John Osmond reports on today’s IWA annual lecture at the Eisteddfod which explores the way the devious use of legal arguments has frustrated Welsh legal aspirations
Assembly Bwletin Cynulliad July 2012
Infrastructure Announcements; Plaid removed whip from former leader; Griffiths survives vote of no confidence; South Wales universities set to merge; Wales breaks £10,000 spending per head barrier
Tackling a reading crisis in Welsh schools
Geraldine Barry says ‘not invented here’ is the attitude of many Welsh schools when confronted with new literacy ideas
The cargo cults of Cardiff Bay
John Dixon wonders whether Welsh economic policy is merely a matter of observing and copying the rituals of others
Games put political right on back foot
Anthony Barnett on how the London Olympics are confronting corporate values and showcasing the potential for social democracy
Pidgin Welsh confronts mutations
On the eve of the Eisteddfod Colin Miles describes the frustrations and problems of an Englishman learning the language
Could a co-op run our trains?
Stuart Cole examines the options facing the Welsh Government when it considers the future ownership and control of our railway network
We need a new approach to marine conservation
Paul Kay calls for the creation of underwater national parks in Wales
Following Scotland has run its course
Gerald Holtham argues that building the economy must now precede more political autonomy for Wales