Trouble for AWEMA; 2012 will be a ‘Tough Year’; The Questions of Scottish Independence and Wales; The race to lead Plaid Cymru; Enlarging government’s appetite for new ideas

Comment, analysis and debate on the issues that matter for Wales, by writers from diverse sectors and political perspectives.
Trouble for AWEMA; 2012 will be a ‘Tough Year’; The Questions of Scottish Independence and Wales; The race to lead Plaid Cymru; Enlarging government’s appetite for new ideas
Sunder Katwala asks why Englishness has been suppressed for so long and what kind of identity is emerging
John Osmond explores efforts to put life into the idea of political regionalism in our closest neighbour
John Osmond discusses the prospects for a new project to scan Wales’ future that was launched yesterday
Geraint Talfan Davies welcomes the First Minister’s commitment to new thinking
Gareth Rees questions a moral panic over our school performance
Blair Jenkins argues that journalism needs a new code of practice fit for the digital age
Gareth Clubb condemns the Environment Agency’s disregard of the rights of Welsh speakers who wish to respond to its consultations in their native language
Stuart Weir argues that Labour is losing sight of its social democratic vocation in its hesitancy on the benefit cap