - https://twitter.com/HMorganThompson D...

We follow up our pod with the Liberal Democrats, Greens and Communist Party with a discussion of the challenges they face heading towards the Senedd 2021 election. Our Lib Dem/Green/Communist Pod: https://soundcloud.com/user-177544521/senedd-2021-liberal-democrats-greens-and-communists If you're enjoying Hiraeth, please like and subscribe on your podcast player of choice and follow us on Twitter f...

One year away from the Senedd elections, we continue our series of podcasts analysing the state of the parties. In this episode we take a look at the smaller parties of the left and centre and their ambitions and prospects for 2021. In this episode, former Assembly Member Eluned Parrott and Cllr James Gibson Watt discuss the Welsh Liberal Democrats. For the Wales Green Party we have deputy leader...

One year away from the Senedd elections, we continue our series of podcasts analysing the state of the parties. Following our interview with, David Melding MS, Cllrs Amanda Jenner, James Evans and Emma Wilde, we consider how the Conservatives have reconciled themselves to devolution (or not), the chances of making gains in 2021, the (surprising) willingness to work with Plaid Cymru and what the ke...

One year away from the Senedd elections, we continue our series of podcasts analysing the state of the parties. In this episode, David Melding MS, Cllrs Amanda Jenner, James Evans and Emma Wilde evaluate the success of the Conservatives in Wales in the UK election of 2019, the spectrum of support ranging from abolition of devolution to independence, the leadership of the party in Wales and the pot...

Following our interview with Cllr Carrie Harper (Wrecsam) and former Cardiff Central parliamentary candidate Mark Hooper, we discuss the challenges and opportunities for Plaid Cymru at the Welsh Parliament elections in 2021. You can listen back to Carrie and Mark's interview here (and we'd recommend you do): https://soundcloud.com/user-177544521/senedd-2021-plaid-cymru Read the latest posts on Hir...

One year away from the Senedd elections, we continue our series of podcasts analysing the state of the parties. In this episode, Senedd candidate for Wrecsam Carrie Harper and former Cardiff Central UK Parliament candidate Mark Hooper discuss the big ideas that they believe will be the basis of a successful campaign for Plaid Cymru in 2021.

Following our interview with Anna McMorrin MP, Tonia Antoniazzi MP and Mike Hedges MS, we discuss the challenges facing Labour in the 2021 election. You can listen back to Anna, Tonia and Mike's interview here: https://soundcloud.com/user-177544521/01-welsh-labour Read the latest posts on Hiraeth herE: https://medium.com/@hiraethblogcymru And follow on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/HiraethBlog

One year away from the Senedd elections, we start our series of podcasts analysing the state of the parties with Welsh Labour. We are joined by Mike Hedges MS, Tonia Antoniazzi MP and Anna McMorrin MP.