Recorded at the Newport Rising Festival 2023, we were inspired by the story of the Chartist march on Newport in 1839 and their six-point People's Charter to think about the reforms being made to our national democracy in 2024 via the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill.
Steered by our own Matthew Hexter, our guests discuss the proposed reforms to parliament framed through the six points of the People's Charter and consider whether a modern day Chartist would approve of the recommendations.
Recorded live at the 2023 Royal Welsh Show, in partnership with the Farmers' Union of Wales, this podcast takes a look at the challenges facing Wales's agricultural communities.
We discuss the UK Government's handling of Brexit, the first tranche of trade deals it signed (in haste) with New Zealand and Australia, the voice of Wales in negotiations, the Welsh Government's farming support scheme (including its 10% tree target), and ongoing animal health measures.
Our guests are former MP, UK Government Minister and current FUW Managing Director Guto Bebb, Welsh Conservative MS Sam Kurtz, and farmer Caryl Hughes.
Recorded at the Senedd (The Welsh Parliament), we discuss all things Aneurin Bevan to mark the launch of Dr Nye Davies’s new book “This is My Truth: Aneurin Bevan in Tribune”.
Presented with our friends at The Wales Governance Centre and sponsored by Mark Drakeford MS, our panel cover subjects ranging from the relations between the Labour Party and trades unions across the decades, Bevan’s views on Wales and devolution and, of course, the NHS.
We are joined by Dr Nye Davies (Wales Governance Centre), Beth Winter MP (Labour, Cynon Valley), and Shavanah Taj (Wales TUC Cymru).
Recorded at Chapter Arts Centre following a screeneing of Y Sŵn, the feature film telling the story of the battle between Welsh language campaigners and the UK Government of Margaret Thatcher, who had recently reneged on a promise to establish a Welsh language television channel.
Our panel, comprising Dewi Rhys Williams from the cast, Roger Williams (screenwriter, Y Sŵn) and former Plaid Cymru MS Bethan Sayed discuss the debates around devolution of broadcasting and the role of S4C in Wales.
Recorded at the City Arms, Cardiff, in December 2022, this event features journalist Will Hayward (Welsh Affairs Editor, WalesOnline) and Gerry Hassan (Glasgow Caledonian University), who have both written books about the independence movements in Wales and Scotland respectively.
Jess Blair (Director of the Electoral Reform Society Cymru) chairs the event to explore the positions of campaigns in each country.
In this live podcast recording we discuss the state of the relationships between UK and Welsh/Scottish governments and the effect Brexit and the personalities of successive UK administrations has had on the effectiveness of government.
We hosted this live event on the week that Gordon Brown produced his proposals for reforming the governance of the UK, so we discuss those proposals and how the Welsh dimension is addressed (or not). We also discuss the interim report from the Welsh Government’s Independent Commission of the Constitutional Future of Wales and its decision to focus on three alternative visions for Wales: entrenched devolution, federalism, and independence.
Ceri and Matt are joined by Prof Richard Wyn Jones of Cardiff University’s Wales Governance Centre to discuss and answer questions from the audience, as well as discuss our previous podcast on the Welsh and Scottish independence campaigns with Gerry Hassan, Will Hayward, and Jess Blair.
Our event and live podcast rco-hosted with TUC Cymru is an interview with the RMT’s Mick Lynch.Siriol Griffiths (Wales Editor, The Conversation UK) interviews Mick about trade unions, public services and relationships with UK and Welsh Labour Parties.
This live podcast recording features Savanah Taj of the Wales TUC and Sarah Murphy, Welsh Labour Member of the Senedd for Bridgend.
We discuss industrial action, public services, UK Labour’s relationship with Welsh Labour and much more.