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Will Hayward

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Reform swaggered into Caerphilly, ready for a coronation. An unpleasant surprise lay in store

Reform swaggered into Caerphilly, ready for a coronation. An unpleasant surprise lay in store
24.10.2025 20

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So politicians want rid of the Senedd: would they abolish any other country’s democracy?

10.09.2025 40

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Parliament is back! Hooray! What goodies loom in the giddy maelstrom of our state capture flavoured democracy?

21.07.2025 30

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The Tories are on the brink of annihilation in Wales – and it holds a lesson for Westminster politicians

21.07.2025 7

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Over at the men-only Savage Club, they are having an emergency meeting – it’s bad news chaps!

27.06.2025 20

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Here is the single thing Labour can do to see off Reform and make British politics work

27.06.2025 100

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The most pointless role in UK politics? The secretary of state for Wales

06.06.2025 10

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Semicolons! Do you know how to use one and would you even notice if they disappeared?

19.05.2025 100

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Owners of second homes in Wales are having to sell up. That’s no disaster: it’s a godsend

19.05.2025 50

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Starmer promised to create a ‘partnership in power’ with Welsh Labour. He hasn’t – and trouble is brewing

07.04.2025 6

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Reform UK would be a disaster for Wales – but its rivals have left the door wide open

17.03.2025 30

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Wales is the land of song. Now it’s being silenced by cuts that threaten our culture

10.02.2025 20

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Will the next Senedd election see an end to Welsh Labour’s winning streak?

20.01.2025 10

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A brimming biscuit tin and a warm welcome – this is how an Englishman found his home in Wales

I remember pushing open the wooden doors of Dyffryn chapel feeling a little apprehensive. I had driven up to the village of Caerau as a trainee...

30.12.2024 40

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The most infuriating thing isn’t that Wales is treated as a non-country – it’s that we accept it

When you come to Wales, one of your first impressions is of how delighted people here are to be Welsh. Even those who have left feel a strong pride...

30.11.2024 80

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Wales’s 20mph speed limit saves lives and money. So why has it become a culture-war battlefield?

Imagine you’re a politician running a country. In front of you there is a proposal that in just nine months would save your society more than £45m,...

18.11.2024 20

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Call it the Great Welsh Train Robbery – a £4bn HS2 scandal happening in plain sight

Everyone can agree that the delivery of HS2 has been shambolic. The high-speed line from central London (ish) to the north of England, has for a...

15.10.2024 200

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