Nye Davies
@nyedavies.bsky.social
Lecturer in Politics at the Wales Governance Centre, Cardiff University. Studying Welsh Labour, political thought and ideology.
Author of two books on Aneurin Bevan: https://www.uwp.co.uk/author/Nye-Davies-3777/
Author of two books on Aneurin Bevan: https://www.uwp.co.uk/author/Nye-Davies-3777/
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Nye Davies
@nyedavies.bsky.social
· Nov 17
OUT NOW! 📚
Another addition to the Bevan bookshelf, my new book 'The Political Thought of Aneurin Bevan' is available now!
Another addition to the Bevan bookshelf, my new book 'The Political Thought of Aneurin Bevan' is available now!
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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...
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
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...
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...
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Yn cynnwys ymchwil gan @jaclarner.bsky.social / Including research from Dr Jac Larner: #Senedd26 #Cymru #Wales
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politic...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politic...
Conservative party adamant 'we're not irrelevant' in Wales after thumping
The party say not only did they lose votes to Nigel Farage's Reform UK, but an unexpected other party
www.walesonline.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Yn cynnwys ymchwil gan @jaclarner.bsky.social / Including research from Dr Jac Larner: #Senedd26 #Cymru #Wales
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politic...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politic...
Recent blog post by me for @ccc-research.bsky.social looking at Welsh Labour’s prospects ahead of 2026.
Labour's majorities, which Gwyn Alf described as the 'Stonehenge of Welsh politics', are beginning to crack
www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/blog/2025/cr...
Labour's majorities, which Gwyn Alf described as the 'Stonehenge of Welsh politics', are beginning to crack
www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/blog/2025/cr...
Cracks in the Stonehenge of Welsh Politics: Caerphilly and Labour’s Future | Centre on Constitutional Change
Centre on Constitutional Change
www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Recent blog post by me for @ccc-research.bsky.social looking at Welsh Labour’s prospects ahead of 2026.
Labour's majorities, which Gwyn Alf described as the 'Stonehenge of Welsh politics', are beginning to crack
www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/blog/2025/cr...
Labour's majorities, which Gwyn Alf described as the 'Stonehenge of Welsh politics', are beginning to crack
www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/blog/2025/cr...
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Almost a decade on, Wales' fiscal reforms deliver nearly £1 Billion windfall but fall short on empowering the Senedd
Major new report calls for tripling of borrowing powers and full income tax control as Fiscal Framework reforms deliver unprecedented budget boost:👇
www.cardiff.ac.uk/__data/asset...
Major new report calls for tripling of borrowing powers and full income tax control as Fiscal Framework reforms deliver unprecedented budget boost:👇
www.cardiff.ac.uk/__data/asset...
www.cardiff.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Almost a decade on, Wales' fiscal reforms deliver nearly £1 Billion windfall but fall short on empowering the Senedd
Major new report calls for tripling of borrowing powers and full income tax control as Fiscal Framework reforms deliver unprecedented budget boost:👇
www.cardiff.ac.uk/__data/asset...
Major new report calls for tripling of borrowing powers and full income tax control as Fiscal Framework reforms deliver unprecedented budget boost:👇
www.cardiff.ac.uk/__data/asset...
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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
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
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
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
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My latest article, published in the latest edition of @publiclaw.bsky.social, looks at the proposals to establish a 'recall' system for Members of the Senedd, how they compare to recall mechanisms elsewhere & what they tell us about Senedd reform
uk.westlaw.com/Document/I1F...
#Senedd #devolution
uk.westlaw.com/Document/I1F...
#Senedd #devolution
October 15, 2025 at 9:33 AM
My latest article, published in the latest edition of @publiclaw.bsky.social, looks at the proposals to establish a 'recall' system for Members of the Senedd, how they compare to recall mechanisms elsewhere & what they tell us about Senedd reform
uk.westlaw.com/Document/I1F...
#Senedd #devolution
uk.westlaw.com/Document/I1F...
#Senedd #devolution
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Listen to Dr @nyedavies.bsky.social discuss the life and political journey of totemic - and complex - figure of Welsh Labour history, Aneurin Bevan 👇
Available on the History Extra podcast from the BBC History Magazine in Apple, Spotify, and all other podcast apps
open.spotify.com/episode/6sOy...
Available on the History Extra podcast from the BBC History Magazine in Apple, Spotify, and all other podcast apps
open.spotify.com/episode/6sOy...
Spotify – Web Player
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October 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Listen to Dr @nyedavies.bsky.social discuss the life and political journey of totemic - and complex - figure of Welsh Labour history, Aneurin Bevan 👇
Available on the History Extra podcast from the BBC History Magazine in Apple, Spotify, and all other podcast apps
open.spotify.com/episode/6sOy...
Available on the History Extra podcast from the BBC History Magazine in Apple, Spotify, and all other podcast apps
open.spotify.com/episode/6sOy...
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Siaradodd @nyedavies.bsky.social â Nick Servini ar BBC Radio Wales y bore 'ma i drafod cystadleuaeth Dirprwy Arweinydd y Blaid Llafur:
Dr Nye Davies on Radio Wales this morning, discussing the competition for the role of UK Labour's Deputy Leader and its connection with a famous Welsh MP:
Dr Nye Davies on Radio Wales this morning, discussing the competition for the role of UK Labour's Deputy Leader and its connection with a famous Welsh MP:
September 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Siaradodd @nyedavies.bsky.social â Nick Servini ar BBC Radio Wales y bore 'ma i drafod cystadleuaeth Dirprwy Arweinydd y Blaid Llafur:
Dr Nye Davies on Radio Wales this morning, discussing the competition for the role of UK Labour's Deputy Leader and its connection with a famous Welsh MP:
Dr Nye Davies on Radio Wales this morning, discussing the competition for the role of UK Labour's Deputy Leader and its connection with a famous Welsh MP:
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🚨 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...
🚨 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
🚨 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...
🚨 NEW: Full analysis of what yesterday's Spending Review will mean for Wales. 💷
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...
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@jaclarner.bsky.social from the Welsh Election Study: “Looking at the areas now voting Reform, they’re the same areas that always voted Labour, and it’s very easy to just make the logical mistake to assume it’s the same people doing it. That isn’t what we see” #Senedd26
www.ft.com/content/668f...
www.ft.com/content/668f...
Reform UK and Plaid Cymru vie for gains in Labour stronghold of Wales
Plummeting support for Keir Starmer’s party points to impact of some policies that have proven highly unpopular
www.ft.com
June 4, 2025 at 10:20 AM
@jaclarner.bsky.social from the Welsh Election Study: “Looking at the areas now voting Reform, they’re the same areas that always voted Labour, and it’s very easy to just make the logical mistake to assume it’s the same people doing it. That isn’t what we see” #Senedd26
www.ft.com/content/668f...
www.ft.com/content/668f...
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ERTHYGL NEWYDD gan Nye Davies a Shane Barter ar canrif dominyddiaeth etholiadol Llafur Cymru:
NEW: @nyedavies.bsky.social & @profshane.bsky.social explore how Welsh Labour established and maintained over a century of dominance
Nationalism and Ethnic Politics:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
NEW: @nyedavies.bsky.social & @profshane.bsky.social explore how Welsh Labour established and maintained over a century of dominance
Nationalism and Ethnic Politics:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Autonomy and Party Dominance: Explaining Labour’s Century of Supremacy in Wales
In 1922, the Labour Party emerged as the principal party in Wales. Over a century later, Welsh Labour remains dominant, winning all general and devolved elections. Remarkable for a democratic natio...
www.tandfonline.com
May 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
ERTHYGL NEWYDD gan Nye Davies a Shane Barter ar canrif dominyddiaeth etholiadol Llafur Cymru:
NEW: @nyedavies.bsky.social & @profshane.bsky.social explore how Welsh Labour established and maintained over a century of dominance
Nationalism and Ethnic Politics:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
NEW: @nyedavies.bsky.social & @profshane.bsky.social explore how Welsh Labour established and maintained over a century of dominance
Nationalism and Ethnic Politics:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Blog post from me and Sebastián Ronderos about our latest article on affect and discourse theory
💻 | NEW BLOG POST
Sebastián Ronderos and Emmy Eklundh share the key points from their recent JLP article on affect in discourse theory
bit.ly/3CO8Mxz
Sebastián Ronderos and Emmy Eklundh share the key points from their recent JLP article on affect in discourse theory
bit.ly/3CO8Mxz
Studying affect: Four methodological suggestions
Sebastián Ronderos and Emmy Eklundh summarise their recent Journal of Language and Politics article 'Studying affect through discourse theor
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February 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Blog post from me and Sebastián Ronderos about our latest article on affect and discourse theory
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Please sign the petitions below in support of those Schools at Cardiff University threatened with severe cuts and closure.
Quarter of leading UK universities cutting staff due to budget shortfalls
Up to 10,000 redundancies or job losses feared as institutes undergo restructuring
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Please sign the petitions below in support of those Schools at Cardiff University threatened with severe cuts and closure.
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There's a critical nursing shortage. The Welsh NHS is, frankly, a byword for poor results. And now Cardiff University is to close its nursing courses. Well done everyone, genius-level stuff! 👏👏👏👏👏
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Critical nursing shortages leave patients unsafe|Royal College of Nursing | Royal College of Nursing
Due to severe workforce shortages in hospitals and community services, patients are experiencing pain and, in many cases, being cared for in corridors. Today, the Royal College of Nursing in Wales (RC...
www.rcn.org.uk
January 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
There's a critical nursing shortage. The Welsh NHS is, frankly, a byword for poor results. And now Cardiff University is to close its nursing courses. Well done everyone, genius-level stuff! 👏👏👏👏👏
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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Delighted to be (a small) part of the big @ukandeu.bsky.social big Brexit Files report. media.ukandeu.ac.uk/wp-content/u... My 1000 words (at p 123) considers how UK political leaders - and decisions taken by the U.K. Supreme Court - have weakened devolution since the Brexit referendum. A wee 🧵 1/n
media.ukandeu.ac.uk
January 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Delighted to be (a small) part of the big @ukandeu.bsky.social big Brexit Files report. media.ukandeu.ac.uk/wp-content/u... My 1000 words (at p 123) considers how UK political leaders - and decisions taken by the U.K. Supreme Court - have weakened devolution since the Brexit referendum. A wee 🧵 1/n
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Remember the (Geordie) Alamo.
My new article, published open access in early view today, explores New Labour’s (mostly) reluctant & begrudging proposals for English regional #devolution, and the battles within govt that preceded the 2004 N East referendum defeat www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
My new article, published open access in early view today, explores New Labour’s (mostly) reluctant & begrudging proposals for English regional #devolution, and the battles within govt that preceded the 2004 N East referendum defeat www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘Inevitably the package will be dismissed […] as inadequate and grudging’: regionalism, ambivalence and the road to the North East of England referendum defeat in 2004
The New Labour Government of 1997 to 2010 oversaw considerable constitutional reforms, particularly in relation to the United Kingdom’s territorial constitution. While devolution to Scotland and Wa...
www.tandfonline.com
January 23, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Remember the (Geordie) Alamo.
My new article, published open access in early view today, explores New Labour’s (mostly) reluctant & begrudging proposals for English regional #devolution, and the battles within govt that preceded the 2004 N East referendum defeat www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
My new article, published open access in early view today, explores New Labour’s (mostly) reluctant & begrudging proposals for English regional #devolution, and the battles within govt that preceded the 2004 N East referendum defeat www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I was honoured to be asked to write this year's Aneurin Bevan Society Annual Lecture!
I chose to write about what we can learn from Bevan's political thought and his vision of democratic socialism
nyebevan.org.uk/bevan-lectur...
I chose to write about what we can learn from Bevan's political thought and his vision of democratic socialism
nyebevan.org.uk/bevan-lectur...
Aneurin Bevan | Dr Nye Davies
The Democratic Socialist Ideal: The Political Thought of Aneurin Bevan and its Legacy It is an honour to be asked to write this year’s Aneurin Bevan Society Lecture. It is over sixty years since his ...
nyebevan.org.uk
December 17, 2024 at 1:22 PM
I was honoured to be asked to write this year's Aneurin Bevan Society Annual Lecture!
I chose to write about what we can learn from Bevan's political thought and his vision of democratic socialism
nyebevan.org.uk/bevan-lectur...
I chose to write about what we can learn from Bevan's political thought and his vision of democratic socialism
nyebevan.org.uk/bevan-lectur...
What better way to spend Christmas day than debating the merits of Plaid's decentralist socialism versus Bevan's parliamentary socialism?! 🎄🎅🎁
Politics might be a subject you would usually avoid discussing around the Christmas dinner table, but why not try on of these excellent conversation starters 🎁
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December 12, 2024 at 12:07 PM
What better way to spend Christmas day than debating the merits of Plaid's decentralist socialism versus Bevan's parliamentary socialism?! 🎄🎅🎁
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🚨 NEWYDD: Dadansoddiad cyntaf o Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 gan Guto Ifan o Ddadansoddi Cyllid Cymru 🧮
🚨 NEWLY PUBLISHED: Guto Ifan of Wales Fiscal Analysis makes sense of the detail in the Welsh Government's 2025-26 Draft Budget 🧮 blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...
🚨 NEWLY PUBLISHED: Guto Ifan of Wales Fiscal Analysis makes sense of the detail in the Welsh Government's 2025-26 Draft Budget 🧮 blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...
Making sense of the Welsh Government’s Draft Budget for 2025-26
Following Rachel Reeves’ decisions on taxation, spending and borrowing, this was always going to be a “big” budget. The Welsh Government had significantly more funding to allocate than was expected…
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk
December 11, 2024 at 12:43 PM
🚨 NEWYDD: Dadansoddiad cyntaf o Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 gan Guto Ifan o Ddadansoddi Cyllid Cymru 🧮
🚨 NEWLY PUBLISHED: Guto Ifan of Wales Fiscal Analysis makes sense of the detail in the Welsh Government's 2025-26 Draft Budget 🧮 blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...
🚨 NEWLY PUBLISHED: Guto Ifan of Wales Fiscal Analysis makes sense of the detail in the Welsh Government's 2025-26 Draft Budget 🧮 blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...
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Christmas is the perfect time for curling up with a good book.
Follow the link below for the best gifts for book-lovers 📚
uwp.co.uk/nadolig-chri...
Follow the link below for the best gifts for book-lovers 📚
uwp.co.uk/nadolig-chri...
December 3, 2024 at 10:16 AM
Christmas is the perfect time for curling up with a good book.
Follow the link below for the best gifts for book-lovers 📚
uwp.co.uk/nadolig-chri...
Follow the link below for the best gifts for book-lovers 📚
uwp.co.uk/nadolig-chri...
Really enjoyable @walesgovernance.bsky.social event tonight celebrating the launch of @richardwynjones.bsky.social brilliant book on Plaid Cymru. Demonstrating the importance of Welsh political thought!
Buy from @uniwalespress.bsky.social
www.uwp.co.uk/book/putting...
Buy from @uniwalespress.bsky.social
www.uwp.co.uk/book/putting...
November 27, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Really enjoyable @walesgovernance.bsky.social event tonight celebrating the launch of @richardwynjones.bsky.social brilliant book on Plaid Cymru. Demonstrating the importance of Welsh political thought!
Buy from @uniwalespress.bsky.social
www.uwp.co.uk/book/putting...
Buy from @uniwalespress.bsky.social
www.uwp.co.uk/book/putting...
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If you're in Cardiff on Wednesday night then do please join (the legend that is!) Vaughan Roderick and myself for a discussion of my new book on the political thought of Plaid Cymru.
Croeso cynnes / A warm welcome!
Register below>>>
Croeso cynnes / A warm welcome!
Register below>>>
🎙️EVENT!📷📖
Join Vaughan Roderick and @richardwynjones.bsky.social to discuss the political thought of @plaidcymru.bsky.social, as explored in Richard's recent book 'Putting Wales First'. #Wales
27th of November in the Glamorgan Building, Cardiff, 17.30 onwards:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/putting-wa...
Join Vaughan Roderick and @richardwynjones.bsky.social to discuss the political thought of @plaidcymru.bsky.social, as explored in Richard's recent book 'Putting Wales First'. #Wales
27th of November in the Glamorgan Building, Cardiff, 17.30 onwards:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/putting-wa...
Putting Wales First - The Political Thought of Plaid Cymru
Join journalist Vaughan Roderick and Professor Richard Wyn Jones as they discuss 'Putting Wales First - The Political Thought of Plaid Cymru
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 25, 2024 at 4:57 PM
If you're in Cardiff on Wednesday night then do please join (the legend that is!) Vaughan Roderick and myself for a discussion of my new book on the political thought of Plaid Cymru.
Croeso cynnes / A warm welcome!
Register below>>>
Croeso cynnes / A warm welcome!
Register below>>>
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Rydym yn dathlu 125 o ddysgu Gwleidyddiaeth ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd. Dyma bapur arholiad cynnar o 1904…
Mae cwestiwn 9 yn *anfarwol*!
——
We’re celebrating 125 years of teaching Politics at Cardiff Uni. Here’s an early exam paper from 1904…
You’re going to absolutely *love* question 9!
Mae cwestiwn 9 yn *anfarwol*!
——
We’re celebrating 125 years of teaching Politics at Cardiff Uni. Here’s an early exam paper from 1904…
You’re going to absolutely *love* question 9!
November 21, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Rydym yn dathlu 125 o ddysgu Gwleidyddiaeth ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd. Dyma bapur arholiad cynnar o 1904…
Mae cwestiwn 9 yn *anfarwol*!
——
We’re celebrating 125 years of teaching Politics at Cardiff Uni. Here’s an early exam paper from 1904…
You’re going to absolutely *love* question 9!
Mae cwestiwn 9 yn *anfarwol*!
——
We’re celebrating 125 years of teaching Politics at Cardiff Uni. Here’s an early exam paper from 1904…
You’re going to absolutely *love* question 9!
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One week to go! Join BBC Wales's Vaughan Roderick and @richardwynjones.bsky.social to discuss the political evolution of @plaidcymru.bsky.social 👇
🎙️EVENT!📷📖
Join Vaughan Roderick and @richardwynjones.bsky.social to discuss the political thought of @plaidcymru.bsky.social, as explored in Richard's recent book 'Putting Wales First'. #Wales
27th of November in the Glamorgan Building, Cardiff, 17.30 onwards:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/putting-wa...
Join Vaughan Roderick and @richardwynjones.bsky.social to discuss the political thought of @plaidcymru.bsky.social, as explored in Richard's recent book 'Putting Wales First'. #Wales
27th of November in the Glamorgan Building, Cardiff, 17.30 onwards:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/putting-wa...
Putting Wales First - The Political Thought of Plaid Cymru
Join journalist Vaughan Roderick and Professor Richard Wyn Jones as they discuss 'Putting Wales First - The Political Thought of Plaid Cymru
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 20, 2024 at 11:51 AM
One week to go! Join BBC Wales's Vaughan Roderick and @richardwynjones.bsky.social to discuss the political evolution of @plaidcymru.bsky.social 👇