For Wales, See Wales

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Ep12: It’s Quizmass time

2024-12-2626:58

Good Will (Hayward) to all men, red-breasted Christmas Robin (Morgan) and jingles Mels (Owen), it’s time for a festive pod. The gang gets very April 2020 and has a quiz. Turns out Mel loves power, Egghead Robin has a very competitive streak and Will knows an uncanny amount about older women. The pod’s males battle it out in a Welsh politics knowledge battle while Mel reflects on her borderline unhealthy love of reindeer.Big thanks to our sponsor Lion ContainersFor Wales, See Wales is a HayMan...

Ep11: Plaid Cymru’s day of reckoning

2024-12-1948:54

This week Mel asked the big question - “what are you wearing Will?”.Will (and his “Year 8 vibes”) talks through his interview with Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth.Robin and Mel break down and react to exactly how the Senedd might look in 2026 and what the chances are of Reform being the official opposition. Plus the Welsh Government announce their new draft budget and Mark Drakefod bangs the ominous gong for Plaid’s “day of reckoning”.Big thanks to our sponsor Lion ContainersFor Wale...

Ep10: The Welsh Tories' Massive Mistake

2024-12-1249:51

If you take one thing from this episode, know this - Mel does not want the church and state to mix.The team breaks down Andrew RT Davies using “the language of the farm” while Will eats Nigella Lawson’s cookies.Robin explains his manifesto, where he lays out why he wants politicians to be paid more and all three guess the only two places in Wales who are projected to have no Labour MSs.Big thanks to our sponsor Lion ContainersFor Wales, See Wales is a HayMan Media Production.

Ep9: Polls, First Ministers, Danny Dyer and shoe horns

2024-12-0557:46

The team breakdown an “earthquake” of a new poll which shows Plaid Cymru leading in Wales for the first time in 14 years. Will interviews Eluned Morgan who sets a pretty ambitious target for the Welsh NHS. Meanwhile Mel analyses the challenge facing the Welsh Tories and asks where the talent is?Though the biggest question the gang answers comes from Robin - exactly what crisps would Lee Anderson eat?Big thanks to our sponsors Hello Starling and Lion ContainersFor Wales, See Wales is...

Ep8: How Welsh are you?

2024-11-2701:00:12

So it turns out Will really loves birds of prey…As well as that bombshell, the gang discuss the awful flooding in South Wales. The chat then turns to Welshness and Welsh identity. Robin reveals he was born in England (“don’t hate a baby”), Will realises he has probably gone native while Mel explains her long and turbulent relationship with Welshness that led her from the Conservative Party to wearing a Yma o Hyd fleece.Big thanks to our sponsors Hello Starling and Lion ContainersFor Wale...

Ep7: The Tories are soon to be extinct in Wales

2024-11-2049:20

This week the pod discuss how Eluned Morgan got her rave on, Wales gets shafted a different way by HS2 and what Labour have planned for the Welsh NHS. We then deep dive into the last general election results and discover that it’s a myth that Labour voters are going to Reform and find out that the Conservatives are literally dying out. Most importantly, we discuss the rampant injustice that Robin isn’t the GQ man of the year …Big thanks to our sponsors Hello Starling and Lion Contai...

Ep6: Do we need to worry about Reform in Wales?

2024-11-1459:27

A bumper episode this week where the gang look at the threat Reform pose in Wales at the next Senedd election.Will spends the day at the party's conference where he interviews Nigel Farage and is mocked by Lee Anderson. He also reveals he once considered “no platforming his Nan”.Mel breaks down the best way to speak to someone who you don’t agree with and Robin reveals that he is positive to the point of being unbearable. Along with exclusive interviews with Reform voters in Wales this i...

Ep5: What the election of Trump means for Wales

2024-11-0634:30

Our first emergency pod!Robin and Will dive into the US election with the final result coming in while they record. While the election of Donald Trump might have big ramifications for the wider world, there are important lessons for us to learn here in Wales.What does this mean for Cymru? Why are populist leaders doing so well? What can moderates do about it? Are there parallels between Welsh and American politics?Plus, Will goes full on Tory MP and makes a bet on the outcome of the elec...

Ep4: Labour's First Budget and Town Centres

2024-10-3033:36

In this episode, the gang look ahead to their predictions for the coming week - specifically Labour's first budget in Westminster and what that will mean for Wales.Whilst Will is heading to Antigua for the cricket, Mel is going to the Senedd to celebrate Black History Month and Robin is hosting the Recycling Awards where Wales is crowned second best country in the world for recycling.The three answer listeners' questions on how council cutbacks are affecting town centres across Wales and what...

Ep3: What's the point of the Welsh Conservatives?

2024-10-2334:05

This week the gang deep dive into just why train travel in Wales is so bad. They explore the way that the HS2 project in England is completely shafting Wales out of billions while Cymru continues to languish in second class. Plus there is a surprise appearance from Producer Darryl who has some surprising train knowledge.Focus then turns to the Welsh Conservatives with Mel breaking the bombshell that she used to work for them! Will then unleashes a (slightly hungover) rant about the state of t...

Ep2: “It’s better than doing f*** all”

2024-10-1641:42

In this week's pod Mel, Robin and Will discover the rarest thing in the world - an interesting Senedd committee meeting!After enjoying the fact that a well respected academic said the Welsh Government was doing “f*** all”, the trio dive into the world of Welsh independence, looking at where the indy movement is in Wales and some of the big holes in the argument for Wales leaving the UK.They then explore at the recent Plaid Cymru conference with some exclusive interviews with leading politicia...

Ep1: Was 20mph actually a good idea?

2024-10-0942:40

Will, Mel and Robin explain why anyone would want to give up their time to talk about the wonderful world of Welsh politics including a dive into how Welsh issues always seem to be an afterthought.They discuss the madness that is the reaction to the 20mph policy and try to decide if it was actually a good idea!Will then attempts to make the gang understand why the Welsh Government have abandoned a plan for gender equality in the Senedd. This is a HayMan Media production featuring comedia...

Trailer

2024-10-0300:51

100 years ago if you had picked up the Encyclopaedia Britannica and looked up “Wales” you would have seen four words - ‘For Wales, see England.’ This implied that Wales was no different to England. Not worthy of its own description. Second fiddle. Frankly, it implied that Wales was simply less of a country. That is why we have launched our podcast: For Wales, See Wales.It is a weekly look at Welsh politics looking at the issues that matter to people here.There are so many people who...

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