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Category: Opinion

Gwent PCC calls on new MSs to ‘work together to deliver for our communities’

Tuesday, May 12, 2026Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Gwent’s police and crime commissioner, Jane Mudd, has penned this piece for Caerphilly Observer, talking about “the most divisive election in Wales in my lifetime”.

Ruth Jones MP: ‘The Prime Minister must go’

Monday, May 11, 2026

In this piece for Caerphilly Observer, Newport West and Islwyn MP Ruth Jones calls on Prime Minister Keir Starmer “to set out a timetable for an orderly transition to a new leadership”.

‘We will not let you down’: Lindsay Whittle MS talks Senedd election results

Monday, May 11, 2026Monday, May 11, 2026

Plaid Cymru MS Lindsay Whittle has said “the hard work starts now” following his party’s successes in the Senedd election.

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.

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