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Category: Opinion

‘Hyperbole has been ever present but reality and co-operation have been sadly lacking’

Friday, July 24, 2026Friday, July 24, 2026

Plaid Cymru MS Peredur Owen Griffiths discusses Labour’s vote against the Welsh Government’s supplementary budget, and the new Secretary of State for Wales in his latest piece for Caerphilly Observer.

‘Wales has always been at its very best as a nation looking outward, not inward’

Wednesday, July 22, 2026Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Plaid Cymru Senedd Member Lindsay Whittle talks Nation of Sanctuary and his recent engagements in his latest piece for Caerphilly Observer.

Citizens Advice: How to get support if you have to stop working due to ill health

Tuesday, July 21, 2026Tuesday, July 21, 2026

In its latest column for Caerphilly Observer, charity Citizens Advice Caerphilly Blaenau Gwent explains some of the some of the support out there if you have to stop working due to ill health.

Plaid Cymru’s independence dilemma – from protest to power

Thursday, July 16, 2026Thursday, July 16, 2026

Aberystwyth University’s Anwen Elias and Elin Royles look at the independence dilemma facing Plaid Cymru now the party is in government.

Delyth Jewell MS: ‘Westminster has a Prime Minister-elect who hasn’t actually been elected’

Friday, July 3, 2026Friday, July 3, 2026

Blaenau Gwent Caerffili Rhymni MS Delyth Jewell, of Plaid Cymru, has shared her thoughts on ‘Prime Minister-elect’ Andy Burnham.

‘Trust and confidence in the police is low within many LGBTQ+ communities’

Monday, June 29, 2026Monday, June 29, 2026

In this piece for Caerphilly Observer, Gwent’s police and crime commissioner, Jane Mudd, discusses Pride Month, and the “difficult relationship” many LGBTQ+ people have with the police.

PM’s ‘unpopularity was borne out on the doorstep’ during Senedd election campaign

Wednesday, June 24, 2026Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Casnewydd Islwyn’s Plaid Cymru MS Peredur Owen Griffiths discusses the Prime Minister’s resignation and tenure, and the Welsh Government’s work so far.

‘This whole episode has been a shambles’: Whittle demands Llancaiach Fawr answers

Tuesday, June 16, 2026Tuesday, June 16, 2026

In this opinion piece for Caerphilly Observer, Blaenau Gwent Caerffili Rhymni MS Lindsay Whittle calls for an urgent statement on the future of Llancaiach Fawr.

‘I will be going into territory no other council leader has ventured before’

Tuesday, June 9, 2026Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Cllr Jamie Pritchard, leader of Caerphilly County Borough Council, discusses resident engagement in his latest piece for Caerphilly Observer.

Jayne Bryant MS: ‘Volunteers are the bedrock of our communities’

Monday, June 8, 2026

In her first-ever piece for Caerphilly Observer, Casnewydd Islwyn MS Jayne Bryant talks volunteers, grassroots sports clubs, and Welsh Labour’s role in opposition.

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