Golau: Politics, Policy And Polling In Wales And The World

To coincide with the events marking 20 years since the 1997 devolution referendum that led to the creation of the Welsh Assembly, the First Minister announced a new commission on Justice in Wales. Chaired by Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, the commission will look at all aspects of Justice and how the structures and practices of Law in Wales should be adapted to meet the new political and legal landscape of the 21st century. In this talk Lord Thomas outlines his personal views about some of the key subjects the commission will have to consider: The transcript of this talk is available here: http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/wgc/files/2017/11/The-Past-and-the-Future-of-Law-in-Wales.pdf You can also view this talk on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4igYykv3uM8 You can find out about the event organisers on Twitter - Public Law Wales: https://twitter.com/PublicLawWales Wales Governance Centre: https://twitter.com/WalesGovernance And, of course, us: https://twitter.com/golau_podcast If you're enjoying Golau please do subscribe a

On this episode we’re taking a look at the latest manoeuvres in world of Brexit, the EU (Withdrawal) Bill and a look back at the party conference season now that it is (finally) over. Featuring Prof. Roger Scully of the Wales Governance Centre, Manon Edwards Ahir of Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol/Cardiff University School of Journalism and Hedydd Phylip of Cardiff University’s School of Law and Politics. Links:- EU (Withdrawal) Event Amendments: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/eu-withdrawal-bill-debate-delayed-brexit-legislation-amendments-mps-theresa-may-labour-a7998046.html FM Scotland & Wales Joint working together: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/sep/19/scottish-and-welsh-leaders-seek-to-ward-off-westminster-hijack-of-powers Carwyn Jones’s speech about 20 years of Devolution: https://youtu.be/oV8QBGRUGvY FUW Single Market Call: http://www.fuw.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12930:time-for-common-sense-to-prevail-over-single-market-and-customs-union-membership-s

27: Spain and the Catalan Crisis Intro The question of Catalan independence has never been more visible in the UK and its dramatic appearance on the news agenda has highlighted new complexities in Spain’s territorial constitution. On the 18th October 2017, a day before the Spanish Government announced its intention to suspend Catalan autonomy, historian Dr Andrew Dowling of Cardiff University gave the following presentation that explores the underlying reasons that led to the referendum and subsequent events of October 2017 in Catalonia. More about Dr Andrew Dowling: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/161427-dowling-andrew Andrew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/painesrepublic This presentation on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ck1NUruZ38w If you like the show, please be in touch with us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/golau_podcast and please do rate and review the show on your podcast player of choice.

One the day after the UK Government’s EU (Withdrawal) Bill had its second reading in the UK Parliament the Wales Governance Centre co-hosted an event about the bill in central London. Among the speakers were MPs, academics and legal experts. One of the event’s highlights was a talk delivered by Daniel Denman, Director of Legal Advisors in DExEU - The Department for Exiting the EU. He shared a fascinating insight into how the bill was drafted and why the widely-criticised Henry VIII powers were framed so broadly. In this episode of Golau we’ve reproduced his opening remarks in full to shed some light on the thinking behind the Bill. The EU (Withdrawal) Bill: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2017-2019/0005/18005.pdf 2nd reading debate: https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-09-11/debates/B10868CD-F096-47A2-84EE-A902C8A271BE/EuropeanUnion(Withdrawal)Bill On Twitter: Wales Governance Centre: https://twitter.com/WalesGovernance DExEU: https://twitter.com/DExEUgov and, of course, us: http

Recorded at the Cardiff University / Institute of Welsh Affairs event marking 20 years of devolution, Huw Edwards discusses 20 years (and more!) of Welsh politics and the value of journalistic scrutiny. Huw’s documentary about devolution: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p05f8hnf/huw-edwards-datganoli-20 This speech in full on YouTube: https://youtu.be/fOp8Obge1Ag And on Twitter: Huw Edwards: https://twitter.com/huwbbc The Institute of Welsh Affairs: https://twitter.com/IWA_Wales Wales Governance Centre: https://twitter.com/WalesGovernance And, of course, us: https://twitter.com/golau_podcast If you’re enjoying Golau, please like and subscribe in your podcast player of choice.

On 18th September 2017, the Institute for Welsh Affairs and Cardiff University’s Wales Governance Centre co-hosted an event to mark 20 years since the referendum on devolution to Wales in 1997. During the event, the First Minister gave a keynote speech looking back at the last 20 years and ahead to the next 20. Inevitably, that second half (featured here) included talk of Brexit, devolution and the creation of a legal jurisdiction for Wales. He even broke out the 'F' word. More video/audio from the event will be published soon but in the meantime you can review the highlights on Twitter by searching for the hashtag: #WalesSaidYes You can read more about the Welsh Gov’s position on Brexit here: https://beta.gov.wales/brexit The announcement of the new commission on Justice in Wales: http://gov.wales/newsroom/firstminister/2017/170918-first-minister-establishes-commission-on-justice-in-wales/?lang=en And on Twitter, follow FM Wales: https://twitter.com/fmwales The Institute of Welsh Affairs: https://twitte

In this special episode, WalesOnline’s chief reporter, Martin Shipton, discusses his new book about former Secretary of State and Speaker, George Thomas - “Political Chameleon”. We also managed to record a quick chat with the author of the book’s foreword, Gwynoro Jones which we’ve abbreviated into a foreword for this podcast. You can find out more about the book here: Political Chameleon - In Search of George Thomas And catch up with our contributors on Twitter Martin Shipton: https://twitter.com/ShiptonMartin Richard Wyn Jones: https://twitter.com/RWynJones Gwynoro Jones: https://twitter.com/Gwynoro Welsh Academic Press: https://twitter.com/WelshAcadPress and you can find us here: https://twitter.com/golau_podcast If you enjoyed this podcast, please like and subscribe in your podcast player of choice

Welcome to Season 2 of Golau! We start with what else but Brexit. Dominating the headlines all week, we have Dr Jo Hunt, Prof Roger Scully and Dr Huw Pritchard in Golau studios to discuss the Welsh perspective on the 2nd reading of the EU (Withdrawal) Bill. Earlier in the week Jo organised an event with MPs & experts in London that we recorded and will publish as soon as we can. Schedule for the event is below. Wales Governance Centre / Hansard Society / UK and EU event referred to in podcast (we’ll make the recordings available asap): http://ukandeu.ac.uk/event/the-eu-withdrawal-bill-principles-powers-and-parliaments/ EU (Withdrawal Bill): https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2017-2019/0005/18005.pdf Tabled Amendments: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2017-2019/0005/amend/euwithdrawal_rm_cwh_0911.pdf FM Wales LCM Memorandum: http://www.assembly.wales/laid%20documents/lcm-ld11177/lcm-ld11177-e.pdf FM Scotland LCM Memorandum: http://www.parliament.scot/S5ChamberOffice/SPLCM-S05-

After each general election in Wales and the UK, the Wales Governance Centre runs a post-election briefing. This episode of Golau features this year's keynote from Roger Scully - Understanding the 2017 UK General Election. This keynote is also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/TO2lxf_covQ Rogers' Blog: http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/electionsinwales/ More from the Wales Governance Centre: https://twitter.com/WalesGovernance and please rate/review Golau on your podcast player of choice and get in touch with us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/golau_podcast

Marking the anniversary of the referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU, the Wales Governance Centre held an event in the Senedd with a number of presentations on aspects of Brexit. In this presentation Dr Rachel Minto looks at the state of play between the UK Government’s DeExEU and the EU’s negotiating teams and approaches to the negotiations. The videos of this event will be here (once published): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5e0LFsOYWruuDLV1lN6G3eapIBuu3lYS For more from the Wales Governance Centre: https://twitter.com/WalesGovernance For more about Wales and Brexit: https://twitter.com/WelshBrexitCU and you can follow all things Golau: https://twitter.com/golau_podcast

Marking the anniversary of the referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU, the Wales Governance Centre held an event in the Senedd with a number of presentations on aspects of Brexit. In this presentation Dr Jo Hunt explores how the UK & Welsh Governments are legislating for the Brexit process. The videos of this event will be here (once published): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5e0LFsOYWruuDLV1lN6G3eapIBuu3lYS For more from the Wales Governance Centre: https://twitter.com/WalesGovernance For more about Wales and Brexit: https://twitter.com/WelshBrexitCU and you can follow all things Golau: https://twitter.com/golau_podcast

Marking the anniversary of the referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU, the Wales Governance Centre held an event in the Senedd with a number of presentations on aspects of Brexit. In this presentation Dr Ed Poole looks at the economic implications for Wales and the UK of Brexit. The videos of this event will be here (once published): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5e0LFsOYWruuDLV1lN6G3eapIBuu3lYS For more from the Wales Governance Centre: https://twitter.com/WalesGovernance For more about Wales and Brexit: https://twitter.com/WelshBrexitCU and you can follow all things Golau: https://twitter.com/golau_podcast

Marking the anniversary of the referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU, the Wales Governance Centre held an event in the Senedd with a number of presentations on aspects of Brexit. In this presentation Prof Roger Scully questions whether the UK General Election 2017 was really the ‘Brexit Election’. The videos of this event will be here (once published): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5e0LFsOYWruuDLV1lN6G3eapIBuu3lYS For more from the Wales Governance Centre: https://twitter.com/WalesGovernance For more about Wales and Brexit: https://twitter.com/WelshBrexitCU and you can follow all things Golau: https://twitter.com/golau_podcast

On the 15th June 2017, the First Minister of Wales presented the Welsh Government’s new policy paper ‘Brexit & Devolution’ at Cardiff University’s Business School Postgraduate Centre. You can listen to his statement about the paper on the previous episode of Golau here: https://soundcloud.com/user-144128765/15-brexit-devolution Immediately after the event, we caught up with Prof. Roger Scully, Dr Jo Hunt & Dr Rachel Minto to get their reaction to the FM’s statement and the policy paper. In the second half of this episode we’ve included much of the Q & A from the media briefing. Although the sound isn’t great (sorry) the FM makes some very interesting answers to the questions asked so we’ve included it for reference. You can read the Welsh Government’s paper ‘Brexit & Devolution’ here: https://beta.gov.wales/brexit You can also follow the latest news about Wales and Brexit here: http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/brexit/ And the WGC all-stars on Twitter… Roger Scully: https://twitter.com/roger_scully Jo Hunt: ht

This mini-episode features the First Minister's introduction to the Welsh Government's new policy paper on Brexit and Devolution. You can read the paper in full here: https://beta.gov.wales/brexit

This show features Prof Roger Scully, Prof Laura McAllister and Nye Davies of Thinking Wales. We discuss the results of the Welsh Political Barometer published on 1st June 2017 which seems to suggest that after weeks of volatile polling, the 2017 General Election seems to be drifting towards a two party contest in Wales, with projected votes for the Conservatives and Labour at their highest levels for 30 years. We also discuss questions of leadership in both Labour and the Conservatives as well as the challenges facing the media and public when political parties mix devolved and non-devolved issues in their manifestos. We also finish with a real shock - Prof. Scully makes a prediction, not a projection about the upcoming contest in Wales! Prof. Scully’s blog post about these results: http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/electionsinwales/2017/06/01/one-week-to-go-the-latest-welsh-poll/ Thinking Wales: http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wales/ Blurrt Podcast ‘Political Mosh Pit’: https://www.spreaker.com/user/ben

The latest Welsh Political Barometer results arrive with another shock. In the week after manifestos are published for the 2017 General Election and after weeks of the Conservatives being ahead in the polls, the Labour Party is fighting back and it appears to be working. Prof. Roger Scully tells all. For more, follow Roger on Twitter: https://twitter.com/roger_scully Wales Governance Centre: https://twitter.com/WalesGovernance and, of course, Golau: https://twitter.com/golau_podcast

Ahead of the snap election on June 8th, Prof. Roger Scully of the Wales Governance Centre delves deep into the polling and electoral data to give an overview of the political landscape in Wales as well as seat projections and potential target seats. View the slides: https://twitter.com/i/moments/864820198964170752 More from Roger: http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/electionsinwales/2017/05/15/some-of-my-recent-writings-on-the-general-election/ Follow Wales Governance Centre: https://twitter.com/WalesGovernance or Follow us: https://twitter.com/golau_podcast

In this show, Prof. Roger Scully ( of @ScullyArYTeledu fame: https://twitter.com/ScullyArYTeledu ) shares the latest findings of the ITV Wales/YouGov/Cardiff University Welsh Political Barometer poll. These results follow the seismic results in the previous poll that showed the potential for a first Conservative majority in Wales in the modern era. This time around, the results show that it's it's not just the Conservative leadership that is 'strong and stable' but their polling appears to be, too. For more detail, visit Prof Scully's blog: http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/electionsinwales/ To keep track of the latest from the Wales Governance Centre: https://twitter.com/WalesGovernance Or Prof Scully: https://twitter.com/roger_scully For more on Brexit and Wales: http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/brexit/ And if you'd like to ask a question or get in touch with us: https://twitter.com/golau_podcast

Shortly after Theresa May called a snap UK General Election, the Wales Governance Centre at Cardiff University conducted its first Welsh Political Barometer Poll of the campaign. The results are extraordinary. In this episode of Golau, Professors Roger Scully and Laura McAllister share their thoughts on data that suggests that Labour Party dominance in Wales could be coming to an end. Read more about the results on Prof. Scully's Blog, Elections in Wales: http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/electionsinwales/2017/04/24/the-first-welsh-poll-of-the-general-election/ And more from Prof McAllister on Medium: https://medium.com/@LauraMcAllister On Twitter Prof. Scully: https://twitter.com/roger_scully Prof. McAllister: https://twitter.com/LauraMcAllister Wales Governance Centre: https://twitter.com/WalesGovernance Golau: https://twitter.com/golau_podcast