Golau: Politics, Policy and Polling in Wales and the World

We don’t normally include event recordings on the Golau podcast feed (instead you can find a number of interesting speakers and public lectures on the Cardiff University podcast). However, this talk from the 2019 Wales Governance Centre Annual Lecture, delivered by Philip Rycroft (the former Permanent Secretary at the UK Government’s Department for Exiting the EU) is… well… something else. The audience in Cardiff Bay’s Pierhead found it interesting and provocative and we think you will too.

In the talk Philip talks about the choppy waters ahead for the constitutional future of the UK and the challenges that will be posed for future prime ministers by the as the bonds holding together the nations of the British Union come under increasing strain.

You can find out more about the research of the Wales Governance Centre here:

https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/wales-governance-centre

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Days ahead of the UK General Election 2019 polling day, we invited Professors Laura McAllister and Roger Awan-Scully and Auriol Miller, Director of the Institute of Welsh Affairs, to cast their collective critical eye over the campaign, the successes and failures of the parties and highlight some of the constituencies to watch as the results unfold.

You can find our contributors on Twitter:

Prof Laura McAllister: https://twitter.com/LauraMcAllister

Prof Roger Awan-Scully: https://twitter.com/roger_scully

Auriol Miller: https://twitter.com/auriol_miller

and read more from Cardiff University on:

Roger’s Blog, Elections in Wales: https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/electionsinwales/

The Cardiff University Politics and Governance Blog: https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/brexit/

and from the Institute of Welsh Affairs on their website: https://www.iwa.wales

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Two years after its establishment under former First Minister Carwyn Jones, the Commission on Justice in Wales has published its report “Justice in Wales for the People of Wales” and formally presented it to the Welsh Government and Senedd.

The chair of the Commission, former Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, has been praised for the depth of the report's analysis and the clarity of its presentation, all framed within a central recommendation of full legislative devolution to Wales and separation of the longstanding ‘England and Wales’ legal jurisdiction.

We gathered three of our experts in legal and constitutional matters to delve deep into the report and what it means for the future of Wales.

Also, you can find our guests on Twitter:

Prof Laura McAllister: @LauraMcAllister

Dr Huw Pritchard: @Huw_Pritchard

Dr Rob Jones: @RDJones_

The Wales Governance Centre: @WalesGovernance

The Commission on Justice in Wales: @JusticeinWales

and, of course, us: @golau_podcast

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We recorded this mini episode at an event in Cardiff following the 2019 European Elections and interviewed academics and party representatives to get a flavour of what the results mean for Wales.

Thanks to Matthew Hexter (@hexter101) for organising the event and letting us film and to Ceri, Luke, Fay, Jac, & Caroline for the interviews as well as Jackie Jones MEP from Welsh Labour who was on the panel but couldn't make it to an interview.

Following on from the series of ‘domino’ votes in the House of Commons over 12-14 March 2019, Prof Roger Awan-Scully, Prof Jo Hunt and Dr Rachel Minto of Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre discuss where this leaves Brexit in relation to Wales, devolution, the House of Commons and the EU.

If you would like to find out more from the Wales Governance Centre’s Research, you can find more on their website:

Also, you can find our guests on Twitter:

Prof. Roger Awan-Scully: @roger_scully

Prof. Jo Hunt: @johunt

Dr Rachel Minto: @RA_Minto

Wales Governance Centre: @WalesGovernance

and, of course, Golau: golau_podcast

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Former Welsh Government Minister Professor Leighton Andrews and Professor Calvin Jones, one of Wales's leading economists, discuss new First Minister Prof. Mark Drakeford's platform of '21st Century Socialism' and what that means for the future of Wales and the Welsh economy.

You can find our guests on Twitter here:

Prof. Leighton Andrews: @LeightonAndrews

Prof. Calvin Jones: @WelshEcon

and, of course, us @golau_podcast

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On this show we discuss one of the biggest developments in Welsh devolution since inception - the devolution of tax raising powers as well as a mechanism to create new taxes. Following the publication of a Wales Centre for Public Policy report “The Wales Tax Base” the authors, Dr Ed Poole and Guto Ifan, join us to discuss the potential implications of changes to taxation in Wales.

Wales Centre for Public Policy report - The Welsh Tax Base: The Welsh Tax Base: Risks and Opportunities after Fiscal Devolution

http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/wgc/files/2018/06/The-Welsh-Tax-Base-_WCPP-Final-180627.pdf

You can find our guests on Twitter here:

Dr Ed Poole: @EdGarethPoole

Guto Ifan: @Guto_Ifan

and, of course, us: twitter.com/golau_podcast

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On this show political historian Sam Blaxland, former Conservative parliamentary candidate Nick Webb and President of Cardiff University Conservative Society Callum Vaga discuss the surprise announcement of Andrew RT Davies’s resignation as the leader of the Welsh Conservatives (or the Welsh Conservative Group in the National Assembly for Wales depending on your point of view).

Interesting article on Conservative Home by Mark Wallace: https://www.conservativehome.com/parliament/2018/06/andrew-rt-davies-forced-out-as-welsh-tory-leader-a-struggle-begins-to-ensure-his-successor-is-elected-by-party-members.html

Davies to replace Davies as favourite to replace Davies: https://twitter.com/adrianmasters84/status/1012349569768873985

We’re not the only one to make the same joke: https://twitter.com/roger_scully/status/1012394704909094912

Prof Roger Awan-Scully writes on the implications of the resignation in the Spectator: https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/06/what-does-andrew-rt-davies-resignation-mean-for-welsh-tories/

Luke Evetts on reforming the Conservatives in Wales: https://nation.cymru/opinion/the-welsh-conservatives-need-a-radical-shakeup-to-make-the-party-fit-for-the-21st-century/

You can find our guests on Twitter here:

Sam Blaxland: https://twitter.com/SamBlaxland

Nick Webb: https://twitter.com/ndwebb

Callum Vaga: https://twitter.com/VagaCallum

and, of course, us: twitter.com/golau_podcast

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On this show Nye Davies of the Wales Governance Centre, Elly Owen of Cardiff Labour Students and Huw Williams, lecturer in Philosophy at Cardiff University, discuss the upcoming Labour leadership contest/‘coronation’.

An “excellent blog post” about the Deputy Leadership election on Thinking Wales:

http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wales/2018/04/13/486/

Prof Roger Awan-Scully’s thoughts on the Labour leadership:

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2018/05/stop-assuming-mark-drakeford-will-be-next-welsh-first-minister

The candidates so far:

Mark Drakeford: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/im-unity-candidate-says-mark-14570228

The potential candidates:

Huw Irranca-Davies: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-44061582

Hannah Blythyn: https://twitter.com/ITVWales/status/993895828686241792

Vaughan Gething: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-43856633

Eluned Morgan: https://www.beyondthebubble.net

Mike Hedges: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/swansea-am-mike-hedges-says-13520198

Ken Skates: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-politics-43991658/welsh-labour-leadership-my-hands-are-full-ken-skates-says

You can find our guests on Twitter here:

Nye Davies: https://twitter.com/Nye_Davies

Elly Owen: https://twitter.com/elly_o

Huw Williams: https://twitter.com/HuwL1oyd

and, of course, us: https://twitter.com/golau_podcast

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Recorded at the Pierhead on the 21st February 2018, Dáithí O’Ceallaigh (former Irish Ambassador in London) shares his sobering assessment of Brexit, from an Irish Perspective.

This event was hosted by the Wales Governance Centre at Cardiff University. Find out more about their research and future events here: http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/wgc/

You can follow Wales Governance on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WalesGovernance

And of course, us too: https://twitter.com/golau_podcast

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