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Felicity Evans and guest presenter Owain Clarke are joined by the Wales Governance Centre's Guto Ifan to delve into the details of the UK Government's Spring Statement and what the announcements mean for Wales.

Felicity Evans and James Williams crunch the numbers and dig into the politics of the Welsh Government's draft budget for the next financial year. First they hear from the finance cabinet secretary Mark Drakeford MS before getting the reaction of the new Senedd leader of the Welsh Conservatives Darren Millar MS, Plaid Cymru's leader Rhun ap Iorweth MS and Dr Ed Poole of Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre

Although most Welsh eyes will only have been focussing on one result from Ireland over the last week - that of the Welsh Women's football side defeating Ireland in the play off for a place in the 2024 European Championships - there was a big result in the general election too! To discuss the results, campaigns, and political significance of the 2024 Irish election, we are joined by independent researcher and author Lila Haines and researcher at the Wales Governance Centre, Dr Alexander Fitzpatrick. You can find Lila here: https://x.com/LilaEilis And buy her excellent book on the political parties of Ireland here: https://welsh-academic-press.shopfactory.com/contents/en-uk/p128_Political-Parties-of-Ireland.html You can also find Alexander here: https://x.com/AlexanderFitz_ As always, you can find the latest from us @hiraethpod on most social media, including Twitter/X here: https://twitter.com/HiraethPod and BlueSky here: https://bsky.app/profile/hiraethpod.bsky.social As always, you can find the latest from us on the socials @hiraethpod, including BlueSky here: https://bsky.app/profile/hiraethpod.bsky.social We hope you find this podcast interesting and useful. Please do send feedback, it's always great to hear what our audience thinks. Thank you for listening to the podcast. If you have enjoyed it, please leave us a nice rating or comment on your podcast app or on YouTube and, if you are able to do so, please consider supporting our work from just £3/month on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hiraethpod

Many of our listeners will share our interest, concern, and confusion about the state of politics in the USA. After the extraordinary times of the pandemic, chaos, and ultimately violence of 2020 Presidential campaign, many hoped for a return to 'normality' if not 'stability' in 2024. However, it was not to be. We arrive in early November with one of the most extraordinary campaigns coming to an end. The return of Donald Trump as a likely winner, one of the most consequential TV debates in history, the Democratic candidate dropping out mid-race, assassination attempts, hurricanes, the return of Hulk Hogan... the list goes on. So what to make of it all? Thankfully we have some excellence expertise in the field of American politics here in Wales and our two guests - Dr Joseph Phillips of the Wales Governance Centre, Cardiff University, and Black Hawk Hancock for DePaul University in Chicago - help us to understand the political trends and polarisation beneath the headlines. Our guests: Dr Joseph Phillips: https://x.com/polpsychjoe Black Hawk Hancock: https://blackhawkhancock.com/ As always, you can find the latest from us here: https://x.com/HiraethPod We hope you find this podcast interesting and useful. Please do send feedback, it's always great to hear what our audience thinks. Thank you for listening to the podcast. If you have enjoyed it, please leave us a nice rating or comment on your podcast app or on YouTube and, if you are able to do so, please consider supporting our work from just £3/month on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hiraethpod

Felicity Evans and James Williams are joined by BBC Wales political editor Gareth Lewis and Dr Ed Poole of Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre to unpick what Rachel Reeves' first Budget - with its tax rises and extra spending on public services and capital projects - means for Wales and the Welsh Government budget in December

James Williams convenes Walescast's very own Council of the Nations and Regions to preview the inaugural meeting of the UK government's new vehicle for strengthening its work with the governments of the devolved nations. BBC Scotland's Phil Sim, Jayne McCormack from BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Wales' very own Daniel Davies all squeeze around the table to try and work out what that might mean in practice. Plus Ed Poole of Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre looks ahead to the Chancellor Rachel Reeves' much-anticipated first Budget at the end of the month

Guests include former BBC Middle East correspondent Jim Muir; former CBS news anchor and Democrat politician Sonny Dixon; Jennifer Ewing from Republicans Overseas UK; health economist Prof Marcus Longley; Jac Larner from Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre; Baroness Tanni Grey Thompson; newly retired BBC journalist Laurie Margolis; author and journalist Carole Burns and producer of the Hiraeth podcast Richard Martin.

Guests include Hefin David MS; Director of Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre, Richard Wyn Jones; Labour MP for the Vale of Glamorgan, Kanishka Narayan; Plaid Cymru's Caerfyrrdin MP Ann Davies; Jennifer Ewing from Republicans Overseas; Prof Chris Carman from the University of Glasgow; Paris correspondent for The Times, David Chazan, Plaid Cymru MS Peredur Owen Griffiths and documentary film maker Inge Hanson.

2024 was a truly catastrophic election campaign in Wales for the Conservative (& Unionist) Party, where it lost all its MPs for the Westminster Parliament. To happen once would be a short term blip for the party, for it to happen three times inside 25 years is a sign of far deeper issues. Thankfully the historian and author Dr Sam Blaxland has recently published the most significant work on the history of the party in Wales (link below) and joins us on this pod to discuss the complicated relationship the party has had with Wales since the Second World War and into the era of national devolution to Wales. Sam can be found online here: https://twitter.com/SamBlaxland  Sam's excellent book can be found here: https://www.uwp.co.uk/book/the-conservative-party-in-wales-1945-1997/ And finally, Sam delivered a presentation on his book hosted by Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre, which can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/-1_CsvIUyXc As always, you can find the latest from us @hiraethpod on most social media, including Twitter/X here: twitter.com/HiraethPod We hope you find this podcast interesting and useful. Please do send feedback, it's always great to hear what our audience thinks. Thank you for listening to the podcast. If you have enjoyed it, please leave us a nice rating or comment on your podcast app or on YouTube and, if you are able to do so, please consider supporting our work from just £3/month on Patreon: www.patreon.com/hiraethpod

With the finishing line in sight, Felicity Evans and James Williams are joined by BBC Wales political editor Gareth Lewis, BBC Scotland's Phil Sim, Sky News' Darren McCaffrey and Dr Jac Larner of Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre to look back at the General Election campaign so far and pick out the key battlegrounds and trends to watch out for once the results start to come in on election night.

The resignation of Ireland's Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has come as a shock. He suffered defeats in two referendums earlier this month, where the public voted against the government's plans to remove "sexist" language from the constitution.On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson is joined by Ireland correspondent Stephen Murphy to look at Varadkar's legacy as both the youngest and openly gay Taoiseach.Plus, in Wales, history has also been made as Vaughan Gething was sworn in as first minister - the first black leader of a European country. He narrowly won the Welsh Labour leadership election against Jeremy Miles, with 51.7% of the vote. Questions over some of his campaign donations from a company run by a man twice convicted for environmental offences, and Conservative criticism over Welsh Labour's budget spending, give Gething plenty to defend and tackle in his first weeks in office. Niall explores what's in the new Welsh first minister's in-tray with Tomos Evans, our Wales reporter. Richard Wyn Jones, director of the Wales Governance Centre and dean of public affairs at Cardiff University, also talks about Mr Gething.Producer: Rosie Gillott Assistant producer: Iona Brunker Interviews producer: Melissa Tutesigensi-Charles Editor: Wendy Parker 

The Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales launched its final report in January 2024. Its recommendations – which  assessed options for ‘entrenched devolution', full federalism, and Welsh independence – have implications for the whole UK. How would such arrangements be viewed outside Wales? How would they function in practice? Would they affect constitutional debates in Scotland, England, and Northern Ireland?This webinar discusses these UK-wide implications with an expert panel including the Commission's Co-chair, Professor Laura McAllister.Speakers:Laura McAllister - Professor of Public Policy at Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre and co-chair of the Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of WalesNicola McEwen - Professor of Public Policy in the College of Social Sciences and Director of the Centre for Public Policy at the University of GlasgowCiaran Martin - Professor of Practice in the Management of Public Organisations at the Blavatnik School of Government and former Constitution Director in the Cabinet OfficeChair: Alan Renwick - Professor of Democratic Politics and Deputy Director of the Constitution Unit

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.

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.

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/DanielWinc Dr Huw Pritchard: twitter.com/Huw_Pritchard Keith Bush QC: www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/1718407-bush-keith and co-host Catrin Glyn: twitter.com/catrin_glyn You can follow the latest from the pod on Twitter here: twitter.com/golau_podcast If you're enjoying the podcast, please do give us a rating in your preferred podcast app and subsribe to receive the next podcast automatically.

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 Internal Market Proposals' for the Welsh Parliament, which you can read here: business.senedd.wales/documents/s105…ber%202020.pdf And you can find our guests on Twitter here: Jo Hunt: twitter.com/johunt Dan Wincott: twitter.com/DanielWinc Catrin Glyn: twitter.com/catrin_glyn And, of course, Golau: twitter.com/golau_podcast If you're enjoying the pod, please like and subscribe in your podcast player of choice to receive the next episode automatically.

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.

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.

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 Phylip of Cardiff University's School of Law and Politics. Links:- EU (Withdrawal) Event Amendments: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…-a7998046.html FM Scotland & Wales Joint working together: www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/s…ijack-of-powers Carwyn Jones's speech about 20 years of Devolution: youtu.be/oV8QBGRUGvY FUW Single Market Call: www.fuw.org.uk/index.php?option=…ang=en&Itemid=181 CBI/IoD/FSB letter to David Davis/DExEU: www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41716284 Theresa May - ‘Asking for help' from other EU leaders: www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/th…leaders-11393601 Andrew RT Davies is not the leader of the Welsh Conservatives: www.itv.com/news/wales/2017-10-…h-welsh-government/ Leanne Wood's leadership challenges: www.bbc.co.uk/news/41699098 Plaid Cymru's paper on Brexit: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-41543062 David Melding's Essay ‘Democracy in Hard Times': www.gorwel.co/wordpress/?p=3077 You can follow our guests on Twitter here: Roger Scully: twitter.com/roger_scully Manon Edwards Ahir: twitter.com/ManonEdAhir Hedydd Phylip: www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/969566- and of course, us: twitter.com/golau_podcast If you're enjoying the show, please rate and review in your podcast player of choice. …and in case you've forgotten the Lib Dem conference completely too, here's Vince Cable winking ominously: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/18…ertise-lib-dem/

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 Wales Governance on Twitter: twitter.com/WalesGovernance And of course, us too: twitter.com/golau_podcast Please be in touch and, if you're feeling of a particularly sunny disposition, please leave us a review in your podcast player of choice.

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/ Prof Roger Awan-Scully's thoughts on the Labour leadership: www.newstatesman.com/politics/stagg…first-minister The candidates so far: Mark Drakeford: www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/…-mark-14570228 The potential candidates: Huw Irranca-Davies: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-44061582 Hannah Blythyn: twitter.com/ITVWales/status/993895828686241792 Vaughan Gething: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-43856633 Eluned Morgan: www.beyondthebubble.net Mike Hedges: www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/…-says-13520198 Ken Skates: www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-p…ll-ken-skates-says You can find our guests on Twitter here: Nye Davies: twitter.com/Nye_Davies Elly Owen: twitter.com/elly_o Huw Williams: twitter.com/HuwL1oyd and, of course, us: twitter.com/golau_podcast If you're enjoying Golau please leave us a review in your podcast player of choice.

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 Governance Centre's Research, you can find more on their website: Also, you can find our guests on Twitter: Prof. Roger Awan-Scully: @roger_scully Prof. Jo Hunt: @johunt Dr Rachel Minto: @RA_Minto Wales Governance Centre: @WalesGovernance and, of course, Golau: @golau_podcast and if you enjoyed this podcast, please like, review and subscribe in your podcast player of choice.

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 Exiting the EU) is… well… something else. The audience in Cardiff Bay's Pierhead found it interesting and provocative and we think you will too. In the talk Philip talks about the choppy waters ahead for the constitutional future of the UK and the challenges that will be posed for future prime ministers by the as the bonds holding together the nations of the British Union come under increasing strain. You can find out more about the research of the Wales Governance Centre here: www.cardiff.ac.uk/wales-governance-centre If you've enjoyed this episode of Golau, please like and subscribe on your podcast player of choice to have the next episode download automatically.

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 Mills of the Abolish the Assembly Party. We recorded this debate via Zoom so the audio does creak a bit at times, we hope that doesn't detract from your enjoyment of the debate. If you're enjoying Golau, please like and subscribe on your podcast player of choice and follow @golau_podcast on Twitter for the latest news.

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 hosted by Public Law Wales with support from the Wales Governance Centre, Cardiff University, and the Department of Law & Criminology, Aberystwyth University, we are grateful to the participants for their permission to publish their comments here on Golau. You can find out more about Public Law Wales here: twitter.com/PublicLawWales And read Lord Thomas's Report here: gov.wales/commission-justice-wales-report If you're enjoying our podcasts, please like and subscribe in your podcast player of choice to have the next episode download automatically.

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 Act 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.

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.

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 (featured here) included talk of Brexit, devolution and the creation of a legal jurisdiction for Wales. He even broke out the 'F' word. More video/audio from the event will be published soon but in the meantime you can review the highlights on Twitter by searching for the hashtag: #WalesSaidYes You can read more about the Welsh Gov's position on Brexit here: beta.gov.wales/brexit The announcement of the new commission on Justice in Wales: gov.wales/newsroom/firstminist…ce-in-wales/?lang=en And on Twitter, follow FM Wales: twitter.com/fmwales The Institute of Welsh Affairs: twitter.com/IWA_Wales Wales Governance Centre: twitter.com/WalesGovernance and, of course, us: twitter.com/golau_podcast If you're enjoying the podcast, please like and subscribe in your podcast player of choice.

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 - The Department for Exiting the EU. He shared a fascinating insight into how the bill was drafted and why the widely-criticised Henry VIII powers were framed so broadly. In this episode of Golau we've reproduced his opening remarks in full to shed some light on the thinking behind the Bill. The EU (Withdrawal) Bill: publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cb…5/18005.pdf 2nd reading debate: hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-0…ithdrawal)Bill On Twitter: Wales Governance Centre: twitter.com/WalesGovernance DExEU: twitter.com/DExEUgov and, of course, us: twitter.com/golau_podcast If you're enjoying Golau, please like and subscribe in your podcast player of choice.

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. The videos of this event will be here (once published): www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5…1lN6G3eapIBuu3lYS For more from the Wales Governance Centre: twitter.com/WalesGovernance For more about Wales and Brexit: twitter.com/WelshBrexitCU and you can follow all things Golau: twitter.com/golau_podcast

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 the Wales Governance Centre: twitter.com/WalesGovernance and please rate/review Golau on your podcast player of choice and get in touch with us on Twitter: twitter.com/golau_podcast

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. The videos of this event will be here (once published): www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5…1lN6G3eapIBuu3lYS For more from the Wales Governance Centre: twitter.com/WalesGovernance For more about Wales and Brexit: twitter.com/WelshBrexitCU and you can follow all things Golau: twitter.com/golau_podcast

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 published): www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5…1lN6G3eapIBuu3lYS For more from the Wales Governance Centre: twitter.com/WalesGovernance For more about Wales and Brexit: twitter.com/WelshBrexitCU and you can follow all things Golau: twitter.com/golau_podcast

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.com/playlist?list=PL5…1lN6G3eapIBuu3lYS For more from the Wales Governance Centre: twitter.com/WalesGovernance For more about Wales and Brexit: twitter.com/WelshBrexitCU and you can follow all things Golau: twitter.com/golau_podcast

On the day that the UK triggered Article 50, notifying its European partners of its intention to withdraw from the EU, the Welsh Labour Party convened a number of senior Labour figures from across the UK to discuss the future of the UK constitution. After the event, Lord Prescott spoke to Professor Roger Scully of the Wales Governance Centre at Cardiff University about the Labour Party's vision for a federal future for the UK and how that interlocks with the UK's withdrawal from the EU. For more about the Wales Governance Centre visit the website: sites.cardiff.ac.uk/wgc/

Ahead of delivering his keynote in Cardiff 'An Election To Nowhere' Mick Fealty of Slugger O'Toole briefly discussed Northern Irish politics and Brexit with Cardiff University's Prof. Roger Scully, writer of Elections in Wales. Read more Slugger: sluggerotoole.com More about Prof Scully: www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/330770-scully-roger Elections in Wales: blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/electionsinwales/ The Wales Governance Centre: sites.cardiff.ac.uk/wgc/ A Welsh Brexit: blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/brexit/all-posts/

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 in Wales could be coming to an end. Read more about the results on Prof. Scully's Blog, Elections in Wales: blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/electionsinwale…neral-election/ And more from Prof McAllister on Medium: medium.com/@LauraMcAllister On Twitter Prof. Scully: twitter.com/roger_scully Prof. McAllister: twitter.com/LauraMcAllister Wales Governance Centre: twitter.com/WalesGovernance Golau: twitter.com/golau_podcast

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/864820198964170752 More from Roger: blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/electionsinwale…neral-election/ Follow Wales Governance Centre: twitter.com/WalesGovernance or Follow us: twitter.com/golau_podcast

Felicity Evans and James Williams are joined by BBC Wales political editor Gareth Lewis and Guto Ifan of the Wales Governance Centre at Cardiff University to dig into the details of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement - and what it means for Wales

Felicity Evans and James Williams are joined by BBC Wales political editor Gareth Lewis and Guto Ifan from the Wales Governance Centre at Cardiff University to crunch the numbers following the unveiling of cuts to parts of the Welsh Government's budget which ministers say are needed to balance the books in the face of inflationary pressures and also put more cash into the NHS and Transport for Wales

Recorded live from the Senedd (the Welsh Parliament) and sponsored by Mark Drakeford MS in the week that the NHSs of the UK celebrate their 75th anniversary, we partnered with Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre to organise a live event to mark the publication of Dr Nye Davies's new book ‘This is My Truth: Aneurin Bevan in Tribune', which collates the various contributions this totemic figure of Welsh and Labour politics made in Tribune. Our panel includes Nye himself (Davies, that is), Shavanah Taj (General Secretary of the Wales TUC), and Beth Winter (Member of the UK Parliament for Cynon Valley) and we reflect on Bevans writings on diverse subjects such as the relationship between UK Labour and trade unions, the status of Wales and devolution, the ongoing pragmatism debate in Labour Party policy and how Bevan himself would (or wouldn't) fit into Keir Starmer's party in 2023. We hope you enjoy this live event podcast, a video is also available on our YouTube Channel here: https://youtu.be/9fsSYnlMwsM We are also hosting two further live events this summer. Firstly at the Farmers Union of Wales stand at the Royal Welsh Show (1100-1200 on 27 July 2023) and 1200-1245 at the Cardiff University stand at the National Eisteddfod (in Welsh only, 11 August). Please join us if you can. Our guests: Dr Nye Davies: https://twitter.com/Nye_Davies Shavanah Taj: https://twitter.com/shavtaj Beth Winter MP: https://twitter.com/BethWinterMP You can buy Nye's book here (please do!): https://www.uwp.co.uk/book/this-is-my-truth/ And our event partners the Wales Governance Centre are here: https://twitter.com/WalesGovernance We can be found @HiraethPod on most social platforms and would love to hear from you, including over Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/HiraethPod If you're enjoying the pod, please leave us a rating or review in your podcast app or on YouTube and, if you are able to do so, please consider joining our Patreon from just £3/month: http://www.patreon.com/hiraethpod

Westminster's relationship with the UK's nations and regions has changed radically over the last 25 years. Powers have been devolved, and new institutions in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have been created. But does the UK's constitution still work for these new arrangements or is reform needed? In Scotland, the question of independence looms large. In Northern Ireland, the future of power-sharing is in doubt. In Wales, there is growing interest in federalism. And in England, the pursuit of economic development is driving regional devolution. There are shared challenges too, including relationships with the central UK government and the lack of constitutional protection for devolved powers. This event – part of the IfG and the Bennett Institute Review of the UK constitution – brought together reflections from four roundtables held across the UK to discuss these issues, in partnership with the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace at Queen's University Belfast, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies, and Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre. What are the shared constitutional issues facing devolution across the UK? How can the unique constitutional questions across Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and England be addressed? And are there ways that the constitution could be improved? To explore these questions, the IfG brought together an expert panel including: Professor Jo Hunt, Professor of Law in the Cardiff School of Law and Politics and a member of the Wales Governance Centre Professor Nicola McEwen, Professor of Public Policy at the University of Glasgow Professor Andy Pike, Chair of Regional Development Studies at the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies Sir David Sterling, former Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service and Chair of the Chief Executives' Forum. This event was chaired by Jess Sargeant, Associate Director at the Institute for Government

Felicity Evans and James Williams explore the political fallout from the unrest in Ely with the local MP, Cardiff West's Kevin Brennan, while Professor Howard Williamson brings his 50 years of experience of the community to the questions of why it happened and how further repeats can be avoided. And Dr James Griffiths of the Wales Governance Centre at Cardiff University runs through the findings of the latest YouGov opinion polling in Wales.

Women in Brazil have consistently been underrepresented in politics. What are the reasons for this lack of women's political power in this vast democracy? How do formal and informal institutions hinder fair representation of women? How could the political system be changed to reflect the true interest and character of Brazilian society? With Larissa Peixoto Gomes I discuss Brazilian democratic institutions from a feminist perspective. Based on her research and personal experiences, she shares with us the difficulties that women in politics face and how institutions and conditions make it hard for them to win political office. We review the Brazilian open-list proportional representation electoral system and the federal structure. Larissa has a pointed opinion about how institutions should be changed to make the political system work for all citizens and all government levels. And she explains why money has such a significant influence on political power. Larissa Peixoto Gomes is a researcher at the Wales Governance Centre of Cardiff University. She received her PhD in Political Science from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. In her PhD thesis she compared the substantive representation of women in Brazil, the United Kingdom, and Sweden. Her research is focused on political institutions, political representation, elections, gender, and ethnic minorities. She regularly contributes to the public discussion of democratic institutions and women in politics. So for anyone interested in the latest developments in Brazilian politics, she is definitely a great resource, and I link to her website and Twitter in the show notes. Show notes with a full transcript and links to all material discussed: https://rulesofthegame.blog/women-facing-brazilian-institutions/ Schedule: 00:00 Introduction / 03:24 Personal questions / 06:43 Main discussion / 45:22 Recommendations by Larissa Peixoto Gomes. Find more of Larissa's work and research on her website: https://www.larissapeixoto.com/ Follow Larissa on Twitter: https://twitter.com/larissapolitics Please send feedback to stephan.kyburz@gmail.com. If you find my discussions interesting and you'd like to support my work, consider buying me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rulesofthegame Many thanks to Ana Margarida Santos who edited the episode. Please enjoy this wide ranging conversation with Larissa Peixoto Gomes. Music credits: To Be A Ball Of Light by Late Night Feeler and Fantasy Classical Themes by TheoTe.

In this pod, our first 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 reflect on our previous podcast on the Welsh and Scottish independence campaigns with Gerry Hassan, Will Hayward, and Jess Blair. Our pod on the Welsh/Scottish Independence Campaigns: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-independence-debate-what-is-happening-in-scotland/id1515800534?i=1000591625130 The Gordon Brown Report: https://labour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Commission-on-the-UKs-Future.pdf The Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales interim report: https://www.gov.wales/sites/default/files/publications/2022-12/independent-commission-the-constitutional-future-of-wales-interim-report-december-2022.pdf The Welsh Budget Outlook from the Wales Governance Centre: https://youtu.be/3fxye_kun08 Our guest, Prof Richard Wyn Jones: https://twitter.com/RWynJones This episode is also available as a video here: https://youtu.be/9U4nF364uKc And follow us on your platform of choice for the latest news: https://twitter.com/HiraethPod If enjoy this podcast please subscribe, rate, and review in your podcast app of choice. If you are able to do so, please also consider joining our Patreon, from just £3/month.

From time to time we run live events to debate important aspects of politics, policy, or current affairs from a Welsh perspective. This podcast is a recording of an event co-hosted with our friends at the Wales Governance Centre at Cardiff University, discussing the independence campaigns both north and west of the border with England, with Jess Blair of the Electoral Reform Society Cymru in the Chair. A video version of this podcast is also available: https://youtu.be/hI5HHCk0gv8 Our panellists are: Will Hayward: https://twitter.com/WillHayCardiff WalesOnline's Welsh Affairs Editor and author of ‘Independent Nation: Should Wales Leave the UK?', available here: https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/independent-nation & Gerry Hassan: https://twitter.com/GerryHassan Writer, Commentator and Professor at Glasgow Caledonian University and author of ‘Scotland Rising: The Case for Independence', available here: https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745347264/scotland-rising/ For all the latest from Hiraeth, follow us here: https://twitter.com/HiraethPod You can find out more about the pod at www.walespolitics.com and, if you are able to do so, please consider supporting us from just £3/month at www.patreon.com/hiraethpod

Felicity Evans and James Williams run the Welsh Government's budget numbers with the finance minster Rebecca Evans and Guto Ifan of the Wales Governance Centre at Cardiff University

Felicity Evans and James Williams run the rule over the Chancellor's Autumn statement - and what it means for Wales - in the company of BBC Wales economics correspondent Sarah Dickins and Guto Ifan of Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre

One hundred years ago Labour emerged from the General Election of 1922 as the majority party in Wales - a position that it has maintained through a further 27 General Elections and six elections to the Senedd. It's an unparalleled period of electoral dominance that makes Welsh Labour the most successful political party in democratic history. How has that been achieved? And what are the implications for Welsh politics? These are questions that Felicity Evans and James Williams discuss with Labour MS Eluned Morgan, the former Plaid Cymru AM Nerys Evans, the former Welsh Conservative staffer Anthony Pickles and Professor Richard Wyn Jones of the Wales Governance Centre.

Ed Poole from Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre explains Welsh finances and the various ways in which we are financially disadvantaged by the system. Welsh poverty is structural. Ed demonstrates how the financial picture for Wales is worsening and how the status quo is unsustainable. He also outlines the real fiscal challenges that would be faced by an independent Wales. With big changes afoot in both Scotland and Ireland, a clear, sober and honest assessment of Welsh finances is essential to enable us too to make plans for our future. This report is essential reading for anyone interested in Wales' future https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/1767424/Wales_Fiscal_Future_FINAL.pdf