Nye Davies

The House of Lords and Devolution: Already a Chamber of the Nations and Regions? When it published its report in 2022, one of the main recommendations of the Brown Commission, established by the Labour Party to examine the future governance of the UK, was for the replacement of t....

Are you an enthusiast for mostly appointed, slightly hereditary and a teensy bit theocratic second chambers *and* a devotee of #devolution?

My latest article, in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social, examines the extent to which @houseoflords.parliament.uk already acts as a chamber of nations & regions

Please come along to my book launch on March 12! Online and in Bristol!

Was it a spurs of the moment decision?

The Vandalism of Our Heritage: A Fifty-Year Lament for Welsh Rugby For fifty years, much of my life has been measured in eighty-minute increments. My heart has quickened in the mud of Dave Parade; the biting cold west wind at Stradey, and the deafening, soul-stirr…

The Vandalism of Our Heritage: A Fifty-Year Lament for Welsh Rugby

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Diolch Jac!

Fantastic stuff, as ever, from Nye on the decline of two cornerstones of Welsh identity over the last century: Rugby and the Labour Party

Diolch Adam!

Powerful piece by @nyedavies.bsky.social on the challenges, indeed some might say crises, currently facing two of Wales’s most significant institutions: the WRU and Welsh Labour nation.cymru/opinion/rugb...

Rugby, Labour and the Crisis of Welsh Institutions Nye Davies Sport can often reflect a nation. In Wales, rugby has played a prominent role in the formation of a national consciousness, or at least a shared perception of what it means to be Welsh. Dai...

“the WRU, an institution that has sat at the heart of Welsh sporting and cultural life for almost 150 years has, rather than creating lasting legacies of Grand Slams and world-class players, become adept at producing apathy and disillusionment” @nyedavies.bsky.social 👇👇

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Rugby, Labour and the Crisis of Welsh Institutions Nye Davies Sport can often reflect a nation. In Wales, rugby has played a prominent role in the formation of a national consciousness, or at least a shared perception of what it means to be Welsh. Dai...

My thoughts for @nation.cymru on the crises facing the WRU and Welsh Labour

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WRU Chair Richard Collier-Keywood and First Minister Eluned Morgan both insist that the organisations they lead retain the confidence of the Welsh public. The evidence suggests otherwise ✍️Nye Davies wp.me/p8Mk4U-1dI1

The Political Thought of Aneurin Bevan | UWP

Available from the brilliant @uniwalespress.bsky.social (and an ideal valentines gift for the Bevan admirer in your life)
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Very grateful for the positive comments from Martin Wright on The Political Thought of Aneurin Bevan in the latest issue of Labour History Review!
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Micaela Panes (Cardiff) on Labour women’s political activism in south Wales and south-west England, c.1920s-1969. My thesis explores the experiences of socialist women throughout south Wales and south-west England across a period of rapid political, social, and economic change (c.1920s-1969). Local histories o…

Micaela Panes is researching Labour women’s activism in south Wales and south-west England for her PhD thesis. We were delighted to help her visit a range of archives with one of our research bursaries. Read more on our website.
@dwi-micaela.bsky.social
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Europe’s Populist Condition Europe’s Populist Condition; Challenging the notion that populism is an anomaly in European politics, this book argues that the main threat to democracy is the exclusionary nature of European democrat...

My new book is out now! Read for an alternative view on populism in Europe, influenced by decolonial theory, feminism and psychoanalysis.

I'm available to do book talks in 2026! @populismpsa.bsky.social @brisunipress.bsky.social @reacpolrn.bsky.social

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My latest article published today in the Welsh History Review, on the role of the Welsh Assembly’s body corporate structure in the unravelling of Wales’s first #devolution dispensation: Govt of Wales Act 1998.

Guaranteed to help you sleep soundly through tonight’s fireworks… #senedd

Frozen 2: Tax Freezes, the 2-Child Limit (and what the 2025 Autumn Budget means for Wales) Showcasing current research, comments and analysis on the law, politics, history, culture, government and political economy of Wales from the Wales Governance Centre.

🚨 NEW: 'FROZEN 2': 🧊 Here's the Wales Fiscal Analysis team's first breakdown on what the 2025 Autumn Budget means for Wales

🚨NEWYDD: Beth mae Cyllideb y Hydref 2025 yn ei olygu i Gymru? Dyma ddadansoddiad cyntaf o'r newidiadau sydd ar y ffordd

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Women in Wales are being jailed more often Research has been carried out by a team at Cardiff University

NEWYDD - Adroddiad gan @robdjones.bsky.social yn dadansoddi'r data diweddaraf ar garchardai a charchariad yng Nghymru 👇

NEW - Report from Dr Robert Jones analyses the latest data on prisons and imprisonment in Wales 👇 #Wales #Cymru #Senedd26
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Conservative party adamant 'we're not irrelevant' in Wales after thumping The party say not only did they lose votes to Nigel Farage's Reform UK, but an unexpected other party

Yn cynnwys ymchwil gan @jaclarner.bsky.social / Including research from Dr Jac Larner: #Senedd26 #Cymru #Wales
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Recent blog post by me for @ccc-research.bsky.social looking at Welsh Labour’s prospects ahead of 2026.

Labour's majorities, which Gwyn Alf described as the 'Stonehenge of Welsh politics', are beginning to crack

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Almost a decade on, Wales' fiscal reforms deliver nearly £1 Billion windfall but fall short on empowering the Senedd

Major new report calls for tripling of borrowing powers and full income tax control as Fiscal Framework reforms deliver unprecedented budget boost:👇
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Diolch James!

Diolch Dan!

Diolch Adam! Gutted I didn't get cheese in

New blog

Cracks in the Stonehenge of Welsh Politics: Caerphilly and Labour’s Future

Read @nyedavies.bsky.social on why the result in Caerphilly should act as a wake-up call to Welsh Labour, despite many in the party having warned against reading too much into the defeat

Read more: edin.ac/4949g0m

My latest article, published in the latest edition of @publiclaw.bsky.social, looks at the proposals to establish a 'recall' system for Members of the Senedd, how they compare to recall mechanisms elsewhere & what they tell us about Senedd reform

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#Senedd #devolution

Diolch Adam! I read that as 'with' instead of 'on' to begin with. Thought I'd finally made it

Listen to Dr @nyedavies.bsky.social discuss the life and political journey of totemic - and complex - figure of Welsh Labour history, Aneurin Bevan 👇

Available on the History Extra podcast from the BBC History Magazine in Apple, Spotify, and all other podcast apps
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Siaradodd @nyedavies.bsky.social â Nick Servini ar BBC Radio Wales y bore 'ma i drafod cystadleuaeth Dirprwy Arweinydd y Blaid Llafur:

Dr Nye Davies on Radio Wales this morning, discussing the competition for the role of UK Labour's Deputy Leader and its connection with a famous Welsh MP: