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Category: Opinion

A new Welsh electoral landscape puts Plaid Cymru within reach of power

Wednesday, April 29, 2026Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Anwen Elias and Elin Royles, of Aberystwyth University, look at Plaid Cymru’s hopes and ambitions ahead of next week’s Senedd election.

Voters in Wales face Senedd election amid confusion over who holds power over what

Thursday, April 9, 2026Thursday, April 9, 2026

Ahead of May’s Senedd election, many people in Wales remain unclear about who is responsible for important political decisions.

‘Council’s decision to press ahead with changes to home to school transport is truly baffling’

Tuesday, March 31, 2026Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Caerphilly Senedd Member Lindsay Whittle criticises council changes to school transport in this piece for Caerphilly Observer.

Short-term pothole repairs ‘represent a false economy’

Monday, March 30, 2026Monday, March 30, 2026

In this piece for Caerphilly Observer, South Wales East MS Peredur Owen Griffiths talks about potholes and Plaid Cymru’s Senedd election campaign.

‘It has been the honour of my life to represent you in the Senedd’

Friday, March 27, 2026Friday, March 27, 2026

Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney MS Dawn Bowden has thanked the community in this piece for Caerphilly Observer, as her time in the Senedd draws to a close.

‘Council not meeting basic legal obligations’

Thursday, March 26, 2026Thursday, March 26, 2026

Community councillor Steve Aicheler has penned this piece for Caerphilly Observer following Estyn’s recent inspection of Bedwas High School.

Can Wales’ wellbeing law survive the pressures of the next Senedd election?

Thursday, March 19, 2026

With the Senedd election due in May, Wales faces a test of whether long-term thinking can survive short-term political pressure.

‘Tactical voting is dead’: Labour candidate talks Senedd election

Friday, March 13, 2026

Labour candidate Richard Tunnicliffe discusses how the new voting system being brought in at this year’s Senedd election means tactical voting is no longer necessary.

How plans to share wind farm profits with local people has been tried elsewhere

Friday, March 13, 2026

Udisha Saklani, lecturer at King’s College London, looks at Plaid Cymru’s pledge to make companies share benefits of energy projects with residents, and how it has been tried elsewhere.

‘Smoke and mirrors’: Delyth Jewell MS attacks UK Government rail announcement

Thursday, March 5, 2026Thursday, March 5, 2026

South Wales East MS Delyth Jewell, who represents Plaid Cymru, has said Wales “deserves clarity” over the UK Government’s recent rail funding announcement for Wales.

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