These Isles is an essay by Glyndwr Cennydd Jones, presented in four weekly parts on click on wales, subtitled Mapping the Union; Plotting a Course to Confederal Federalism; Navigating Fiscal Decentralisation; and Charting a Constitution. This is part one.
Mae the welsh agenda yn gylchgrawn Saesneg sydd yn cael ei hariannu gan Gyngor Llyfrau Cymru. Mae erthyglau’r cylchgrawn yn Saesneg ond mae’r tudalennau am waith y Sefydliad Materion Cymraeg ar gael yn ddwyieithog.
What do we pay the Queen for?
Gerald Holtham asks whether constitutional monarchy is a defunct idea.
The foundational economy: what’s housing got to do with it?
Tamsin Stirling considers how the concept of the foundational economy can add value to work already going on in the housing sector in Wales
The first step to a better democracy
Jess Blair explains why a new Bill introduced today to extend the voting age is a good thing for Wales but warns more reforms are needed.
Is it time to reform the Sewel convention?
Matthew Hexter calls for a constitutional convention
Act of Union Bill
Paul Silk introduces the Act of Union Bill and sets out what it could mean for Wales
Plaid Cymru leadership election, Yes Cymru and Independence
Gwynoro Jones argues a broad based Welsh Constitutional Convention is needed within months
Votes at 16: enhancing civic duty
Lisa Francis reflects on the Conservative case for supporting votes at 16
Confederal Federalism: A League-Union of the Isles (part two)
In the second part of this article, Glyndwr Cennydd Jones explores the concept of confederal federalism and an associated governance model