O Dan Y Dderwen
@odanydderwen.bsky.social
Pwllglas, Rhuthun, Cymru/Wales 🏴
I think it’s helpful to understand how this works, and seeing how a real life example works out is much clearer than trying to explain the theory!
You might look at this & say “but it isn’t proportional”. And you’re right. It can only deliver rough proportionality when aggregated across the nation.
You might look at this & say “but it isn’t proportional”. And you’re right. It can only deliver rough proportionality when aggregated across the nation.
October 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I think it’s helpful to understand how this works, and seeing how a real life example works out is much clearer than trying to explain the theory!
You might look at this & say “but it isn’t proportional”. And you’re right. It can only deliver rough proportionality when aggregated across the nation.
You might look at this & say “but it isn’t proportional”. And you’re right. It can only deliver rough proportionality when aggregated across the nation.
PC 47.4%
Ref 36%
Lab 11%
Round 1 PC win, then their vote is halved to 23.7%.
Round 2 Ref win, vote is halved to 18%.
Round 3 PC win, vote is halved to 11.8%
Round 4 Ref win, vote is halved to 9%.
Round 5 PC win, vote is halved to 5.9%
Round 6 Lab win with 11%.
Ref 36%
Lab 11%
Round 1 PC win, then their vote is halved to 23.7%.
Round 2 Ref win, vote is halved to 18%.
Round 3 PC win, vote is halved to 11.8%
Round 4 Ref win, vote is halved to 9%.
Round 5 PC win, vote is halved to 5.9%
Round 6 Lab win with 11%.
October 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
PC 47.4%
Ref 36%
Lab 11%
Round 1 PC win, then their vote is halved to 23.7%.
Round 2 Ref win, vote is halved to 18%.
Round 3 PC win, vote is halved to 11.8%
Round 4 Ref win, vote is halved to 9%.
Round 5 PC win, vote is halved to 5.9%
Round 6 Lab win with 11%.
Ref 36%
Lab 11%
Round 1 PC win, then their vote is halved to 23.7%.
Round 2 Ref win, vote is halved to 18%.
Round 3 PC win, vote is halved to 11.8%
Round 4 Ref win, vote is halved to 9%.
Round 5 PC win, vote is halved to 5.9%
Round 6 Lab win with 11%.
Great work Will: brave, honest, insightful reporting as ever 👏👏
October 24, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Great work Will: brave, honest, insightful reporting as ever 👏👏
Great article Martin 👏👏
October 24, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Great article Martin 👏👏
Nes i gwrdd ag Israel yn Wrecsam ym mis Mehefin pan oedden ni’n gwneud yr arholiad Cymraeg lefel Uwch - dyn ifanc impresif iawn ydy o!
October 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Nes i gwrdd ag Israel yn Wrecsam ym mis Mehefin pan oedden ni’n gwneud yr arholiad Cymraeg lefel Uwch - dyn ifanc impresif iawn ydy o!
Good spot Will! And why are Darren Millar and the Welsh Conservatives silent on the Gill bribery case? It should be a gift for them to try to win back voters from Reform…or maybe they are worried that it undermines the whole Brexit project that Darren enthusiastically backed 🤔
October 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Good spot Will! And why are Darren Millar and the Welsh Conservatives silent on the Gill bribery case? It should be a gift for them to try to win back voters from Reform…or maybe they are worried that it undermines the whole Brexit project that Darren enthusiastically backed 🤔
Nation.cymru banned from the Welsh Labour conference?? It would be interesting to know what Mike Hedges MS, a regular Nation columnist, thinks about that.
June 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Nation.cymru banned from the Welsh Labour conference?? It would be interesting to know what Mike Hedges MS, a regular Nation columnist, thinks about that.
Great article, it never ceases to amaze me how so many people in Wales accept our second class status in the UK and think that’s just the way it is and nothing can be done about it. We’ve been conditioned to think that way over hundreds of years.
June 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Great article, it never ceases to amaze me how so many people in Wales accept our second class status in the UK and think that’s just the way it is and nothing can be done about it. We’ve been conditioned to think that way over hundreds of years.
Brilliant Will 👏👏
Ask people what was the biggest mistake of the 1997-2007 UK Labour govt and most will say Iraq. And of course Iraq was a disaster, but I still say Labour’s biggest mistake was the failure to introduce electoral reform from a position of strength as a majority government.
Ask people what was the biggest mistake of the 1997-2007 UK Labour govt and most will say Iraq. And of course Iraq was a disaster, but I still say Labour’s biggest mistake was the failure to introduce electoral reform from a position of strength as a majority government.
June 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Brilliant Will 👏👏
Ask people what was the biggest mistake of the 1997-2007 UK Labour govt and most will say Iraq. And of course Iraq was a disaster, but I still say Labour’s biggest mistake was the failure to introduce electoral reform from a position of strength as a majority government.
Ask people what was the biggest mistake of the 1997-2007 UK Labour govt and most will say Iraq. And of course Iraq was a disaster, but I still say Labour’s biggest mistake was the failure to introduce electoral reform from a position of strength as a majority government.
And that one person isn’t even POTUS, it’s the PM of Israel. The Trump administration had no intention of bombing Iran until Israel attacked Iran, so Donald Trump has now effectively told the world that Binyamin Netanyahu is driving US foreign policy.
June 22, 2025 at 9:34 AM
And that one person isn’t even POTUS, it’s the PM of Israel. The Trump administration had no intention of bombing Iran until Israel attacked Iran, so Donald Trump has now effectively told the world that Binyamin Netanyahu is driving US foreign policy.
O’n i’n meddwl yr un peth - nid jyst deunydd tartan ydy o!
June 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
O’n i’n meddwl yr un peth - nid jyst deunydd tartan ydy o!
According to the NAO around £30 billion has been spent on HS2 so far. Wales gets around 6% of England spending under the Barnett formula, implying £1.8 billion under Barnett. So how is this more? 🤔🤷♂️
June 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
According to the NAO around £30 billion has been spent on HS2 so far. Wales gets around 6% of England spending under the Barnett formula, implying £1.8 billion under Barnett. So how is this more? 🤔🤷♂️
And let’s be clear what this means: we are paying for this railway and we get nothing in return. The people of Wales, with a child poverty rate of 30%, are paying for a new railway connecting some of the wealthiest areas of England. And we get nothing in return.
June 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
And let’s be clear what this means: we are paying for this railway and we get nothing in return. The people of Wales, with a child poverty rate of 30%, are paying for a new railway connecting some of the wealthiest areas of England. And we get nothing in return.
This should be the biggest story in Wales tonight, on the front page of every local paper and top of every Welsh news website, but guess what: it doesn’t even merit a mention on BBC Wales News. 🤦♂️
What are they afraid of?
What are they afraid of?
June 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This should be the biggest story in Wales tonight, on the front page of every local paper and top of every Welsh news website, but guess what: it doesn’t even merit a mention on BBC Wales News. 🤦♂️
What are they afraid of?
What are they afraid of?
Nain fy ngwraig oedd Megan, o Rosllanerchrugog.
Dim ond marc y crefftyr ar yr ochr aral, efo “E.P.N.S.”
Dim ond marc y crefftyr ar yr ochr aral, efo “E.P.N.S.”
May 31, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Nain fy ngwraig oedd Megan, o Rosllanerchrugog.
Dim ond marc y crefftyr ar yr ochr aral, efo “E.P.N.S.”
Dim ond marc y crefftyr ar yr ochr aral, efo “E.P.N.S.”
Cwpan Eisteddfod yr Urdd Corwen 1929
May 31, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Cwpan Eisteddfod yr Urdd Corwen 1929