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Daniel Wincott

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Academic @walesgovernance.bsky.social (Wales Governance Centre) and Cardiff University’s School of Law and Politics.

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Lee Waters @waterslee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
These are all still officially Welsh Labour policies. Not that you’d know it.
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Daniel Wincott @danielwincott.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Daniel Wincott @danielwincott.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Delighted to see this paper out in the wild. Diolch yn fawr to the editors @bjpols.bsky.social to our anonymous referees and, especially, to my fantastic co-authors @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social and @jaclarner.bsky.social
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Daniel Wincott @danielwincott.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Should be essential reading for Andy Burnham. The UK gov forcing devolution from the Senedd to 22 local authorities would be constitutionally reckless and illiterate AND counterproductive for Burnham’s policy aims.
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Ben Yong @bymyong.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Nerdy observation from the various UK legislatures: they each call the period between one election and another something different. Westminster = a Parliament. Scotland = a Session. Wales = an Assembly. NI = a Mandate.
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Daniel Wincott @danielwincott.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I’ve had some other things on and also wanted to let this stew a bit. I’m baffled that Burnham can say Universities are one of 3 key strands of his approach to economic development, without announcing a big change from Starmer’s neglect. wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
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"Bizarre meaningless guff": the triple helix explained
The Spectator hates it, Andy Burnham loves it, but what is the triple helix approach to innovation?
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Lee Waters @waterslee.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Why does devolution to Wales face a different test to distributing powers to other parts of the UK? amanwy.blogspot.com/2026/09/ther...
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There may be trouble ahead...
Sometimes it helps to look at things from the opposite point of view to your own: After a generation of devolved Government, with growing po...
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Richard Wyn Jones @richardwynjones.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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There may be trouble ahead...
Sometimes it helps to look at things from the opposite point of view to your own: After a generation of devolved Government, with growing po...
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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 30/08/2026
“the novel’s fizzing exuberance derives from the fun of watching Gray’s keen authorial intelligence finding layer upon layer of unexpected possibility in his one ingenious narrative conceit” @jonathancoe.bsky.social reviews Alasdair Gray’s POOR THINGS in the @lrb.co.uk www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v1...
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Jonathan Coe · Gray’s Elegy
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Daniel Wincott @danielwincott.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Ooofffff
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I think also, intelligence is neither here nor there. Some intelligent people believe in horoscopes, and there is about as much accidental truth in that as there is in race science.
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Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Nice to see coverage of this strong study in The Lancet. We really can improve lives measurably and quickly where there is the will to do so! www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Children's stunted lungs show recovery in ultra low emission zone
Children's lung capacity caught up with their peers in less polluted areas once a clean air zone came in, a study shows.
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Siobhan McAndrew @siobhanmcandrew.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Quick lunchtime look at www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i... I wonder whether this is so gender-specific. Women may also have poorly-recognised unprocessed grief over failed cultural promises - with more social pressure to find compensators via children & caring
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The men I see in therapy did everything right. So why do they feel so empty?
Many of my clients expected to find fulfillment from their career, marriage and home. Instead, they feel grief
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Daniel Wincott @danielwincott.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Being randomly allocated to a 2nd year undergraduate comparative European politics seminar group Peter taught changed the course of my life.
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Dr Charlotte Galpin @drcharlottegalpin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Let’s not forget about the failure of universities. Ever since I was targeted by the Daily Express in 2017 as a result of doing my job I have been asking my university how they are going to protect me and almost a decade later the response is still woefully inadequate. They have no answer.
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Jac Larner @jaclarner.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Two(!) permanent lectureships coming up at Cardiff: One in political behaviour/opinion cardiffuniweb.eploy.net/vacancies/52... One in British politics (very loosely defined) cardiffuniweb.eploy.net/vacancies/53... Feel free to get in touch and I'll be happy to answer any questions I can
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Daniel Wincott @danielwincott.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
In his 60s my late father moved to South Northamptonshire near Banbury. He was hospitalised under the Oxfordshire Mental Health Trust in his mid-60s. When he turned 65 he was transferred to hospital in Northampton. The reason? Adult & geriatric services seemed to have different geographic footings.
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Daniel Wincott @danielwincott.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Essential reading from @jaclarner.bsky.social on the clear rejoin majority now in Wales. Turns out that English identifiers in Wales contain a distictively large number of folk who are still for leave. blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...
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From Leave to Rejoin: Welsh Public Opinion Ten Years On
Showcasing current research, comments and analysis on the law, politics, history, culture, government and political economy of Wales from the Wales Governance Centre.
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Daniel Wincott @danielwincott.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Sign o’ the times 😬
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Daniel Wincott @danielwincott.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
@willhaycardiff.bsky.social reflecting on what Wales need to make devolution work properly. And drawing lessons for the (quite different) regional/city region ‘devolution deals’ on which Burnham is hanging the UK Labour govt’s hopes. Essential reading! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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In Wales, I've seen what happens when devolution isn't done right. Here's what Andy Burnham must know | Will Hayward
In my country, devolution has been the equivalent of giving someone a new electric car without the capacity to charge it. That can’t be the model for the whole UK, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward
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Daniel Wincott @danielwincott.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Just leaving this here. May be of interest to @gsoh31.bsky.social nation.cymru/news/cardiff...
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Cardiff University spends more than £10m on consultants in two years
Martin Shipton Cardiff University has spent more than £10m on consultants over the last two years, according to figures released in a Freedom of Information Act disclosure. A critic of the university’...
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Daniel Wincott @danielwincott.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Worth noting the stress placed by securocrats on hitting a target % of GDP for spending on defence as the marker of how seriously threats to the state are taken. Are they thinking about what UK break-up might mean for deep-water ports (Faslane, Milford Haven)?
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Daniel Wincott @danielwincott.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The break up of the UK is not ‘unthinkable’ for all three First Ministers currently in office across the state. Mark Drakeford has been deeply committed to the Union, but his vision is of a voluntary union of nations. Only parochially metropolitan folk can still call break up ‘unthinkable’.
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Daniel Wincott @danielwincott.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
ICYMI Rhun ap Iorwerth, First Minister, Wales www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Political Thinking with Nick Robinson - 'A bad start even before he starts' - Welsh First Minister on why trouble's brewing with Burnham - BBC Sounds
Rhun ap Iorwerth MS, Plaid Cymru First Minister of Wales.
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Daniel Wincott @danielwincott.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Marion Kozak’s work on the ‘80s National Childcare Campaign & then Daycare Trust deserves the widest possible acknowledgement & celebration. Fed into Labour’s late 90s National Childcare Strategy and the Sure Start. Cameron ‘s Coalition deliberately destroyed Sure Start: a deeply regressive move.
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Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Sarah Pochin MP has highlighted something which is unfortunately very true - football tournaments are always associated with a big increase in domestic violence. Absolutely nothing to do with the team - but very much to do with the culture that surrounds supporting the national team.
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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The planned meeting between Rhun ap Iorwerth and Keir Starmer will not take place in June as originally planned. The pair had been planning to meet to discuss potential constitutional changes for Wales. I understand that the Welsh Gov put forward several dates but the PM was unable to make them.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
One of the secrets about the FT is that if you buy the paper they sometimes tell you what they really really think before some subeditor spots it. Compare the print and digital copy about SpaceX www.ft.com/content/1638...
Investors were not deterred by a series of science fiction targets and fantastical financial projections, combined with one of the most lax corporate governance regimes in history.Investors were undeterred by the lofty financial projections pitched by SpaceX's underwriters during the IPO roadshow nor by one of the most lax corporate governance regimes in history.
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Daniel Wincott @danielwincott.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
As well as folk interested in Cymru, everyone interested in UK politics, Labour and Social Democratic parties or bloc politics needs to make sense of the Senedd election. A weekend watch of @jaclarner.bsky.social , your indispensable guide, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bcH...
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Welsh Parliament Election 2026 – What Happened and Why?
YouTube video by School of Law and Politics
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Charlotte O'Brien @cobrien.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Carry on Campaigning? Or Brexit as Not-So-Jolly Gents' Japes, plus Wives and Sisters making dinner. I have just done a rough and ready analysis of the 'talking head' contributions to the BBC's 'Brexit: a Very British Civil War'. A short 🧵about this Blokey Affair: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Brexit: A Very British Civil War - Series 1: 1. Demons Unleashed
The promise of a referendum helps David Cameron win a majority. Nigel Farage starts to campaign for Brexit. Boris Johnson and Michael Gove decide whether to back Leave or Remain.
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Daniel Wincott @danielwincott.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Dear England. @realbaddiel.bsky.social on R4 dissecting Sixty Years of Hurt. English National Identity and football is in the zeitgeist. But empirical analysis suggests Euro 24 activated already existing identities, rather than making a deeper changes. Ever brilliant @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social
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Dr Viviane Gravey @vgravey.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Lovely to see work on NI environmental governance recognised...even if colour choice looks like a poster for an action movie in the 2010s #orangeandteal
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Daniel Wincott @danielwincott.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
It’s a grim not-so-merry-go-round for students trying to find their way in super-massive cohorts. @sylviademars.me point that many students using AI to get a 52 could do much better by not taking the shortcut lands hard with me. But 2.2 is a long way providing a smooth path to a legal career. Or 1/3
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Daniel Wincott @danielwincott.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Fantastic news from NILQ - a very important generalist law journal and an invaluable resource in particular for folk concerned with territorial governance across Britain and Ireland. Well done @markflear.bsky.social and team who have steered the journal to new heights.
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Potentially a very big deal. Changing the Westminster electoral system would fundamentally change our politics. Lesson from other countries is also that once FPP has been ditched it is unlikely to be brought back.
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Daniel Wincott @danielwincott.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
👇👇Essential short Senedd election thread. Follow @jaclarner.bsky.social for Welsh politics analysis and data. 👇👇 A nugget in the thread shows that the absence/presence of British identity differentiates left/right blocs in Wales. Its a challenge to Wes Streeting’s ‘patriotic’ pitch to UK Labour.
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Daniel Wincott @danielwincott.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Essential reading 👇
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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
My take on the UKSC's Dillon judgment - it is a combination of regressive and dubious reasoning. It radically reduces the range of cases in which Art 2 is applicable, in reasoning which flies in the face of the UK Government's promises over the provision: ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/05/14/c...
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Colin Murray: Hollowing out Northern Ireland’s Post-Brexit Rights Protections in Re Dillon [2026] UKSC 15
The Good and Faithful Servants One of the foundational assertions of judicial approaches to legislation in the UK comes from Willes J in Lee v Bude and Torrington Railway Co: We sit here as servant…
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James David Griffiths @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 New Blog 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 A short piece on how the new Senedd voting system worked! How many votes did it take to win a seat? Was it proportional? Who benefitted? Where did parties win support? And what would it take to win one more seat? If you're interested: blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal... 🧵👇
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All change! The 2026 Senedd Election
Showcasing current research, comments and analysis on the law, politics, history, culture, government and political economy of Wales from the Wales Governance Centre.
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Daniel Wincott @danielwincott.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Interested in electoral systems and proportional voting? Essential reading from @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social on the new (D’Hondt) voting system in Wales worked out.
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Richard Wyn Jones @richardwynjones.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Llongyfarchiadau mawr i griw @yougov.co.uk ac i griw @itvcymruwales.bsky.social a @walesgovernance.bsky.social sy'n gweithio hefo nhw. Big up the whole YouGov team and the associated ITV/Wales Governance Centre teams! yougov.com/en-gb/articl...
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YouGov’s was the most accurate seat projection of the 2026 Welsh Senedd election
YouGov correctly predicted a historic shift in Welsh politics, with Labour’s dominance overturned by a Plaid Cymru and Reform UK surge
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Daniel Wincott @danielwincott.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c7...
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Richard Martin @mimosacymru.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
This is an incredibly moving story of how sheer chance can change not only your life but your outlook on life. Imagine finding yourself in #Aberfan on that fateful day and and being lauded for the images of such heartbreaking sadness. 💔 #Wales #Cymru www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Aberfan disaster photographer wishes he had never taken famous image
Mel Parry took one of the defining images of the Aberfan disaster, but
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Public Opinion Analytics Lab (POAL) @poalab.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
On Scotland, @robjohns75.bsky.social highlighted how independence still drives voting intention in Holyrood elections. Focus from unionist parties on "getting out the SNP" acts as a proxy for the issue because the SNP so much embodies independence.
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Public Opinion Analytics Lab (POAL) @poalab.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
On Wales, @jaclarner.bsky.social showed how national identity was changing in Wales, with more people identifying as only Welsh, and increasing Left-Right polarisation along the lines of Welsh vs British identification Reform also doing better than the Tories among stronger Welsh identifying areas
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
My column in today’s paper: the devolved and local elections had obvious winners: Plaid Cymru, the Greens, the Lib Dems and most of all, the SNP. It also had obvious losers: Labour and the Conservatives:
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There can be no Labour revival if Starmer remains
The prime minister still sounds like an opposition leader
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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
My latest Guardian piece. Plaid won 35.4% of the vote last week while Starmer’s Labour picked up 33.7% of the 2024 GE. Yet Starmer has 63% of the seats in Westminster while ap Iorwerth has 45% of the seats in Wales. Electoral systems matter. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Wales has been hit by a political earthquake – and the UK government is in a very tricky position | Will Hayward
If Starmer’s Labour refuses to concede more powers to Plaid Cymru, the triumphant independence party, it will only accelerate its own decline, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward
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Lewis Graham @lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
For ICON-S Dublin attendees this year, there will be a roundtable on my book, Judicial Individuality on the UKSC, at 2:30pm on Day 1 of the event (29 June). Join me, @aoifemod.bsky.social, @colinmurray.bsky.social and @anuragdeb.bsky.social for a discussion on judicial behaviour on the UKSC
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Leighton Andrews @leightonandrews.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
A post about the Senedd election and the forthcoming Plaid Cymru government. open.substack.com/pub/ukania/p...
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Wales - writing history and making history
A post about governing as a minority, losing with dignity, and leaders whose time is up.
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Ailsa Henderson @ailsahenderson.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Fascinating stuff. Only thing I'd add is that ability of list to compensate for disproportionality in const depends on limited split ticket voting. Prelim SES data suggest *split tickets at an all time high* this election, thus further weakening Lab and Con chances esp Quebec proposed a model of ...
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