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Category: Opinion

‘Relief beyond measure that the people of Caerphilly chose hope over hatred’

Friday, November 7, 2025

In this blog for Caerphilly Observer, South Wales East MS Delyth Jewell discusses the upcoming UK budget and the recent Caerphilly by-election.

The Green, the Old, and the Doorstep

Friday, November 7, 2025Friday, November 7, 2025

Gareth Hughes, the Green Party candidate for the Caerphilly Senedd by-election, gives his reflections on the campaign.

Why did the polls get the Caerphilly Senedd by-election wrong?

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Paul Whiteley, of the University of Essex, looks at why the pollsters got the result of the Caerphilly Senedd by-election wrong.

Ruth Jones MP praises supermarket’s ‘wonderful work’ to support breast cancer charities

Tuesday, November 4, 2025Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Newport West and Islwyn MP Ruth Jones talks Breast Cancer Awareness, Gwent Poppy Appeal launch, and her visit to Coleg Gwent’s Crosskeys campus in her latest blog.

After the by-election, a chance to reflect on what politics has become

Wednesday, October 29, 2025Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Richard Gurner, editor and publisher of Caerphilly Observer, looks back at the recent Senedd by-election campaign.

Plaid Cymru’s victory in Caerphilly is a warning to both Labour and Reform

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Swansea University’s Matt Wall and Louis Bromfield explore Plaid Cymru’s Caerphilly by-election victory and what it means for them, Labour, and Reform.

What the Caerphilly by-election could reveal about Reform, Labour and Wales’ political future

Tuesday, October 21, 2025Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Bangor University’s Marc Collinson and Robin Mann discuss the upcoming Senedd by-election in the Caerphilly constituency.

‘Values born in the Valleys can help us fight apathy and division’

Monday, October 20, 2025Tuesday, October 21, 2025

In this opinion piece, written for Caerphilly Observer, former Labour leader Neil Kinnock urges voters to reject apathy and division, warning that parties such as Reform UK are exploiting discontent.

‘A choice between progression with Plaid Cymru or regression with Reform’

Thursday, October 9, 2025

In this blog for Caerphilly Observer, Plaid Cymru MS Peredur Owen Griffiths talks about the upcoming Senedd by-election in Caerphilly.

What political bias really means for a local newspaper

Wednesday, October 8, 2025Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Accusations of bias often miss the point. For local papers, the real question is whether ideas and policies strengthen our communities.

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