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Tag Archives: Wales
Feb 13 2013
The challenge for Plaid Cymru’s leadership will be to harness the energy of their membership
1 CommentTweet After disappointing results in the 2011 Welsh Election, Plaid Cymru launched an internal review to reflect on their current situation and shape future strategy. Craig McAngus offers an analysis of the resulting report, Moving Forward, as well as its implications for the internal politics … Continue reading
Posted by: February 13, 2013
Tagged with: devolution, Plaid Cymru, Wales
Jan 9 2012
More than 1 in 3 Welsh graduates leave Wales to work. The importance of universities is massively increased if graduates stay in the area.
Leave a commentTweet Internal migration in Britain is typically dominated by the young, highly educated, start-of-career or early career professionals. Cities and regions are increasingly interested in retaining their most highly qualified graduates to boost invention, innovation and ultimately productivity. Tim Leunig … Continue reading
Posted by: January 9, 2012
Tagged with: Education, Northern Ireland, tuition fees, universities, Wales
Dec 8 2011
Unlike the Scots and the Welsh, Londoners seem content with limited devolution and weak mayoral powers- at least, for now.
Leave a commentTweet 2012 is set to be a big year for London, with the upcoming London Mayoral elections and Olympic Games. Ahead of the first London Policy Conference next week, Guy Lodge finds that, unusually for a devolved region, neither the … Continue reading
Posted by: December 8, 2011
Tagged with: devolution, IPPR, London, London Mayor, Olympics, policy, public opinion, riots, Scotland, Wales
Sep 7 2011
The decline of the Conservative party in Scotland has more do to with its own failings than the rise of the SNP.
1 CommentTweet Last May saw an unprecedented victory by the Scottish National Party (SNP in Scotland, and a rout for the Conservatives. While many commentators attribute the Conservative’s decline in Scotland to the harsh economic policies seen in the Thatcher years, … Continue reading
Posted by: September 7, 2011
Tagged with: Conservatives, Margaret Thatcher, politics, Scotland, Scottish nationalism, SNP, Tories, UK, uk government, Wales
Jun 19 2011
Book Review: Ages of Reform: Dawns and Downfalls of the British Left
Leave a commentTweet Ben Davies feels that Kenneth O. Morgan‘s academic dedication and meticulous research on the history of the British Left is clouded by idealisation, but remains an interesting text nevertheless. Ages of Reform: Dawns and Downfalls of the British Left. Kenneth … Continue reading
Posted by: June 19, 2011
Tagged with: coalition government, coalitions, Conservatives, history, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, Lloyd George, opposition, political parties, Wales
Mar 6 2011
Book Review: The Politics of Electoral Reform: Changing the rules of democracy
Leave a commentTweet Patrick Dunleavy finds essential reading for academics in the run up to the AV referendum in Alan Renwick’s recent book. Google Books (limited preview) Amazon Publisher The Politics of Electoral Reform: Changing the rules of democracy. By Alan Renwick. Cambridge … Continue reading
Posted by: March 6, 2011
Tagged with: alternative vote, AV referendum, british politics, Electoral Reform, local government, London, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales
