Storm Claudia, Starmer's briefings, BBC turmoil, abolishing PCCs, going green and the grid, and Senedd suspensions
Monmouthshire's MP Catherine Fooks describes the situation in Monmouth after Storm Claudia's devastation. Isabel Hardman decants the goings on at Westminster and who is briefing against whom. Former BBC governor, Merfyn Jones CBE mulls over the BBCs difficult week, former Conservative special adviser Lauren McEvatt discusses the pros and cons of abolishing Police and Crime Commissioners. Green Cymru CEO Stuart George tells us why the power grid in Wales needs to be upgraded and veteran journalist Martin Shipton remembers suspensions of Senedd past. Carole Burns and Sarah Rees review the papers.
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55:08
Prisons, Financing, NRW, COP 30, Nancy Pelosi
Former governor of Wormwood Scrubs, Vanessa Frake-Harris responds to the prisons crisis. Reader Ed Poole explains why the Barnett formula is not as bad for Wales as once thought. Rob Parry from the Initiative for Nature Conservation Cymru illustrates the challenges ahead for new NRW chair Neil Sachdev. Dr Hannah Hughes is at COP 30 in Brazil and following Nancy Pelosi's announcement that she plans to retire from Congress, her former employee, Cai Wilshaw talks about her influence over US politics over four decades.Clare Hudson and Ellis Smith review the papers.
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Andrew, Plaid Cymru SNP Alliance; Kemi Badenoch's year as Tory leader & Dolgarrog dam disaster
Guests include royal biographer Catherine Mayer; former SNP MP Ian Blackford; political historian Sam Blaxland; international law expert Dr Nada Ali, Dolgarrog Community Council Chair Jackie Ley and reader in physical geography Dr Hywel Griffiths. Reviewing the papers Jennifer Burke, Cabinet Member for Culture, Sport & Parks at Cardiff Council and Auriol Miller who's the Chief Executive of Cynon Taf Community Housing group.
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55:11
Caerphilly by-election, coal tip safety and Liberation and Corruption
Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood, Professor John Curtice and Labour's Alun Davies MS analyse the Caerphilly by-election result. Ann Davies MP tells us how coal tips are still not safe, 59 years after the Aberfan disaster. And Lord Peter Hain talks about his new book, Liberation and Corruption: Why Freedom Movements Fail.Sam Bennett and Claire Vaughan review the papers.
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19/10/2025
Vaughan Roderick with political news, discussions and analysis, plus a review of the Sunday papers.
Australia