These articles do not necessarily express the views of YesCymru but are provided to provoke discussion and share information about the possibilities in an independent Wales.
How the Liberal Democrats can rebound from the brink of extinction in Wales
November 10, 2023
This article was published by Nation.Cymru In my day, it was pirate ships and mediaeval knights. Today it is Ninjago. Watching my stepson assembling his latest LEGO set made me consider the ubiquitous nature...
Read More ShareWho Cares About Wales? Pt. 4 – 01.09.23
October 12, 2023
In the final part of this four-part article, YesCymru Director Geraint Thomas asks once again, who cares enough about Wales? Do enough people care to make a difference? I believe enough of us care...
Read More ShareWho Cares About Wales? Pt. 3 – 25.08.23
October 12, 2023
The future of democracy is held, at least partly, in the hands of the people of Wales. The Senedd, the Welsh Government, and the mechanics of governance have had their ups and downs over...
Read More ShareWho Cares About Wales? Pt. 2 – 18.08.23
October 06, 2023
In the second part of a series of articles, YesCymru Director, Geraint Thomas, asks who cares about Wales? Who cares enough about who governs us and how we are governed? Despite scoring a record...
Read More ShareWho Cares About Wales? Pt. 1 – 11.08.23
October 06, 2023
Over the decades, who has actually given a jot about Wales and its citizens? Did the dynastic quarry, pit, and mine owners of the industrial revolution? Did the landowners that squeezed every effort from...
Read More ShareHS2 Revisited
September 25, 2023
In March, one of our contributors reported on the “Great Wales Train Robbery” that is the HS2 development. In view of the fact that the HS2 high speed rail project has been dogged by...
Read More ShareABC of Indy Wales
September 25, 2023
When we are young we find it easier to be ambitious, to be brave and to be confident in the promise of a bright and hopeful future. Easy to recognise that to achieve this...
Read More ShareWelsh Labour’s Existential Crisis – 21.07.23
August 11, 2023
Wales has a decent claim to being the crucible in which UK Labour was formed. Almost 125 years after Merthyr Tydfil elected Scotsman Keir Hardie as the first Labour MP, Labour in Wales finds...
Read More SharePolitics of division – 14.07.23
August 11, 2023
Here in Wales we have the knack of being our own worst enemies. We have long been masters of internecine conflict, of criticising each other, of the politics of envy when someone succeeds locally....
Read More ShareVoting reforms – 07.07.23
July 07, 2023
The right to vote in Wales is being insidiously and covertly undermined. A report published by the Electoral Commission found that during the recent Council elections in England, a staggering 14,000 people were turned...
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