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In this episode we are joined by Dr Fraser McMillan of the Scottish Election Study to discuss the results of the UK general election in Scotland, as well as looking ahead to the Scottish Parliament elections & the future of the independence campaign.
We are one month (or in Welsh units, two First Ministers) on from the 2024 General Election, and finishing our mini-series of analyses into the results in ea...
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In this week's episode we are joined by Professor John Denham of the Centre of English Identity and Politics to discuss the UK general election results in England as well as the the future of devolution east of the border.
In the aftermath of the 2024 General Election, we are taking deep dives into the results in each of the constituent nations of the United Kingdom to try and ...
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In this episode we are joined by former Rhondda AM Prof. Leighton Andrews to discuss what makes a good Minister, leadership in politics and how the UK and Welsh Governments will work together now they are both Labour-led.
Following the 2024 UK General Election, many Labour MPs are grappling for the first time with the challenge of becoming a government minister. Of the 111 app...
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After a bruising UK election campaign that saw them lose all their MPs, it will be a period of self-reflection for the Conservative Party in Wales.
We speak with historian Sam Blaxland about the role of the party in Wales's past, present, and future. Wales
2024 was a truly catastrophic election campaign in Wales for the Conservative (& Unionist) Party, where it lost all its MPs for the Westminster Parliament. T...
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In this episode we are joined by Former Wales Office Special Adviser Alex Williams and Plaid Cymru Cardiff West candidate Keira Marshall and our own Matthew Hexter to analyse the results of the general election in Wales and the UK.
Change has arrived in the UK in the shape of an incoming UK Labour UK Government. However, the picture in Wales is one of both change in terms of our relatio...
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Concluding our series of mini-interviews with General Election candidates, we're joined by Cllr William Powell of the Welsh Liberal Democrats to discuss campaigning for big and small 'L' liberalism in 2024.
The UK general election is now in its final stages and while the union-wide result hardly seems in doubt, each constituency and candidate has a story to tell...
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In this episode we speak to Catherine Fookes Catherine Fookes for Monmouthshire, the UK Labour candidate for Monmouthshire seeking to unseat David TC Davies, Secretary of State for Wales.
The UK general election is now in its final stages and while the union-wide result hardly seems in doubt, each constituency and candidate has a story to tell...
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In this episode we interview Cllr Martyn Hogg North West Wales Green Party, who is standing for the Wales Green Party in the new constituency of Clwyd North.
The UK general election is now in its final stages and while the union-wide result hardly seems in doubt, each constituency and candidate has a story to tell...
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In this episode we interview Oliver Lewis Reform UK Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr Branch, a political scientist and historian who is standing for Reform UK as their candidate for Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr.
The UK general election is now in its final stages and while the union-wide result hardly seems in doubt, each constituency and candidate has a story to tell...
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Next in our special General Election candidate interviews, we are joined by Cllr Llinos Medi Llinos Medi , who is standing for election in ̂n for Plaid Cymru in
The UK general election is now in its final stages and while the union-wide result hardly seems in doubt, each constituency and candidate has a story to tell...
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In the first of our special General Election candidate interviews, we are joined by Cllr Aled Thomas Cllr Aled Thomas - Johnston, who is standing for election in for the Welsh Conservatives.
The UK general election is now in its final stages and while the union-wide result hardly seems in doubt, each constituency and candidate has a story to tell...
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This week we are joined by an expert panel to share insight and a bit of despair about the party manifestos and what they mean for the future of Wales and the UK.
Our guests are Lowri Jackson, Libby Davies, Megan Thomas, and Matthew Denney.
With all of the manifestos now published and it being written in black and white what the parties are pledging to deliver if elected to government in May, ar...
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In this week's episode we are joined by New Hampshire's finest Welsh import, economist Professor Danny Blanchflower
to discuss the economics of the general election, Brexit, taxation, US politics and more:
As listeners of the pod will know, during major events on Britain we like to fire up the Blanchsignal and invite New Hampshire's & Wales's very own Professor...
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This week is carer's week, so we take a break from the electioneering and are joined by Rob Simkins from
Carers Wales, Dr Catrin Mair Edwards from Carers Trust Wales and Jo Phillips from Swansea PCF to discuss how government and society can best support the vital role of carers.
The UK General Election is full swing and promises are being made by politicians and parties right, left, and centre. However, what really matters in governm...
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In this week's episode we are joined by Claire O'Shea and Judi Rhys MBE and Lowri Griffith of Tenovus Cancer Care to discuss the myriad issues around diagnosis and treatment of cancer, specifically gynaecological cancers, in Wales and why governance and accountability is such as issue in / -
In one of the most emotive podcasts we have recorded - its central subject has touched all our lives - we are taking a break from covering the politics and c...
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In this week's episode we are joined by General Secretary Shavanah Taj and Policy Officer Nisreen Mansour to discuss the Wales TUC Cymru at 50, the devolution of worker's rights and racism in Welsh politics:
50 years ago, the newly-formed Wales TUC under the stewardship of Dai Francis called for the creation of a Welsh Assembly with approximately 100 members base...
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This week there has simply been too much news in Wales. Our own Matthew Hexter lays out the timeline of events and puts they key twists and turns in context:
Now, it's not often that you can say that there has been too much news in Welsh politics, but this week there has been.Ongoing concerns about the financial d...
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In this week's episode Matthew and Richard are joined by former Senedd researcher and author of 'Radicals and Realists: Political Parties in Ireland' Lila Haines and Welsh Liberal Democrat Cllr Joseph Carter to discuss local elections, Senedd reform, police and crime commissioner elections and more.
You will no doubt have heard that there was a nationwide election in Wales recently for us to elect our Police and Crim Commissioners for our four police for...
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In this week's episode we are joined by former Welsh Government Education Minister and Liberal Democrat Leader Kirsty Williams and Sharon Thomas and Lyndsey Thomas from
Gisda Cyf as well as Reece, a Gisda-supported participant, to discuss the Taith programme, and the scheme's opportunities, challenges and future
With opinion still divided about what the upsides of Brexit have been (if any), one thing is clearly the case, Wales and the other British countries are all ...
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We've all heard the horror stories of shocking new build homes, tales of leasehold woe, and endless reports detailing the age and poor quality of our housing stock. Why aren't we doing a better job of building buildings? We discuss with Sam Rees of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Wales and Mark Thomas of the Welsh Cladiators campaign group:
We clearly have issues in our construction industry in Wales. There are horror stories of all kinds across the country with regards to the quality, location,...
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In this week's episode we are joined by TV/radio presenter and online safety campaigner Jess Davies and Prof Matt Williams of Cardiff University's HateLab and author of 'The Science of Hate' to discuss the many positives and negatives of social media in our politics, culture, society and more:
In politics, as in all aspects of 21st century life in Wales, social media continues to play an ever-growing role, for good or ill.It has undeniable positive...
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In this week's episode we are joined by Sarah Murphy MS for Bridgend & Porthcawl , Tom Hoyles of GMB Union , Education specialist Terry Mackie, Health policy specialist Lowri Jackson, and farmer and Natural Resources Wales board member Geraint Davies. Recorded live as part of our latest X Space.
Ahead of the new Welsh Parliament term, we discuss the big challenges ahead of the new Prif Weinidog and his cabinet in the fields of education, health and the environment.
With the Easter break coming to an end and a new parliamentary term about to start, it will be the first session for the new national government in Wales, wi...
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This week we celebrate the 200th episode of Hiraeth and we've used the landmark to reflect on the state of Wales. Welsh politics and policy, and the media landscape in Wales. With guest host Kate Rimmington in the chair, the Hiraeth team of Ceri Davies, Matthew Hexter and Richard Martin reflect on four years of the pod.
Huge thanks to all guests, supporters, and listeners for helping us reach this milestone. Diolch yn fawr i chi gyd!
Happy Easter to you all / Pasg Hapus i chi gyd. We are marking a bit of a milestone this week as we approach the fourth birthday of the podcast - our 200th e...
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We're joined by WalesOnline / WalesOnline Politics Welsh Affairs Editor Will Hayward to discuss the UK Government's Covid Inquiry's first visit to Wales and the extraordinary evidence they heard. We also - of course - discuss the election of new Welsh Labour leader and First Minister Vaughan Gething.
While the election of new Labour leader has dominated the headlines, this last week has been a significant week for both outgoing and incoming First Minister...
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In this week's episode we are joined by Jane Dodds AS/MS and former Plaid Cymru MS Bethan Sayed to discuss the opposition parties views on the Welsh Labour Leadership election. Featuring the return of special guest host Sarah Rees.
All Welsh politics watchers will have seen and heard much from the Labour Party's two leadership candidates and their teams in the race to succeed Mark Drake...
Our latest Hiraeth Pod is now available in all the feeds.
We catch up with Carmen Ria Smith , the recent Plaid Cymru appointment the House of Lords in Westminster.
Now to be known as Baroness Smith of Llanfaes, Carmen's appointment made headlines as she in the youngest ever peer at the age of 27 but is also a campaigner for many issues, including Welsh independence and plans to use the appointment to make the case for Welsh interests.
This week we speak with Carmen Ria Smith - or should that be Baroness Smith of Llanfaes, the United Kingdom's youngest ever appointment to the House of Lords...
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From our next podcast, recorded live at the Newport Rising Festival 2023, Tom Hoyles of the GMB Union brings some spice to our discussion on Senedd Reform. Subscribe to the podcast feed or YouTube channel to receive the full show on release.
From our upcoming podcast, "An unfriendly Brexit is not going to be anything but a challenge for our agricultural community" Recorded in front of a live audience at the @fuw_uac base at the 2023 Royal Welsh Show, we discuss Brexit, Agriculture, and Wales with former MP and UK Government Minister Guto Bebb, Sam Kurtz MS, and farmer Caryl Hughes. Subscribe to our podcast feed or YouTube Channel to be notified when the pod goes live.
"If they're taking your wages off you, taking your conditions off you, stripping you of your pension, then you know you're in a class struggle" Our episode with Mick Lynch of National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) is available in your podcast app or on our YouTube channel
Our episode with Mick Lynch of the RMT Union is now available in your podcast app. Siriol Griffiths (Wales Editor, The Conversation) speaks with Mick about trade unionism, public services on Britain, and the relationship with UK Labour and Welsh Labour:
From our upcoming podcast, recorded live in Cardiff's The Little Man Coffee Co as part of a joint event with Wales TUC Cymru - Mick Lynch of National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) speaks with Siriol Griffiths (Wales Editor, The Conversation) about media ownership. Subscribe in your favourite podcast app or our YouTube channel to be notified when it is published!
From our latest podcast 'Powering Towards Net Zero': Sarah Merrick of Ripply Energy shares the frustration of the renewable energy sector that there simply isn't the infrastructure in place to connect it to the grid. Find the full pod on your favourite podcast app or on our YouTube channel.
From our latest podcast, 'Powering Towards Net Zero': George Hall of Conrad Energy describes the big problem with creating additional renewable power - the deficiencies in the national grid. Find the full pod on your favourite podcast app or on our YouTube Channel.
ICYMI: From the latest New Statesman Podcast 'How do the SNP & Welsh Labour compare with the Tories in England?', Matthew Hexter of Hiraeth speaks with Anoosh Chakelian, Britain Editor at the NS. Full podcast is available on the New Statesman feed.
Listen to our own Matthew Hexter on the New Statesman Podcast, discussing the performance of Welsh Government and funding of public services in Wales. The full podcast is in the New Statesman feed in your favourite podcast app.
From our latest pod, recorded live at the City Arms, Cardiff, we discuss the Welsh dimension (or lack of it) in Gordon Brown's proposals for the future of the UK, should UK Labour win the next UK general election. The pod in available in all good podcast apps or our YouTube Channel.
From our next podcast we discuss the effect of Liz Truss's brief tenure as UK Prime Minister and the damage done between the UK and Wales/Scotland Governments by her choice to snub both heads of government. Recorded live at a joint event with our friends from Wales Governance Centre
From our live event 'Independence: What is happening in Scotland & Wales?' WalesOnline Welsh Affairs Editor Will Hayward talks about how neither independence nor unionism in itself can address issues like poverty:
From our live show 'Independence: What is happening in Scotland & Wales?', Gerry Hassan discusses the form of Scottish independence that has been proposed in the past and how it is difficult to imagine a reformed Britain without addressing the imperial centre of England.
From our upcoming podcast 'Independence: What is happening in Scotland & Wales?', recorded at our first live event in December 2022. Here Will Hayward (Welsh Affairs Editor WalesOnline ) outlines why the debate should be about how to make Wales a better place, not independence as an end in itself:
From our next episode, Dr Robert Jones and Prof Richard Wyn Jones of Wales Governance Centre @cardiffuni present some shocking evidence about the state of the criminal justice system in Wales in a specially-recorded event @storyvilleponty The podcast will be in the feed soon or you will be able to view the video version on our YouTube Channel.
Hiraeth Podcast's Matthew Hexter was on the BBC's 'Wales Politics' show today to discuss the Welsh Government budget, ongoing industrial action across the UK, and apparent differences of opinion between Welsh Labour and UK Labour on matters of policing and justice. The full programme is available here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001gf7z/politics-wales-18122022
From our latest episode, former Secretary of State for Justice, and for Wales, Sir Robert Buckland has some harsh words how elected MPs use Twitter. Find the pod and many other great listens in our feed on your favourite podcast app. Search "Hiraeth Politics"
On our next podcast we speak to Llanelli-born former UK Lord Chancellor, Justice Secretary & Welsh Secretary Sir Robert Buckland QC MP. Subscribe to receive it automatically. We discuss becoming a Conservative in Wales in the 1980s, being a minister through the Johnson and Truss-led UK Governments and, of course, Brexit:
A question raised by many in our recent live event is whether @uklabour and Welsh Labour agree on the future devolution of Policing & Justice to Wales, bring it into line with Scotland and Northern Ireland. This report from Teleri Glyn Jones from the Welsh Parliament on BBC Politics outlines the confusion on the issue.
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