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Home » Rainbow Coalition

Rainbow Coalition

Chasing Rainbows

Plaid are right to rule out a coalition with the Tories, but for the wrong reasons, says Daran Hill

28th August
  • Politics and Policy

The nearly man of Welsh politics

John Osmond reflects on the departure, sometime maybe not so soon, of Plaid’s leader Ieuan Wyn Jones

13th May (17th May)
  • Politics and Policy

Election Special 11: Independence elephant in the coalition room

Syd Morgan and Alan Sandry speculate on the political implications of a Rainbow coalition

4th May (7th May)
  • Politics and Policy

Election Special 5:Welsh Tories look to a rainbow coalition

David Melding observes that lethal dangers lurk for political parties that become complacent

29th April (28th April)
  • Politics and Policy

What to do the morning after the Assembly election

Wyn Hobson looks back on the 2007 coalition negotiations and suggests some principles for expediting the process following 5 May

8th March (27th February)
  • Politics and Policy

Can England join in the devolution process?

Syd Morgan and Alan Sandry argue that it’s time for a ‘Rainbow’ alliance in UK politics

10th September (10th September)
  • Politics and Policy

Making time to talk

John Osmond says coalition negotiations normally take much longer than the few days Westminster seems to expect

11th May (28th February)
  • Politics and Policy

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