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Ed Gareth Poole 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏳️‍🌈
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Darllenydd, Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru, Prifysgol Caerdydd

Reader, Wales Governance Centre at Cardiff University

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a-b-evans.bsky.social
As if by the magic of Disney, those live-action bean counters at @walesgovernance.bsky.social have produced their analysis of yesterday's UK Govt budget and its implications for Wales #budget2025 #devolution #senedd
Frozen 2: Tax Freezes, the 2-Child Limit (and what the 2025 Autumn Budget means for Wales)
Showcasing current research, comments and analysis on the law, politics, history, culture, government and political economy of Wales from the Wales Governance Centre.
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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walesgovernance.bsky.social
🚨 NEW: 'FROZEN 2': 🧊 Here's the Wales Fiscal Analysis team's first breakdown on what the 2025 Autumn Budget means for Wales

🚨NEWYDD: Beth mae Cyllideb y Hydref 2025 yn ei olygu i Gymru? Dyma ddadansoddiad cyntaf o'r newidiadau sydd ar y ffordd

blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...
Frozen 2: Tax Freezes, the 2-Child Limit (and what the 2025 Autumn Budget means for Wales)
Showcasing current research, comments and analysis on the law, politics, history, culture, government and political economy of Wales from the Wales Governance Centre.
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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walesgovernance.bsky.social
NEWYDD - Adroddiad gan @robdjones.bsky.social yn dadansoddi'r data diweddaraf ar garchardai a charchariad yng Nghymru 👇

NEW - Report from Dr Robert Jones analyses the latest data on prisons and imprisonment in Wales 👇 #Wales #Cymru #Senedd26
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Women in Wales are being jailed more often
Research has been carried out by a team at Cardiff University
www.walesonline.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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ccc-research.bsky.social
New blog

Cracks in the Stonehenge of Welsh Politics: Caerphilly and Labour’s Future

Read @nyedavies.bsky.social on why the result in Caerphilly should act as a wake-up call to Welsh Labour, despite many in the party having warned against reading too much into the defeat

Read more: edin.ac/4949g0m
November 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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richardwynjones.bsky.social
NEWYDD - @jaclarner.bsky.social a minnau ar Etholiad 2024 yng Nghymru

NEW - Jac Larner and myself on the 2024 UK GE in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

2024 UK General Election in Wales url: academic.oup.com/pa/article-a...
The 2024 UK General Election in Wales
That Labour emerged victorious from the 2024 UK General Election in Wales must count among the least surprising political outcomes imaginable. It has, afte
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October 31, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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a-b-evans.bsky.social
Interesting read from @walesgovernance.bsky.social’s @lauramcallister30.bsky.social on the Caerphilly by-election, the intergovernmental & intra-party fault lines and pressures within Labour, and the road to next Spring’s Senedd election

#senedd #devolution
October 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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a-b-evans.bsky.social
Coverage in @financialtimes.com of the Caerphilly Senedd by-election, featuring analysis from the Enron of Welsh political statistics, and friend of the gnomes of Zurich, @walesgovernance.bsky.social’s @jaclarner.bsky.social #senedd #devolution
Labour braces for defeat in Caerphilly by-election
Governing party faces potential loss of Senedd control amid Reform and Plaid Cymru surge in Welsh heartlands
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October 19, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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a-b-evans.bsky.social
Those bean counters/abacus fetishists at
@walesgovernance.bsky.social have done it again - a super speedy assessment of yesterday’s initial/provisional/potential/theoretical/that would be an economical matter/outline draft Welsh Govt budget #senedd #devolution
October 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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walesgovernance.bsky.social
NEWYDD: Dadansoddi Cyllideb Ddrafft Amlinellol Llywodraeth Cymru 2026-27 gan tîm ymchwil Dadansoddi Cyllid Cymru👇

NEW: Analysing the 2026-27 Welsh Government Outline Draft Budget by the Wales Fiscal Analysis team 👇
#Wales #Cymru #Senedd26

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‘Neutral’ or ‘Neutered’? Analysing the 2026-27 Welsh Government Outline Draft Budget
Showcasing current research, comments and analysis on the law, politics, history, culture, government and political economy of Wales from the Wales Governance Centre.
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk
October 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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walesgovernance.bsky.social
Our new BARN Cymru poll run with @itvcymruwales.bsky.social and @yougov.co.uk has landed 📈 #Senedd26 #Wales #Cymru
September 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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a-b-evans.bsky.social
A write up of today's poll featuring analysis from @walesgovernance.bsky.social's @jaclarner.bsky.social can be found here www.itv.com/news/wales/2... #senedd #devolution
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September 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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a-b-evans.bsky.social
A... remarkable new @walesgovernance.bsky.social ITV Wales @yougov.co.uk poll of Welsh voting intentions for the next Senedd election (changes since May)

- Plaid 30% (-)
- Reform 29% (+4)
- Labour 14% (-4)
- Cons 11% (-2)
- Lib Dems 6% (-1)
- Green 6% (+1)
- Other 4% (+2)

#Senedd #devolution
September 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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walesgovernance.bsky.social
NEWYDD: Adroddiad byr gan y tîm Dadansoddi Cyllid Cymru ar y Dreth Gyngor yn Nghymru a’r achos brys dros diwygio.

NEW: Short report by the Wales Fiscal Analys team about rising Council Tax rates in Wales and the urgent case for reform. 👇
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We Need to Talk About Council Tax: The Regressive Welsh Way of Raising Taxes
Showcasing current research, comments and analysis on the law, politics, history, culture, government and political economy of Wales from the Wales Governance Centre.
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk
September 5, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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nation.cymru
The Welsh Government’s failure to reform Council Tax has put the people of Wales at a serious disadvantage compared with those in England and Scotland, according to new analysis released today ✍️ Martin Shipton
Council tax payers squeezed more in Wales than in England and Scotland
Martin Shipton The Welsh Government’s failure to reform Council Tax has put the people of Wales at a serious disadvantage compared with those in England and Scotland, according to new analysis release...
nation.cymru
September 4, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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richardwynjones.bsky.social
NEWYDDION MAWR (i mi os neb arall!)

Ar ôl i bob copi o'r gwreiddiol gael eu gwerthu mae @gwasgprifcymru.bsky.social wedi ailgyhoeddi fy llyfr am Blaid Cymru ar gyfer canmlwyddiant (swyddogol!) y blaid a hynny mewn clawr newydd ysblennydd.

Ar gael ar faes @eisteddfod.cymru etc.

AMDANI BOBL!
August 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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lukeejames2.bsky.social
On the first Monday of every month, residents of a small village in Flanders hold a ceremony of remembrance for Welsh soldiers who died in WWI

Tonight is the 200th ceremony. Their quiet dedication to ensuring our fallen are never forgotten is remarkable

nation.cymru/feature/the-...
The Flemish village dedicated to remembering fallen Welsh soldiers
Luke James, Langemark Amid a Welsh-language recruitment drive devised by David Lloyd George, William John Howells from Carmarthenshire was among the first to enlist in the army at the outbreak of Worl...
nation.cymru
July 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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richardwynjones.bsky.social
Os yn byw yng Nghymru neu hefo'r diddordeb lleol yn y wlad yna mae'n RHAID DARLLEN hwn >>>

ESSENTIAL READING for anyone in Wales or with the slightest interest in our country >>>
June 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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a-b-evans.bsky.social
Faster than a speeding rail replacement bus, the resident bean counters at @walesgovernance.bsky.social have provided their, at times quite frank, analysis on the spending review and Wales #devolution #senedd #spendingreview
June 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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walesgovernance.bsky.social
🚨 NEWYDD: Dadansoddiad llawn o beth fydd Adolygiad Gwariant ddoe yn ei olygu i Gymru. 💷

🚨 NEW: Full analysis of what yesterday's Spending Review will mean for Wales. 💷

blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...
Spending Review 2025 – the implications for Wales
Showcasing current research, comments and analysis on the law, politics, history, culture, government and political economy of Wales from the Wales Governance Centre.
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk
June 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
edgarethpoole.bsky.social
I'm so shocked and very sad that Claire O'Shea has died. I really hoped she'd have had more time after her diagnosis. At every political event or in any pub she was always the first to bound over with lovely friendly chat. She played a big role in Wales and would've had a huge future too. Gutted.
May 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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jaclarner.bsky.social
Over last year I've been building a Senedd Election Simulator tool. It gives a useful (I hope!) visual explainer of how the new election system turns votes into seats.

🧵 on some of what it can do below:

jaclarner.github.io/senedd_ethol...
Senedd Election Simulator
Senedd Election Simulator - Visualize Welsh election results
jaclarner.github.io
May 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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ryan1648.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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walesgovernance.bsky.social
🚨 NEWYDD 🚨: Ymateb Dadansoddiad Cyllid Cymru i Ddatganiad Gwanwyn y Canghellor - beth fydd ei effaith yng Nghymru? 💷 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

🚨 OUT NOW 🚨: Wales Fiscal Analysis's reaction to the Chancellor's Spring Statement - what will be its impact in Wales? 💷 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Spring Statement 2025 – some implications for Wales
Showcasing current research, comments and analysis on the law, politics, history, culture, government and political economy of Wales from the Wales Governance Centre.
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk
March 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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richardwynjones.bsky.social
Ymchwil gan Rob Jones yn cael sylw (haeddianol) yma>>>

Research by @walesgovernance.bsky.social colleague Rob Jones featuring here>>>

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Amid all the noise about the UK’s ‘two-tier’ justice system, there is silence on class | Kenan Malik
New sentencing guidelines for England and Wales address gender and ethnicity but ignore poverty
www.theguardian.com
March 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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willhaycardiff.bsky.social
Wales has been screwed over by its own Labour MPs.

The 27 Welsh Labour MPs voted to deny Wales millions of £ in the coming years.

When I approached them they gave very weak excuses for their actions.

Stay with me here because it's a bit fiddly but really matters.

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March 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM