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Sunday Supplement
by BBC Radio Wales
Political news, discussions and analysis from Wales, the UK and the world.
Episodes
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Violent protests in France, rural resilience, Welsh history, Scotland, bardic traditions
Violence and fires have spread across France during mass demonstrations about the cost of living. We have journalist Anne-Elisabeth Moutet live from Paris. With a wildfire summit planned for the end of the week, and NRW warning of flooding to come, we have rural resilience minister Llyr Gruffydd…
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Labour's win and the Green Party loss, Glyndwr national park, Spanish snap election, plague, M4
Following Labour's win in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection, what now for the Green Party and its leader, Zack Polanski? The Times' Daisy Eastlake and the first Welsh Greens leader Martyn Shrewsbury discuss. The Welsh government is due to make an announcement on the next steps for Glyndwr...
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Plaid Cymru, Labour policies, Conservatives, October 7th and Intercity 125
This week Plaid Cymru party faithful met up in Llandudno and the Conservatives are making their way to Birmingham. Plaid's Westminster leader Liz Saville-Roberts and shadow Welsh Secretary Mims Davies join us from their respective conferences. Fresh from Labour conference, the FT's Lucy Fisher…
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Labour conference, Orange Order march, new Reform leader in Wales, Russia's Baltic presence, Victorian architecture
It's Labour's first UK conference since Andy Burnham became its leader and prime minister. It's also the first since its devastating losses in May's elections. Welsh Secretary Stephen Kinnock joins us from Liverpool. Members of the Orange Order were given last-minute permission by the high court…
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Reform's week in Wales, independence, health, renters rights, defections
In the wake of Reform leader in Wales, Dan Thomas standing down after being arrested, UK deputy Leader Richard Tice says there's no reason to suspend him pending the investigation. Welsh, Scottish and northern Irish leaders met in Cardiff this week to say that Westminster's time is over....
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World safety after 9/11, the far right in Europe, constituency boundaries, childhood in Wales, Glyndwr's People
25 years after the deadly terror attacks on the World Trade Centre, is the world a safer place? Lord Peter Ricketts was working at the foreign office at the time. Far right party AfD won Sachsen-Anhalt's state election last weekend, whilst far right French party National Rally made a deal on...
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Reform, Burnham, policing, TUC Cymru, life after No. 10
Fresh from Reform's annual conference in Birmingham, their chief whip in the Senedd, Llyr Powell reacts to all the weekend's events. Andy Burnham has done his first Prime Minister's Questions. Newport West and Islwyn MP Ruth Jones tells us how the parliamentary Labour Party thinks he's doing....
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Senedd election, drinking in Westminster, Greenland, House of Lords reform, Unnos, Muslim Wales and a new MS
A pre-recorded programme looking back at our best interviews of the year to date. Guests include: Professor Richard Wyn Jones; Lord Simon Hart of Tenby; research associate at the Arctic Institute, Fiona de Cuyper; Baroness Carmen Smith; Dr Juliette Wood; Dr Abdul-Azim Ahmed; and Zaynub Akbar MS.
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Reform, Welsh NHS, Hungarian election, Belfast riots, the Size of Wales and a new MS
A pre-recorded programme looking back at our best interviews of the year to date. Guests include Reform's Jason O'Connell; commissioner with the health think tank The Bevan Commission, Nygaire Bevan; Columbia Journalism Review's Ivan Nagy; Professor of Anthropology at Queen's University Belfast,...
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A look back at the 2026 Senedd election and how it's been going so far in the Senedd
As it's the summer break, we've taken the opportunity to reflect on Senedd politics over the last three months since that seismic election in May. Plaid Cymru made history becoming the largest party, Reform came from nothing to being official opposition and the former big beasts in Welsh politics...
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Three Welsh MPs in the new cabinet, Kemi Badenoch, the Llywydd, Sikhs in Wales and a new MS
With three Welsh MPs in Andy Burnham's new cabinet, we speak with Lord Hain, former Secretary of State for Wales about how Stephen Kinnock will go about the job, and changes the Labour grandee would like to see made to pension provision. Kemi Badenoch was in Newport and James went to see her. She...
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Changeover at No 10, politicians' safety, RWS, Gorffwysfa, Carmarthen byelection and a new MS
Andy Burnham has replaced Keir Starmer as Labour leader, and will soon be PM. Newport West and Islwyn MP Ruth Jones looks back at Starmer's legacy and ahead to Burnham's tenure. Police are investigating a death threat against a Senedd member, and Conservative MS Natasha Asghar has had her office...
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Labour leaders, Reform, surgical hubs, Size of Wales at 15 and a new MS
Andy Burnham is more than likely to become our next Prime Minister, whilst Welsh Labour look set to announce Ken Skates as their permanent leader. Wales Online's Ruth Mosalski has all the details. As Farage triggers a byelection in Clacton, we look at how we got here with the Guardian's Anna…
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Andy Burnham and Wales, transport, climate, Little Big Horn and a new MS
What will a Burnham premiership mean for Wales? Former Labour communications advisor Scarlett MccGwire discusses. With a new party in government, what is the future of transport in Wales? Cardiff University's Mark Barry and the new deputy minister for transport, Mark Hooper are in the studio.…
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The fallout from Makerfield, education in Wales, monumental Welsh women and a new MS
Andy Burnham has won the Makerfield byelection with a huge majority. The speculation on the Prime Minister's future began just as soon as it was announced. Labour List editor Emma Burnell and Gower MP Tonia Antoniazzi join us to discuss. It's been a busy week for the Senedd's new education...
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Defence, Belfast, Finance, Welsh Communities, Unnos, New MS
With two further ministerial resignations, this time in the ministry of defence, what now for the government and defence spending? Francis Tusa, editor of Defence Analysis is with us to discuss. After two nights of rioting in Belfast following a horrific attack, Professor Dominic Bryan from…
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Health, Russia, Policing, the House of Lords, HMS Erebus
Health Minister Mabon ap Gwynfor joins us for the first time in his new role. St Petersburg hosted its annual economic forum this week. IMI media group's Hadley Gamble went to Russia and tells us all about it. And what next for policing after Henry Nowak's murder? USW's Professor Christian…
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M4 relief road, SNP, Blairism, Russian drones, climate change and new MS
Guests include former Welsh government minister Lee Waters on the future of transport in Wales, political commentator and podcaster Lesley Riddoch and political scientist, Professor Sir John Curtice, on the future of the SNP after the Murrell crisis. Blair expert (he teaches a course on aspects…
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Energy, China, Makerfield, Scottish independence, alcohol in the commons and a new MS
The new Plaid Cymru government's cabinet minister for enterprise, connectivity and energy, Adam Price joins us in the studio. As world leaders flock to Beijing for trade deals and better relations, we ask Development Reimagined's CEO, economist Hannah Ryder about the rise of China. As the…
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Labour turmoil, new Plaid government, Reform, the fall of the Welsh Conservatives, 1926 general strike
With Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting gunning for Sir Keir Starmer's job, Labour's Lord Peter Hain explains how his party got into such a bind. Plaid Cymru's first ever Welsh government has been formed. New culture and sport minister Heledd Fychan joins us in the studio. Reform gained 34 Senedd...
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A historical election in Wales
Plaid Cymru leader and prospective new First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth, Welsh Labour's new acting leader, Ken Skates, academics Richard Wyn Jones and Deian Hopkin, former SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford and two Senedd newbies, Reform's Joe Martin and Plaid Cymru's Kiera Marshall join us to...
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Special election episode with an in-depth look at the election in Wales, with contributions from Scotland and England.
It's a special election programme this week, with Professors Richard Wyn Jones and Ailsa Henderson and the BBC's Alex Forsyth dissecting the polls and ups and downs of the parties ahead of the Senedd, Holyrood and English local government elections. We'll have watchers of all colours telling us…
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What now for Starmer? The Middle East. Education, finance and the Welsh civil service. And a leader interview
After another difficult week for the Prime Minister, the Times' Patrick Maguire discusses his position. The ceasefires continue but what is happening with talks to end the hostilities in the Middle East? We have international peace negotiator Nomi Bar Yaakov on the programme. Education is fully...
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Starmer woes, peace talks, health, housing, church mapping and a leader interview
With the latest revelations on vetting Mandelson and what the Prime Minister did and didn't know, the FT's political editor George Parker updates us. Israel have agreed a 10 day ceasefire with Lebanon. What does this mean for the fragile ceasefire in Iran? Former foreign office minister Kim…
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Lebanon, Hungarian elections, the electorate and the environment, electoral system, orthodox Easter and a leader interview
Despite a ceasefire with Iran, Israel continues to bomb Lebanon. We'll hear from Sabine Abiaad from Action Aid in Beirut. As the polls open in Hungary, what is the fate of Victor Orbán? Journalist Ivan Nagy joins us from Budapest. As the Senedd election campaign hots up, is the environment a...
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Iran, the arts, social media, recap of the sixth Senedd and leader interviews
Former diplomat and National Security Adviser, Lord Ricketts discusses the latest in the Iran war. Equity's Simon Curtis makes suggestions for manifestos that would help the arts. In the wake of the LA ruling on social media addiction and the Lords attempting again to ban social media for under...
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UK-US relations, mental health, tourism, Senedd changes, war and heritage and a leader interview
With the war in Iran continuing, President Trump has criticised his NATO allies for their perceived lack of support. Former UK ambassador to the US, Lord Darroch joins us. With the covid-19 inquiry stating that Wales was more badly hit than some counterparts by the pandemic, Professor Dame Sue...
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More highlights from the year so far
Vaughan Roderick looks back at highlights from Sunday Supplement over the past few months, including a row over rail funding, the future of Ukraine and Syria, the passing of Pope Francis, and the 'Great Bibles' going on display at the National Library of Wales. Interviews with Ben Lake MP,...
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