Could Welsh parliament politicians be criminalised for telling untruths?
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Plaid Cymru’s Adam Price is leading proposals to make lying by politicians a criminal offence.
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Whether true or not, the UK’s political parties have failed to quash the perception that they prioritise cities.
Vaughan Gething MS.
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Vaughan Gething succeeds Mark Drakeford as Welsh first minister, following a vote in the Senedd.
Miners from different collieries gather in Port Talbot in April 1984.
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The strike saw different political factions uniting, which eventually led to a more collaborative form of politics in Wales.
The Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales was set up in 2021 and has been gathering evidence since then.
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The Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales acknowledges each option requires UK government involvement.
Mark Drakeford has been Wales’ first minister since 2018.
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What does the future hold for Wales and Welsh Labour in the wake of Drakeford’s resignation?
Rhun ap Iorwerth has replaced Adam Price as Plaid Cymru leader.
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Rhun ap Iorwerth replaced Adam Price as Plaid Cymru leader.
A scale model of a statue dedicated to Lady Rhondda has been revealed by the sculptor, Jane Robbins.
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Lady Rhondda was a suffragette, a business leader and an editor. A statue of her is expected to be revealed in Newport, south Wales, next year.
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The independence movement is growing in Wales but it’s not clear whether it would be able to go it alone.
The National Assembly for Wales.
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The election of this relatively unobtrusive man has the potential to change the landscape of Welsh politics.
Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies, in 2015.
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Though his departure is under a cloud of suspicion, Andrew RT Davies has always been one of a few politicians who told it as he saw it.
First minister Carwyn Jones.
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First Minister Carwyn Jones is due to face intense scrutiny as an investigation into the dismissal of former AM Carl Sargeant begins.
UK, EU, Wales.
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Scotland said no, so why would Wales say yes to letting the UK take over devolved powers?
Votes for 16 protest in London, 2016.
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The UK doesn’t have enough evidence to back votes for 16 and 17-year-olds.
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Compulsory participation could solve Wales’s political disengagement problem.
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Democracy relies on political education.
The Senedd, home of Welsh politics.
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Populist politics could be key to giving Wales a new public sphere.
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Impartiality and accountability are at risk when local media fails to act.
Jeremy Corbyn in Colwyn Bay, North Wales.
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Welsh Labour and Plaid exceeded expectations in the election - will the Conservatives ever be able to catch up?
Labour leaders Jeremy Corbyn and Carywn Jones.
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Aneurin Bevan is reputed to have said that for a Welshman to vote Tory would be ‘an act of naked treachery to his country’ – an attitude that may have served in Welsh Labour’s favour.