The Welsh Elections
The forthcoming elections in Wales are unlike any in recent memory, for several reasons. Firstly, the voting system is changing to a form of proportional representation. Under this system, each person has one vote for a political party rather than for an individual candidate in their constituency. The constituencies themselves are also changing. The previous […]
We need Christian parliamentarians
I wonder what you make of the Scottish Parliament and the Senedd? If your awareness of what happens in is limited to social media clips from different debates, what’s shown on the news and maybe, if you’re more into it, First Minister’s Questions every week. If that’s how you interact and view what happens in Parliament, […]
Spoiling the Ballot: Worthwhile or a waste?
As another election appears in the rear-view mirror and begins to draw near, a mild anxiety swells within those who take their right to vote seriously but who feel confused and frustrated by the options before them. No one represents their views and interests, and none of the options have shown themselves to be trustworthy […]
All Change!
The election in Wales on May 7th for the Senedd will produce many changes all round, there will be a new voting system and new constituencies. Gone is the old system of 40 constituencies each with 1 representative and 20 members elected from 5 regional seats, 60 members in all. To be replaced with 16 […]
Wales’ New Electoral System
How we must keep politics relational and personal despite the electoral changes
Pam dylwn i feddwl am y pleidiau llai?
Ym mhob etholiad y gofynnir i ni bleidleisio ynddo, mae yna bleidiau amlwg i’w hystyried. Mae’r ‘tri mawr’ – y Ceidwadwyr, Llafur, a’r Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol – wedi bod yn gyffredin yn hanesyddol mewn etholiadau ledled y DU. Os ydych chi’n byw yn yr Alban, fe welwch yr SNP ar eich papur pleidleisio. Yng Nghymru, bydd […]
Voting: the discipline of responsibility
Mae ‘disgyblaeth’ yn air sydd i lawer yn ennyn ffieidd-dod corfforol. Yn ein hoes o ryddfreiniad mae llawer ohonom yn disgwyl bod heb ein cyfyngu o gwbl gan orfodaeth sefydliadau, mudiadau neu bersonau. Mae yna drefn a chyfrifoldeb ymhlyg wrth ddisgyblaeth sy’n achosi i rai ohonom gilio a throi cefn. Y broblem gyda disgyblaeth yw […]
Why should Christians care about this election?
“They’re all the same. They’re all a bunch of crooks.” “There’s no difference in any of the main parties, and they never keep their promises anyway.” “The Government can’t seem to sort anything out.” If you’ve heard one or all of those before, you’re not alone. Add to these reasons some Christians give for not […]
