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Laura McAllister

@lauramcallister30.bsky.social

UEFA Vice-President and Ex Co member, Cardiff University academic, former footballer. Football, sport, politics 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Wales Governance Centre | Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru@walesgovernance.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Newydd gan / new by @lauramcallister30.bsky.social & @jaclarner.bsky.social 👇 “voters sorted themselves more ruthlessly into two competing blocs rather than crossing the fundamental divide between them” #Wales #Cymru www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politic...

The trends two Welsh political experts spotted in the Senedd Election

Two of Wales' most prominent election experts on what we learnt in the Senedd Election 2026

walesonline.co.uk

Wales Governance Centre | Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru@walesgovernance.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"The truth is straightforward: tactical voting is possible under the new system, as it is under any electoral system. But you do not have to vote tactically. Voting for the party you most want to win remains a perfectly legitimate choice" - @jaclarner.bsky.social & @lauramcallister30.bsky.social 👇

NationCymru@nation.cymru · 5mo ago

The 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

Wales Governance Centre | Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru@walesgovernance.bsky.social · 8mo ago

“Whichever party comes in May will face serious problems … Plaid is going for a change agenda, but it will be difficult for [them] to fight an election on public service delivery and then actually follow through” - @lauramcallister30.bsky.social #Senedd26 #Cymru #Wales

Senedd passes budget after Welsh Labour makes deal with Plaid Cymru

All government departments and local authorities will get real-terms funding increases after Plaid agrees to abstain

theguardian.com

Dr Adam Evans@a-b-evans.bsky.social · 9mo ago

For those interested in this Spring’s Senedd election, this is an interesting piece by @walesgovernance.bsky.social’s @lauramcallister30.bsky.social on the dynamics of the forthcoming Senedd election and how the political & parliamentary fallout may settle after May 7th… #senedd #devolution

'Welsh Labour’s collapse has been like watching a drunk person stumbling'

'The Vaughan Gething saga was not the cause of Labour’s current malaise; instead, it exposed the fragility of a tired, fractious party that had had no break from governing. Welsh Labour has been wily ...

walesonline.co.uk

Golwg360@golwg.360.cymru · 11mo ago

Laura McAllister: Cynnal gêm agoriadol Ewros 2028 “am roi Cymru ar y map” Bydd gêm gyntaf y bencampwriaeth yn cael ei chynnal yng Nghaerdydd – ond mae pryder gan rai am effaith treth dwristiaeth y brifddinas ✍️ Efan Meilir Owen

Laura McAllister: Cynnal gêm agoriadol Ewros 2028 “am roi Cymru ar y map”

Bydd gêm gyntaf y bencampwriaeth yn cael ei chynnal yng Nghaerdydd – ond mae pryder gan rai am effaith treth dwristiaeth y brifddinas

golwg.360.cymru

Wales Governance Centre | Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru@walesgovernance.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Here, @lauramcallister30.bsky.social notes "There’s no doubt in my mind that we are seeing a fundamental realignment of Welsh politics. Labour is left in a very invidious position. I think we’re getting close to seeing the end of Labour’s hegemony in Wales." www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Caerphilly byelection could signal ‘fundamental realignment’ of Welsh politics

If Labour loses the Senedd seat, it will be a huge blow for party that has dominated politics in Wales for a century

theguardian.com

Wales Governance Centre | Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru@walesgovernance.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Is-Etholiad Caerffili yn cael ei dadansoddi gan Volkskrant yn yr Iseldiroedd gyda dyfyniadau @lauramcallister30.bsky.social / Prof. Laura McAllister features in this analysis of the Caerphilly by-election in Volkskrant: www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/h...

Hoe Labour verdween uit de Welshe valleien: ‘Keir Starmer? Die hebben we hier niet gezien’

Vandaag gaan de inwoners van Caerphilly in Wales naar de stembus. Normaliter een futiele aangelegenheid, maar nu kijkt 10 Downing Street gespannen toe: is dit de eerste stap naar de afgrond voor Labou...

volkskrant.nl