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Published in: openDemocracyUKMaking hope possible in Wales: interview with Plaid Cymru leadership candidates
openDemocracy interviews the three candidates for leader of Plaid Cymru about the future of Wales and the UK.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The EU as Britain’s constitutional stabiliser?
More than it thinks, Britain may need its membership in the EU for the preservation of its national integrity and of...
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Published in: HomeMeeting Lofa
“In the Kenyan camp there are second generation and third generation refugees,” I said, “Can you imagine somebody...
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Published in: HomeParticipation and foresight: putting people at the heart of the future
The demise of the Commission at the stroke of a Minister’s pen demonstrated the fragility of such bodies. So Welsh...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Mind your language
As Marine Le Pen calls on French citizens to renounce dual citizenship in France’s presidential election campaign,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKForward Wales: five ways Welsh progressives need to take back control
The fallout from Brexit is an existential crisis for the future of devolution and Wales’ so-called ‘progressive’ identity.
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Published in: HomeThe Think Project, Brexit and the urgent need for better citizenship education
The Think Project in Wales, born from a project to combat home-grown Islamic extremism, demonstrates that open...
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Published in: ourBeebTowards better broadcasting in Wales
Public service broadcasting in Wales is on a knife-edge and there are loud demands for reform. The response will...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIs Corbyn too pally with tyrants and other pariahs?
Why is it so hard for the left, both pro and anti-Corbyn, to resist the logic of "my enemies' enemies are my...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBritain started the fossil fuel age. Now it’s our chance to end it
The Welsh Assembly is due to vote on a cross-party motion which, if it passes, will cease all new fossil fuel...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIf the union is to survive: Jonathan Edwards' speech on devolution
The Houses of Parliament discussed the aftermath of the Scottish referendum this week. This is the speech Plaid...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?A new way of challenging racism and far-right ideas in young people
Through open dialogue and debate we seek to understand why they feel the way they do. Then, we aim to give them the...
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Published in: ourNHSNuffield Trust report exposes Tory lies on Welsh NHS
David Cameron claimed last week that the Welsh border was "the dividing line between life and death". A new Nuffield...
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Published in: ourNHSDon't believe Cameron's hype - the Welsh NHS has much to teach the English
Cameron this week labelled the Welsh NHS 'a scandal', and some Blairites have echoed him. But Wales is 'doing more...
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Published in: TransformationThe Labour Party's real challenge is finding a radical voice
Will the UK Labour Party ever really, vocally resist Conservative policies? They should be engaging young voters on...
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Published in: TransformationDemand homes not jails: queer homelessness is being criminalized
Cities globally are starting to criminalize homelessness: banning begging and making free food provision illegal. I...
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Published in: TransformationBenefits Street: how austerity transformed makeover TV
Benefits Street was born from coalition government rhetoric: no one should receive 'anything for nothing'. The...
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Published in: TransformationWe need to talk about the UK media war on women
While Dylan Farrow's child abuse allegations against Woody Allen hold the headlines, it is time for journalists to...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe many languages native to Britain
There are around seventeen languages native to the UK. Some are on the verge of extinction. Much more should be done...
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Published in: Shine A LightBritish charities could lose the right to challenge bad laws
Following the suicide of two 17-year olds, campaigners forced a review of the law covering treatment of children in...