In an extract from his recent Welsh Governance Centre’s St David’s Day lecture, Professor of Politics at Edinburgh University Charlie Jeffery looks at how academics analyse the importance and role of ‘regional’ and ‘state’ government and politics.
Rachel Banner, spokesperson for the campaign against direct law-making powers for the National Assembly for Wales, gives her take on the devolution journey, its next destination and what she perceives as the lack of debate.
Kirsty Williams, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, looks back at the very first Welsh General Election and a campaign which was as much about explaining the powers and role of the Welsh Assembly as it was about policy issues
Janet Ryder of Plaid Cymru reflects on the excitement of the 1999 Welsh General Election campaign, the vagaries of canvassing on the border, and Plaid’s determination to get a strong female presence in the new Welsh Assembly