Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Richard Wyn Jones @richardwynjones.bsky.social · 03/09/2026amanwy.blogspot.com/2026/09/ther...amanwy.blogspot.comThere 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... 096
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Wales Governance Centre | Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru @walesgovernance.bsky.social · 08/07/2026🚨BLOG NEWYDD gan dîm Dadansoddi Cyllidol Cymru🚨 Y Gyllideb Atodol Gyntaf: beth mae'n ei olygu a'r y opsiynau sydd o'n blaenau 🚨NEW BLOG by the Wales Fiscal Analysis team🚨 The First Supplementary Budget: what it means and the options ahead blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...blogs.cardiff.ac.ukThe First Supplementary Budget: what it means and the options aheadShowcasing current research, comments and analysis on the law, politics, history, culture, government and political economy of Wales from the Wales Governance Centre. 077
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Boston Police Department @police.boston.gov · 13/06/2026Community policing looks a bit different when the World Cup is in town! Our officers celebrated alongside fans, both international and local, during Day 1 of FIFA Fan Fest on City Hall Plaza! 1164
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Will 🏴🏳️🌈 @willdv2002.bsky.social · 06/05/2026🚨NEW BLOG🚨 With polls opening in less than 24 hours, I thought it would be good to look over the kind of information environment voters would be operating in in Wales! 🏴 blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...blogs.cardiff.ac.ukUncertainty and Asymmetry: Electoral Understanding in the 2026 Senedd ElectionShowcasing current research, comments and analysis on the law, politics, history, culture, government and political economy of Wales from the Wales Governance Centre. 11511
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Final @yougov.co.uk ITV Wales @walesgovernance.bsky.social MRP poll of the Senedd campaign (changes since April) Plaid 33% (+4) Reform 29% (-) Labour 12% (-1) Cons 9% (+1) Greens 8% (-2) Libdems 6% (-) Others 3% (-1) Write up here: www.itv.com/news/wales/2... #senedd26 #senedd #devolution 13314
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈NationCymru @nation.cymru · 05/05/2026The question is no longer simply ‘which candidate can beat the one I least want?’ It becomes: ‘where are votes most likely to convert into seats?✍️’ Dr Jac Larner & Professor Laura McAllister, Wales Governance Centre buff.ly/Jb6HSm1 1128
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈NationCymru @nation.cymru · 25/04/2026The pressures of long-term incumbency, internal party strains and shifting political dynamics have converged to challenge Welsh Labour’s claim to govern ✍️Nye Davies, Cardiff University wp.me/p8Mk4U-1jIE 127
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈NationCymru @nation.cymru · 25/04/2026The current system is a more proportional voting system, but given the structure of party support in Wales and the specific details of the operation of the new electoral system, the incentives for tactical voting are still very much in place ✍️ Richard Wyn Joneswp.meWhy tactical voting still matters: Welsh polling and the voting systemRichard Wyn Jones The prospect of change and, specifically, the end of Labour hegemony has already led to an unprecedented amount of polling ahead of the Senedd election. We can expect more between no... 21612
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Jac Larner @jaclarner.bsky.social · 21/04/2026NEW ITV Wales YouGov MRP has Plaid and Reform neck and neck in Senedd vote intention Impossible to say who would be largest party in terms of seats but neither would be close to majority Would almost certainly result in Plaid led government as they have more potential allies in the Senedd 🧵👇 125029
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Wales Governance Centre | Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru @walesgovernance.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Mae’r fideo o’n sesiwn briffio cyn-etholiad #Senedd26 nawr ar gael i wylio 👇 The video of our pre-election briefing with the latest polling and data for the Welsh Parliament election, presented by @edgarethpoole.bsky.social & @richardwynjones.bsky.social, is now online 👇 youtu.be/A-p06RuVH40?...youtu.beSenedd Election 2026: Pre-Election Briefing / Etholiad y Senedd 2026: Dadansoddiad Cyn-EtholiadYouTube video by School of Law and Politics 035
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Richard Wyn Jones @richardwynjones.bsky.social · 01/04/2026WARNING - contains stealth advertising! Available at all good bookshops, etc. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe Guardian view on Welsh language learning: cultural shifts can deliver a bright future for Cymraeg | EditorialEditorial: As Plaid Cymru leads in polls ahead of Senedd elections in May, grassroots enthusiasm for one of its historic causes is growing 03016
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Dyfrig Jones @dyfrigjones.bsky.social · 27/03/2026UCU NEC election results were published a few weeks ago. Some people have asked what this means for the factional make-up of the Higher Education Committee (HEC), so I've put together this short blog breaking down the results. open.substack.com/pub/dyfrigjo... 0155
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Jac Larner @jaclarner.bsky.social · 24/03/2026New poll in Wales, this time with constituency level estimates from YouGov(🥳). Polling in Wales has been pretty noisy over the last 24 months with some big house effects, but the general vote intention trend is clear - May 2026 is a two-horse race between Plaid Cymru and Reform 33935
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 24/03/2026For those interested in devolution in the UK and Welsh politics, this is an interesting analysis in @admincourtblog.bsky.social on the Divisional Court's judgement in the Greyhound Ban case vs Welsh Ministers #devolution #greyhoundracingban #Seneddadministrativecourtblog.wordpress.comThe dog that didn’t bark: the Separation of Powers in WalesThe Divisional Court (Lewis LJ, Chamberlain J) sitting in Cardiff has held that recognising a common law duty on Welsh ministers to consult before introducing legislation in the Senedd would infrin… 022
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 14/01/2026Plaid open 14 point lead over Reform UK in our January 2026 Senedd voting intention Plaid Cymru: 37% (+7 from 4-10 Sep 2025) Reform UK: 23% (-6) Green: 13% (+7) Conservative: 10% (-1) Labour: 10% (-4) Lib Dem: 5% (-1) Other: 2% (-2) yougov.co.uk/politics/art... 1343
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈The Welsh Politics Pod @welshpolitics.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Our latest pod is in the feeds and on YouTube. In the first of our explainer pods, @lauramcallister30.bsky.social is joined by @edgarethpoole.bsky.social of @walesgovernance.bsky.social as we grapple with the national finances, how we have the system we do and how it could be better. #Senedd26 113
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 06/01/2026Senedd (Welsh Parliament) Voting Intention: PLC: 30% (+3) RFM: 29% (=) LAB: 12% (-6) CON: 12% (+1) GRN: 9% (+2) LDM: 7% (=) Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 16 Dec - 4 Jan. Changes w/ 5-16 Jun 2025. 64211
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈The Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/01/2026‘They misjudged Caerphilly’: how the Reform juggernaut backfired in Welsh byelectiontheguardian.com‘They misjudged Caerphilly’: how the Reform juggernaut backfired in Welsh byelectionIt was assumed that Reform would sweep all before it – but locals rejected the party’s campaign of ‘lies and hate’ 58913
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Richard Wyn Jones @richardwynjones.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Caerffili - featuring our very own @jaclarner.bsky.social! Blwyddyn newydd dda! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.com‘They misjudged Caerphilly’: how the Reform juggernaut backfired in Welsh byelectionIt was assumed that Reform would sweep all before it – but locals rejected the party’s campaign of ‘lies and hate’ 1249
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Wales Governance Centre | Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru @walesgovernance.bsky.social · 01/01/2026“Caerphilly isn’t some post-industrial wasteland passively absorbing whatever political winds blow from across the border – it has its own political traditions” - Dr @jaclarner.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.com‘They misjudged Caerphilly’: how the Reform juggernaut backfired in Welsh byelectionIt was assumed that Reform would sweep all before it – but locals rejected the party’s campaign of ‘lies and hate’ 0114
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 27/11/2025As if by the magic of Disney, those live-action bean counters at @walesgovernance.bsky.social have produced their analysis of yesterday's UK Govt budget and its implications for Wales #budget2025 #devolution #seneddblogs.cardiff.ac.ukFrozen 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. 021
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Wales Governance Centre | Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru @walesgovernance.bsky.social · 27/11/2025🚨 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 blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...blogs.cardiff.ac.ukFrozen 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. 0611
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Wales Governance Centre | Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru @walesgovernance.bsky.social · 12/11/2025NEWYDD - 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 www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...walesonline.co.ukWomen in Wales are being jailed more oftenResearch has been carried out by a team at Cardiff University 1513
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Centre on Constitutional Change @ccc-research.bsky.social · 05/11/2025New 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 0169
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Richard Wyn Jones @richardwynjones.bsky.social · 31/10/2025NEWYDD - @jaclarner.bsky.social a minnau ar Etholiad 2024 yng Nghymru NEW - Jac Larner and myself on the 2024 UK GE in 🏴 2024 UK General Election in Wales url: academic.oup.com/pa/article-a...academic.oup.comThe 2024 UK General Election in WalesThat Labour emerged victorious from the 2024 UK General Election in Wales must count among the least surprising political outcomes imaginable. It has, afte 01312
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 25/10/2025Interesting read from @walesgovernance.bsky.social’s @lauramcallister30.bsky.social on the Caerphilly by-election, the intergovernmental & intra-party fault lines and pressures within Labour, and the road to next Spring’s Senedd election #senedd #devolution 052
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Coverage in @financialtimes.com of the Caerphilly Senedd by-election, featuring analysis from the Enron of Welsh political statistics, and friend of the gnomes of Zurich, @walesgovernance.bsky.social’s @jaclarner.bsky.social #senedd #devolutionon.ft.comLabour braces for defeat in Caerphilly by-electionGoverning party faces potential loss of Senedd control amid Reform and Plaid Cymru surge in Welsh heartlands 064
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Those bean counters/abacus fetishists at @walesgovernance.bsky.social have done it again - a super speedy assessment of yesterday’s initial/provisional/potential/theoretical/that would be an economical matter/outline draft Welsh Govt budget #senedd #devolution 041
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Wales Governance Centre | Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru @walesgovernance.bsky.social · 15/10/2025NEWYDD: Dadansoddi Cyllideb Ddrafft Amlinellol Llywodraeth Cymru 2026-27 gan tîm ymchwil Dadansoddi Cyllid Cymru👇 NEW: Analysing the 2026-27 Welsh Government Outline Draft Budget by the Wales Fiscal Analysis team 👇 #Wales #Cymru #Senedd26 blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...blogs.cardiff.ac.uk‘Neutral’ or ‘Neutered’? Analysing the 2026-27 Welsh Government Outline Draft BudgetShowcasing current research, comments and analysis on the law, politics, history, culture, government and political economy of Wales from the Wales Governance Centre. 052
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Wales Governance Centre | Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru @walesgovernance.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Our new BARN Cymru poll run with @itvcymruwales.bsky.social and @yougov.co.uk has landed 📈 #Senedd26 #Wales #Cymru 23319
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 16/09/2025A write up of today's poll featuring analysis from @walesgovernance.bsky.social's @jaclarner.bsky.social can be found here www.itv.com/news/wales/2... #senedd #devolutionitv.com 055
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 16/09/2025A... remarkable new @walesgovernance.bsky.social ITV Wales @yougov.co.uk poll of Welsh voting intentions for the next Senedd election (changes since May) - Plaid 30% (-) - Reform 29% (+4) - Labour 14% (-4) - Cons 11% (-2) - Lib Dems 6% (-1) - Green 6% (+1) - Other 4% (+2) #Senedd #devolution 64024
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Wales Governance Centre | Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru @walesgovernance.bsky.social · 05/09/2025NEWYDD: Adroddiad byr gan y tîm Dadansoddi Cyllid Cymru ar y Dreth Gyngor yn Nghymru a’r achos brys dros diwygio. NEW: Short report by the Wales Fiscal Analys team about rising Council Tax rates in Wales and the urgent case for reform. 👇 blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...blogs.cardiff.ac.ukWe Need to Talk About Council Tax: The Regressive Welsh Way of Raising TaxesShowcasing current research, comments and analysis on the law, politics, history, culture, government and political economy of Wales from the Wales Governance Centre. 056
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈NationCymru @nation.cymru · 04/09/2025The Welsh Government’s failure to reform Council Tax has put the people of Wales at a serious disadvantage compared with those in England and Scotland, according to new analysis released today ✍️ Martin Shiptonnation.cymruCouncil tax payers squeezed more in Wales than in England and ScotlandMartin Shipton The Welsh Government’s failure to reform Council Tax has put the people of Wales at a serious disadvantage compared with those in England and Scotland, according to new analysis release... 099
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Richard Wyn Jones @richardwynjones.bsky.social · 04/08/2025NEWYDDION MAWR (i mi os neb arall!) Ar ôl i bob copi o'r gwreiddiol gael eu gwerthu mae @gwasgprifcymru.bsky.social wedi ailgyhoeddi fy llyfr am Blaid Cymru ar gyfer canmlwyddiant (swyddogol!) y blaid a hynny mewn clawr newydd ysblennydd. Ar gael ar faes @eisteddfod.cymru etc. AMDANI BOBL! 2149
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Luke James @lukeejames2.bsky.social · 07/07/2025On the first Monday of every month, residents of a small village in Flanders hold a ceremony of remembrance for Welsh soldiers who died in WWI Tonight is the 200th ceremony. Their quiet dedication to ensuring our fallen are never forgotten is remarkable nation.cymru/feature/the-...nation.cymruThe Flemish village dedicated to remembering fallen Welsh soldiersLuke James, Langemark Amid a Welsh-language recruitment drive devised by David Lloyd George, William John Howells from Carmarthenshire was among the first to enlist in the army at the outbreak of Worl... 1112
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Richard Wyn Jones @richardwynjones.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Os yn byw yng Nghymru neu hefo'r diddordeb lleol yn y wlad yna mae'n RHAID DARLLEN hwn >>> ESSENTIAL READING for anyone in Wales or with the slightest interest in our country >>> 1127
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Faster than a speeding rail replacement bus, the resident bean counters at @walesgovernance.bsky.social have provided their, at times quite frank, analysis on the spending review and Wales #devolution #senedd #spendingreview 042
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Wales Governance Centre | Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru @walesgovernance.bsky.social · 12/06/2025🚨 NEWYDD: Dadansoddiad llawn o beth fydd Adolygiad Gwariant ddoe yn ei olygu i Gymru. 💷 🚨 NEW: Full analysis of what yesterday's Spending Review will mean for Wales. 💷 blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...blogs.cardiff.ac.ukSpending Review 2025 – the implications for WalesShowcasing current research, comments and analysis on the law, politics, history, culture, government and political economy of Wales from the Wales Governance Centre. 11317
Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈 @edgarethpoole.bsky.social · 12/05/2025I'm so shocked and very sad that Claire O'Shea has died. I really hoped she'd have had more time after her diagnosis. At every political event or in any pub she was always the first to bound over with lovely friendly chat. She played a big role in Wales and would've had a huge future too. Gutted. 040
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Jac Larner @jaclarner.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Over last year I've been building a Senedd Election Simulator tool. It gives a useful (I hope!) visual explainer of how the new election system turns votes into seats. 🧵 on some of what it can do below: jaclarner.github.io/senedd_ethol...jaclarner.github.ioSenedd Election SimulatorSenedd Election Simulator - Visualize Welsh election results 45135
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Ryan Morgan 🏴🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @ryan1648.bsky.social · 15/04/2025 421524
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Wales Governance Centre | Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru @walesgovernance.bsky.social · 27/03/2025🚨 NEWYDD 🚨: Ymateb Dadansoddiad Cyllid Cymru i Ddatganiad Gwanwyn y Canghellor - beth fydd ei effaith yng Nghymru? 💷 🏴 🚨 OUT NOW 🚨: Wales Fiscal Analysis's reaction to the Chancellor's Spring Statement - what will be its impact in Wales? 💷 🏴 >> blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...blogs.cardiff.ac.ukSpring Statement 2025 – some implications for WalesShowcasing current research, comments and analysis on the law, politics, history, culture, government and political economy of Wales from the Wales Governance Centre. 01216
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Richard Wyn Jones @richardwynjones.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Ymchwil gan Rob Jones yn cael sylw (haeddianol) yma>>> Research by @walesgovernance.bsky.social colleague Rob Jones featuring here>>> www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comAmid all the noise about the UK’s ‘two-tier’ justice system, there is silence on class | Kenan MalikNew sentencing guidelines for England and Wales address gender and ethnicity but ignore poverty 01113
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Wales has been screwed over by its own Labour MPs. The 27 Welsh Labour MPs voted to deny Wales millions of £ in the coming years. When I approached them they gave very weak excuses for their actions. Stay with me here because it's a bit fiddly but really matters. [Thread] 12194111
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Let's break down the numbers (thanks to @edgarethpoole.bsky.social from @walesgovernance.bsky.social for helping with the maths). Scotland DOES get less money in the block grant from Westminster because they have the crown estate. It gets £10m less. You can see the figures here: 1288
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Wales Governance Centre | Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru @walesgovernance.bsky.social · 15/02/2025🚨Yn Cymru Fyw, mae @jaclarner.bsky.social yn ymchwilio i sut mae siarad Cymraeg yn dylanwadu ar dy safbwyntiau gwleidyddol fel trethi a gwariant, Brexit, annibyniaeth a’r frenhiniaeth 📖 www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/ert...bbc.co.ukSut mae siarad Cymraeg yn effeithio ar eich safbwynt gwleidyddol?Dr Jac Larner sy'n trafod os ydy siaradwyr Cymraeg mwy tebygol o fod yn asgell chwith, yn weriniaethwyr ac yn genedlaetholwyr? 0124
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Wales Governance Centre | Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru @walesgovernance.bsky.social · 15/02/2025🚨Over at CymruFyw, @jaclarner.bsky.social investigates how speaking Welsh influences your political views, such as your left-right position on tax & spending, Brexit, independence and the monarchy 📖 www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/ert...bbc.co.ukSut mae siarad Cymraeg yn effeithio ar eich safbwynt gwleidyddol?Dr Jac Larner sy'n trafod os ydy siaradwyr Cymraeg mwy tebygol o fod yn asgell chwith, yn weriniaethwyr ac yn genedlaetholwyr? 0239
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Lee Waters @waterslee.bsky.social · 02/02/2025And for context you can listen to my two-part documentary on the Welsh civil service podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/2...podcasts.apple.com2 - Constraints (The Civil Service - part one)Podcast Episode · Y Pumed Llawr - The Fifth Floor · 08/12/2024 · 39m 142
Reposted by Ed Gareth Poole 🏴🏳️🌈Wales Governance Centre | Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru @walesgovernance.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Today’s Nation article on the very Belgian outcome of a pro-Flemish Independence party leading the new Belgian government, with commentary by @edgarethpoole.bsky.social 044