The protracted re-emergence of a distinct legal jurisdiction for Wales has long been an anchor around the neck of the Welsh legal sector the criminal justice system in Wales. Great to see @lawsocwales.bsky.social & the former FM keeping the debate open on progress: open.spotify.com/episode/5U23...

Some people argue that 'the British Isles' isn't political and we shouldn't be bothered by it, which is why they're invariably so open to my suggestion that we should switch to 'the Irish Isles' for the next few hundred years while we work out a solution.

“It’s very, very difficult to exaggerate the historical significance of what’s going on here,” said @richardwynjones.bsky.social , “We’re seeing a potentially decisive break in Labour’s domination of Wales. They are in danger of falling into complete irrelevance.” #Senedd26 #Wales #Cymru

“Polling expert Dr Jac Larner said one of the problems facing Welsh Labour is that there is "a narrative building in Wales that if you want to stop Reform then the party you vote for is Plaid" and so many previous Labour voters are indicating they will vote tactically for Plaid Cymru in 2026.“

Ymateb i'r arolygon barn am etholiad y Senedd y flwyddyn nesaf y mae @richardwynjones.bsky.social ein colofnydd gwleidyddol yn rhifyn mis Medi BARN ✍️

NEW Has the government overreached in using terrorism law against Palestine Action? A disclosed MI5 document indicates that the basis for proscription may be weak By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

BREAKING Jeremy Miles has announced he will be standing down as an MS at the Senedd election. This means that both the men who ran to replace Mark Drakeford as Welsh Labour leader will no longer be MSs after the next election. Letter from Mr Miles & Eluned Morgan's response below:

Podlediad BBC Radio Cymru #Gwleidydda diweddaraf gyda Cyfarwyddwr y Canolfan @richardwynjones.bsky.social a Vaughan Roderick 👇 #Senedd26 #Wales #Cymru www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Dyma blog James / This is James's Blog: bsky.app/profile/jame...

Yn gynnwys canlyniadau ein arolwg BARN #Cymru gyda @itvcymruwales.bsky.social a blog diweddaraf @jamesbreckwoldt.bsky.social sy'n drafod ble mae pleidleiswyr Llafur 2024 yn mynd. Including our latest #Wales polling and James Breckwoldt's blog on where Labour's 2024 voters are going, and why. 👇

Almost 900 fewer people have been injured on Welsh roads since the default speed limit was lowered from 30 to 20mph two years ago Casualties on 20 to 30mph roads between July and September 2024 were the lowest for the three month-period since records began in 1979 👏 Evidence-led policy

Our new BARN Cymru poll run with @itvcymruwales.bsky.social and @yougov.co.uk has landed 📈 #Senedd26 #Wales #Cymru

The seat projections are pretty dramatic. Allowing for movement of a few points in many directions: Plaid Cymru ~38 seats, Reform UK ~35 seats, Labour ~11 seats, Conservatives ~6 seats, Lib Dems ~3 seats, Greens ~ 1 🧵

Latest ITV BarnCymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 poll confirms trend seen over last 6 months - neck and neck race between Plaid Cymru and Reform UK for largest party, with Labour falling to even more distant third. Evidence growing of distinct realignment in Wales 🧵

I didn't see another good article @ailsahenderson.bsky.social and @richardwynjones.bsky.social which considering the unusually large concentration of St George's Crosses yesterday is required reading. You can feel the frustration in their writing.

It’d be interesting to know how things are now regarding the EU but this is good on identity and 2024 election. @richardwynjones.bsky.social youtu.be/7CMXfpiWfso?...

‘Dynion dawnus yn dilyn chw’ryddiaeth’: Yr Anterliwt (rhan 2) Ar Am nawr: Pennod 70 @yrheniaith.bsky.social gyda @richardwynjones.bsky.social a @jerryhunter.bsky.social! Now on Am: the latest episode of Yr Hen Iaith with Richard Wyn Jones and Jerry Hunter! www.ambobdim.cymru/profile-cont...

Siaradodd @nyedavies.bsky.social â Nick Servini ar BBC Radio Wales y bore 'ma i drafod cystadleuaeth Dirprwy Arweinydd y Blaid Llafur: Dr Nye Davies on Radio Wales this morning, discussing the competition for the role of UK Labour's Deputy Leader and its connection with a famous Welsh MP:

Interesting.

Narrator: they did not, in fact, get anything in the reshuffle:

Deputy council leader Jamie Pritchard was blocked from being Labour’s Senedd by-election candidate in Caerphilly because he had tweeted support for Jeremy Corbyn when he was the party’s leader, we can reveal ✍️ Martin Shipton

Israel appears to be destroying high-rise buildings as part of its displacement efforts and aims to conquer Gaza city. Israeli law prof Eliav Lieblich comments: "17 years in the field and I haven't seen a 'state of law' that conducts itself like this. There isn't a millimetre of legality here."

The Welsh Government’s failure to reform Council Tax has put the people of Wales at a serious disadvantage compared with those in England and Scotland, according to new analysis released today ✍️ Martin Shipton

@alun78.bsky.social fel hyn? #haf @richardwynjones.bsky.social

Featuring @scotvoting.bsky.social data and our recent blog You can read it, and other great SES analysis, here: scottishelections.ac.uk/category/blog/

This gets progressively funnier with every use of the term "floppy".

NEWYDD: Adroddiad byr gan y tîm Dadansoddi Cyllid Cymru ar y Dreth Gyngor yn Nghymru a’r achos brys dros diwygio. NEW: Short report by the Wales Fiscal Analys team about rising Council Tax rates in Wales and the urgent case for reform. 👇 blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...

The problem of England and its strange lack of political visibility. A good analysis.

🚨New Research 🚨 Ahead of the release of Wave 30 of the BES Internet Panel, the team has examined Labour's decline since the 2024 GE. Labour's support has splintered into mostly indecision or left-liberal parties, but they've also lost their few right-wing voters. 🧵⬇️ tinyurl.com/3m62exph

"What Wales is crying out for is not a little titivation or tidying up, but for someone who will fight our battles at a high level." Megan Lloyd George in the Commons in October 1946 -- perhaps chanelling a message to the contemporary Welsh Parliamentary Labour Party?!

Lovely use of the phrase "constitutional Tetris" in explaining why lack of effective devolved (and local?) democracy in England enables Farage to stir up xenophobia

Great article in @nation.cymru quoting our research and offering analysis from @ailsahenderson.bsky.social and @richardwynjones.bsky.social on how a current protests in England derive from a "longstanding discontent among large numbers of the English electorate". nation.cymru/news/for-mar...

An interesting read from @ailsahenderson.bsky.social & @richardwynjones.bsky.social on the constitutional angle of the long English summer of discontent #devolution #Brexit #England

Fantastic new article by @ailsahenderson.bsky.social & @richardwynjones.bsky.social on the @uk.theconversation.com. "...UK governments find it easier to address Farage’s successive foreigner problems than to look at their own role in stoking English grievance." theconversation.com/nigel-farage...

NEWYDD - gan @ailsahenderson.bsky.social a minnau. NEW by me and my fellow student of Englishness, Prof. Ailsa Henderson. theconversation.com/nigel-farage...

Cywilydd gennai ddweud mai dyma'r tro cyntaf i mi weld y llun yma o T.E. Ellis, A.S. Meirion rhwng 1886 a 1889, arwr y werin, eilun Cymru Fydd etc. Mae'n atgoffa dyn o pa mor frawychus o ifanc yr oedd yn cael ei ethol i Dŷ'r Cyffredin - yn llawer iawn mwy felly na'r llun mwstashiog mwy cyfarwydd!

What could be done in practice with a Reform majority in the House of Commons would have no constitutional limits, short of either refusal of Royal Assent to a Bill or the courts impugning the sovereignty of parliament.

Two points worth noting on the Farage stuff today. 1. The Tories have completely ceded the August opportunity to get publicity when govt slows down to Reform. Nothing to suggest they're not headed fast towards oblivion. 2. Labour look even more lost than before. Paralysed with indecision and fear.

Why don't they just put a chart up?

Our most recent report found that those voters in England who identify primarily as English rather than British are made both angry and fearful by contemporary political life. Report by @ailsahenderson.bsky.social and @richardwynjones.bsky.social on the anger of the English: www.theunionsurvey.com

It's easy to forget how utterly inhuman this is. How unspeakable. How absolutely appalling. Israeli forces deliberately fired missiles into a hospital. A *fucking hospital*. And - according to WHO - they've done it to at least 734 other healthcare facilities. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Very grateful to @richardwynjones.bsky.social for his enthusiasm for Thomas Ellis MP, which has sent me down a Cymru Fydd rabbit hole! What an eye opening read this is for modern eyes as #Wales ‘s political character is on the cusp of change for the first time in a century and new futures await…

Bolt on a 'Discuss' and (seriously; not joking) you've got an excellent essay title for BA Politics. Possibly a bit spicey for A-Level, though?

Transport policy in the UK is broken. By increasing rail fares each year while freezing fuel duty, the government is increasing the number of trips driven and cars on our roads. Entirely self-defeating.

Dau geiliog gyda’i gilydd - dau gegog, dau geiliog digwilydd, dau geiliog ffond o gelwydd gwneud caniad heb doriad dydd.

In which Roger Lewis, Wales’s version of Swiss Toni offers some ‘thoughts’ on the 2026 election. In doing so, stretching the limits of self parody in what may be the biggest displays of buzz word gibberish and verbiage that I’ve ever had the misfortune to read. Just (don’t) do it #devolution #senedd

Baledi’r Ddeunawfed Ganrif Ar Am nawr: Pennod 68 Yr Hen Iaith @yrheniaith.bsky.social gyda @richardwynjones.bsky.social a @jerryhunter.bsky.social! Now on Am: the latest episode of Yr Hen Iaith with Richard Wyn Jones and Jerry Hunter! www.ambobdim.cymru/profile-cont...

Statement by Eluned Morgan MS, First Minister of Wales on the passing of Hefin David MS Datganiad gan Eluned Morgan MS, Prif Weinidog Cymru ar farwolaeth Hefin David MS.