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Published in: openDemocracyUKHome Truths: the decline of the Welsh languageThe Welsh language is steadily declining and yet, the amount of Welsh-speaking schools are on the rise. Are the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBritain is failing Wales, Scotland and the regions. It's time for change.Why is London seen as Britain's priority at the cost of other regions in the UK? On July 1st 2013 the leader of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhat Thatcher did for WalesWhich politician did most to secure devolution for Wales? Margaret Thatcher. The miners’ strike was the beginning of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWales is leading the debate on a federal UK
John Osmond reflects on how far Wales has come in the last 15 years, as he steps down after a long career as head of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSingle nation, double logic: Ed Miliband and the problem with British multiculturalism
British identity is open and dynamic; those of the nations narrow and bigoted. So goes the 'One Nation' narrative, a...
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Published in: HomeAfter the fall: Hobsbawm from the north
The great reach of the historian Eric Hobsbawm found its limit at the borders of multinational Britain, says...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe end of the 'Great British Summer''The Great British Summer' of 2012 is well and truly over. OurKingdom takes a rollercoaster journey back through the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe most powerful Labour politician in Britain? Carwyn Jones in the spotlightWhile the Labour party goes mad for Miliband’s speech, the First Minister of Wales is leading a nation. Time for...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFeeling British after the Olympics
The Olympics have revealed once again that the British are fascinated with themselves and how they feel about who...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe ‘Great British Summer’, or Last of the British Summer Wine?
The festivities around the London Olympics and Diamond Jubilee will paint a picture of a stable, timeless...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA written constitution for Wales?
The First Minister of Wales has called for a written constitution that would redefine the relationship between the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIt's a Leanne-slide! Plaid Cymru's new leader and her radical plans for Wales
Leanne Wood, the newly elected leader of Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru, brings with her a truly radical...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCameron and the future of the Union: a forum
The Prime Minister has conceded that there will be a Scottish independence referendum and argued the case for the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSame-sex marriage and the Church of England: an argument for disestablishment
A consultation has been launched on allowing civil partnerships to be registered on religious premises in England...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKEngland and the Guardian's 'Disunited Kingdom'
The British media are now defensively acknowledging a post-imperial constitutional threat they have been silencing...
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Published in: Shine A LightMums in prison
Half of the women incarcerated in England and Wales have children. We know the devastating effect on kids with...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKUK needs a Convention for a renewed federal union: an argument from WalesWelsh Assembly Member David Melding argues that ‘Little Britain’, as a truncated union of England and Wales, would...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Death of Positive Unionism: 10 reasons why there will be a single Scots referendum voteTo hold two referendums on Scottish independence would be without grounding or precedent, and dangerous for politics...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFestival of Britain 2011: microcosm of a troubled UnionAs Scotland faces the prospect of a vote on independence, the Festival of Britain 2011 is underway in central...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKConflicting fantasies of Scottish independence - and building a realityScottish independence has long been a political fantasy. Before the elections, the SNP allowed for conflicting...
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