With the election over and a new government in place, we bring a group of legal and constitutional experts together from the Wales Governance Centre at Cardiff University to look at the challenges ahead for the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution.Featuring on this episode are:Prof. Dan Wincott: twitter.com/DanielWincDr Huw Pritchard: …

In the run up to the Senedd & Holyrood elections, the Labour Party has started work on a number of projects aimed at remaking the way the UK works to provide a sustainable third way between independence and the status quo. The First Minister calls this 'home rule' and others are calling it 'Radical Federalism'.This discussion chaired by Professor L…

Following the launch of his book, 'What's in it for me?', Dr Thomas Prosser of Cardiff University and former UK Government minister Baroness Nicky Morgan discuss self interest and tribalism in the world of politics, chaired by Professor Glen O'Hara.You can find our three guests on Twitter:Nicky Morgan: twitter.com/NickyMorgan01 Glen O'Hara: twitter…

The 2019 UK General Election saw the Conservative Party win a host of constituencies in Labour's heartlands of the North of England and North East Wales. These seats had become collectively known as 'The Red Wall' during the campaign and their loss was to cause the Labour Party to reflect seriously on its connection with many of these former indust…

As the controversial UK Internal Market Bill moves into the debate stages in the House of Lords, Prof. Dan Wincott and Prof Jo Hunt of Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre examine some of the aspects of the Bill which have caused so much for the Welsh Government.Dan and Jo co-authored a a report 'The Constitutional Implications of the UK In…

Richard Wyn Jones and Roger Scully give their expert analysis of the Welsh Election 2016 results and what that might mean for the future strategies for the parties.NB* This was recorded on the 11th May 2016 prior to the election of the new Llywydd, Diprwy Llywydd and the tied vote for First Minister.…

Here's the latest edition of the Wales Governance Centre at Cardiff University Podcast. In this edition, the Centre's Director Prof. Richard Wyn Jones talks to the lawyers Manon George (Wales Governance Centre) and Emyr Lewis (Senior Partner for Wales, Blake Morgan LLP) on their reactions and thoughts on the recent Draft Wales Bill.…

Dyma podlediad diweddaraf Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd. Yn y bennod yma, mae’r Athro Richard Wyn Jones yn holi’r cyfreithwyr Manon George (Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru) a Emyr Lewis (cwmni Blake Morgan) am ei sylwadau ar Mesur Ddraft Cymru a gyhoeddwyd ar ddydd Mawrth 20 Hydref 2015…

In the second Wales Governance Centre podcast, Professor Richard Wyn Jones discusses the Human Rights Act and devolution with Cardiff Law School lecturer Manon George and lawyer Emyr Lewis.بقلم Prifysgol Caerdydd - Cardiff University

Yr Athro Richard Wyn Jones yn cofio Rhodri Morgan ar rhaglen Y Post Cyntaf ar BBC Radio Cymru, dydd Iau 18 Mai 2017. Kate Crockett sydd yn holi.Professor Richard Wyn Jones remembers Rhodri Morgan on 'Y Post Cyntaf' on BBC Radio Cymru, on Thursday 18 May 2017. Kate Crockett asks the questions.بقلم Prifysgol Caerdydd - Cardiff University

Yn y bennod yma o bodlediad Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru, mae'r Athro Richard Wyn Jones yn trafod y Ddeddf Hawliau Dynol a datganoli gyda'r cyfreithiwr Emyr Lewis a'r darlithydd cyfraith cyhoeddus Manon Georgeبقلم Prifysgol Caerdydd - Cardiff University

This is the first Wales Governance Centre at Cardiff University podcast. In this edition, Professors Richard Wyn Jones and Roger Scully discuss the recent General Election in Wales.47 - Wales Governance Centre Podcast - Devolution and the Human Rights ActIn the second Wales Governance Centre podcast, Professor Richard Wyn Jones discusses the Human …

This show features a lecture from former First Minister Carwyn Jones MS that explores a series of arguments for and against devolving policing and justice to Wales and an update from James Gerard of the Welsh Government on their work implementing the recommendations of Lord Thomas's report 'Justice in Wales for the people of Wales'.Originally hoste…

Laura McAllister of the Wales Governance Centre chairs a joint Cardiff University and Institute of Welsh Affairs debate asking whether the COVID-19 crisis has forged a new union of the UK or fractured it further. Featuring contributions from Welsh Labour MS Mick Antoniw , Valerie Livingstone of Newsdirect, Mark Hooper of YesCymru and Cllr Claire Mi…

In this bonus episode, we took some crowdsourced questions (How bleak is the Welsh economic outlook? Can Wales afford to be independent? ... and more) and asked the experts from the Wales Fiscal Analysis team who have been studying the Welsh economy and public finances in detail since 2015. Answers range from comprehensive to speculative - hope you…

This episode takes a deep dive into the Welsh economy, the infamous fiscal gap (the difference between tax revenue generated and public sector spending), the economic scenario of Welsh independence and the impact of the Covid19 crisis on the Welsh and UK economies and government responses.WFA Reports:Wales’s Fiscal Future: Wales' Fiscal Future: A p…

The Wales Governance Centre at Cardiff University invited the First Minister to deliver a speech to mark Brexit Day.Taking in lessons from Wales’s history, he strikes an optimistic tone for Wales’s post-Brexit while addressing some real concerns about the challenges ahead.بقلم Prifysgol Caerdydd - Cardiff University

We don’t normally include event recordings on the Golau podcast feed (instead you can find a number of interesting speakers and public lectures on the Cardiff University podcast). However, this talk from the 2019 Wales Governance Centre Annual Lecture, delivered by Philip Rycroft (the former Permanent Secretary at the UK Government’s Department for…

Days ahead of the UK General Election 2019 polling day, we invited Professors Laura McAllister and Roger Awan-Scully and Auriol Miller, Director of the Institute of Welsh Affairs, to cast their collective critical eye over the campaign, the successes and failures of the parties and highlight some of the constituencies to watch as the results unfold…

Two years after its establishment under former First Minister Carwyn Jones, the Commission on Justice in Wales has published its report “Justice in Wales for the People of Wales” and formally presented it to the Welsh Government and Senedd. The chair of the Commission, former Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, has been pra…

We recorded this mini episode at an event in Cardiff following the 2019 European Elections and interviewed academics and party representatives to get a flavour of what the results mean for Wales.Thanks to Matthew Hexter (@hexter101) for organising the event and letting us film and to Ceri, Luke, Fay, Jac, & Caroline for the interviews as well as Ja…

Following on from the series of ‘domino’ votes in the House of Commons over 12-14 March 2019, Prof Roger Awan-Scully, Prof Jo Hunt and Dr Rachel Minto of Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre discuss where this leaves Brexit in relation to Wales, devolution, the House of Commons and the EU.If you would like to find out more from the Wales Go…

Former Welsh Government Minister Professor Leighton Andrews and Professor Calvin Jones, one of Wales's leading economists, discuss new First Minister Prof. Mark Drakeford's platform of '21st Century Socialism' and what that means for the future of Wales and the Welsh economy.You can find our guests on Twitter here:Prof. Leighton Andrews: @LeightonA…

On this show we discuss one of the biggest developments in Welsh devolution since inception - the devolution of tax raising powers as well as a mechanism to create new taxes. Following the publication of a Wales Centre for Public Policy report “The Wales Tax Base” the authors, Dr Ed Poole and Guto Ifan, join us to discuss the potential implications…

On this show political historian Sam Blaxland, former Conservative parliamentary candidate Nick Webb and President of Cardiff University Conservative Society Callum Vaga discuss the surprise announcement of Andrew RT Davies’s resignation as the leader of the Welsh Conservatives (or the Welsh Conservative Group in the National Assembly for Wales dep…

On this show Nye Davies of the Wales Governance Centre, Elly Owen of Cardiff Labour Students and Huw Williams, lecturer in Philosophy at Cardiff University, discuss the upcoming Labour leadership contest/‘coronation’.An “excellent blog post” about the Deputy Leadership election on Thinking Wales:blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wales/2018/04/13/486/Pro…

Two of the figures instrumental in the early years of Welsh devolution - Ivor Richard and Sir Michael Wheeler-Booth - passed away in early 2018. In this podcast Prof. Laura McAllister and Sir Paul Silk discuss the contribution these two figures made in shaping devolution and modern Welsh democracy.You can read more about Ivor Richard here: en.wikip…

Recorded at the Pierhead on the 21st February 2018, Dáithí O’Ceallaigh (former Irish Ambassador in London) shares his sobering assessment of Brexit, from an Irish Perspective.This event was hosted by the Wales Governance Centre at Cardiff University. Find out more about their research and future events here: sites.cardiff.ac.uk/wgc/You can follow W…

To coincide with the events marking 20 years since the 1997 devolution referendum that led to the creation of the Welsh Assembly, the First Minister announced a new commission on Justice in Wales. Chaired by Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, the commission will look at all aspects of Justice and how the structures and practices of Law in Wales should be ada…

On this episode we’re taking a look at the latest manoeuvres in world of Brexit, the EU (Withdrawal) Bill and a look back at the party conference season now that it is (finally) over. Featuring Prof. Roger Scully of the Wales Governance Centre, Manon Edwards Ahir of Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol/Cardiff University School of Journalism and Hedydd Phyli…

The question of Catalan independence has never been more visible in the UK and its dramatic appearance on the news agenda has highlighted new complexities in Spain’s territorial constitution.On the 18th October 2017, a day before the Spanish Government announced its intention to suspend Catalan autonomy, historian Dr Andrew Dowling of Cardiff Unive…

One the day after the UK Government’s EU (Withdrawal) Bill had its second reading in the UK Parliament the Wales Governance Centre co-hosted an event about the bill in central London. Among the speakers were MPs, academics and legal experts.One of the event’s highlights was a talk delivered by Daniel Denman, Director of Legal Advisors in DExEU - Th…

Recorded at the Cardiff University / Institute of Welsh Affairs event marking 20 years of devolution, Huw Edwards discusses 20 years (and more!) of Welsh politics and the value of journalistic scrutiny.Huw’s documentary about devolution: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0…wards-datganoli-20This speech in full on YouTube: youtu.be/fOp8Obge1AgAnd on Tw…

On 18th September 2017, the Institute for Welsh Affairs and Cardiff University’s Wales Governance Centre co-hosted an event to mark 20 years since the referendum on devolution to Wales in 1997. During the event, the First Minister gave a keynote speech looking back at the last 20 years and ahead to the next 20. Inevitably, that second half (feature…

In this special episode, WalesOnline’s chief reporter, Martin Shipton, discusses his new book about former Secretary of State and Speaker, George Thomas - “Political Chameleon”. We also managed to record a quick chat with the author of the book’s foreword, Gwynoro Jones which we’ve abbreviated into a foreword for this podcast. You can find out more…

Welcome to Season 2 of Golau! We start with what else but Brexit. Dominating the headlines all week, we have Dr Jo Hunt, Prof Roger Scully and Dr Huw Pritchard in Golau studios to discuss the Welsh perspective on the 2nd reading of the EU (Withdrawal) Bill. Earlier in the week Jo organised an event with MPs & experts in London that we recorded and …

After each general election in Wales and the UK, the Wales Governance Centre runs a post-election briefing. This episode of Golau features this year's keynote from Roger Scully - Understanding the 2017 UK General Election. This keynote is also available on YouTube: youtu.be/TO2lxf_covQ Rogers' Blog: blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/electionsinwales/ More from t…

Marking the anniversary of the referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU, the Wales Governance Centre held an event in the Senedd with a number of presentations on aspects of Brexit. In this presentation Dr Rachel Minto looks at the state of play between the UK Government’s DeExEU and the EU’s negotiating teams and approaches to the negotiations.…

Marking the anniversary of the referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU, the Wales Governance Centre held an event in the Senedd with a number of presentations on aspects of Brexit.In this presentation Dr Jo Hunt explores how the UK & Welsh Governments are legislating for the Brexit process.The videos of this event will be here (once published):…

Marking the anniversary of the referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU, the Wales Governance Centre held an event in the Senedd with a number of presentations on aspects of Brexit.In this presentation Dr Ed Poole looks at the economic implications for Wales and the UK of Brexit.The videos of this event will be here (once published): www.youtube…

Marking the anniversary of the referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU, the Wales Governance Centre held an event in the Senedd with a number of presentations on aspects of Brexit.In this presentation Prof Roger Scully questions whether the UK General Election 2017 was really the ‘Brexit Election’.The videos of this event will be here (once pub…

Marking the anniversary of the referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU, the Wales Governance Centre held an event in the Senedd with a number of presentations on aspects of Brexit. In this presentation Dr Rachel Minto looks at the state of play between the UK Government’s DeExEU and the EU’s negotiating teams and approaches to the negotiations.…

This mini-episode features the First Minister's introduction to the Welsh Government's new policy paper on Brexit and Devolution.You can read the paper in full here: beta.gov.wales/brexitبقلم Prifysgol Caerdydd - Cardiff University

This show features Prof Roger Scully, Prof Laura McAllister and Nye Davies of Thinking Wales. We discuss the results of the Welsh Political Barometer published on 1st June 2017 which seems to suggest that after weeks of volatile polling, the 2017 General Election seems to be drifting towards a two party contest in Wales, with projected votes for th…

The latest Welsh Political Barometer results arrive with another shock. In the week after manifestos are published for the 2017 General Election and after weeks of the Conservatives being ahead in the polls, the Labour Party is fighting back and it appears to be working. Prof. Roger Scully tells all.For more, followRoger on Twitter: twitter.com/rog…

Ahead of the snap election on June 8th, Prof. Roger Scully of the Wales Governance Centre delves deep into the polling and electoral data to give an overview of the political landscape in Wales as well as seat projections and potential target seats.View the slides: twitter.com/i/moments/864820198964170752More from Roger: blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/electio…

In this show, Prof. Roger Scully ( of @ScullyArYTeledu fame: twitter.com/ScullyArYTeledu ) shares the latest findings of the ITV Wales/YouGov/Cardiff University Welsh Political Barometer poll. These results follow the seismic results in the previous poll that showed the potential for a first Conservative majority in Wales in the modern era. This ti…

Shortly after Theresa May called a snap UK General Election, the Wales Governance Centre at Cardiff University conducted its first Welsh Political Barometer Poll of the campaign.The results are extraordinary. In this episode of Golau, Professors Roger Scully and Laura McAllister share their thoughts on data that suggests that Labour Party dominance…

Mick Fealty of Slugger O'Toole delivers his analysis of the recent Northern Ireland elections and the now infamous RHI scheme that played a major role in the premature end of the previous Northern Ireland Executive.To read more from Mick, you can visit Slugger O'Toole (sluggerotoole.com) or follow him on Twitter (twitter.com/mickfealty). This event…