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Carwyn Jones

Former First Minister of Wales. Musings on politics and beyond. Obsessive reader and sports fan.

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson (right) with the leader of the Labour Party Keir Starmer walk through the Members' Lobby at the Palace of Westminster after the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords. Picture: Toby Melville/PA Wire

opinion 'Compare and contrast' Keir Starmer and Boris Johnson
There is a clear dividing line between Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer, says Carwyn Jones

Carwyn Jones looks at the legal consequences of the Supreme Court leak regarding the potential overturning of Roe V Wade. Photo: PA

OPINION Where will Supreme Court's abortion stance take the United States?
Carwyn Jones looks at the legal consequences of the Supreme Court leak regarding the potential overturning of Roe V Wade.

War in Ukraine has heightened the risks of nuclear weapons and proliferation says Carwyn Jones. Pictures: Supplied/PA

PREMIUM Nuclear threat will only encourage others down the dangerous path to destruction
The danger posed by nuclear weapons has been increased by the war in Ukraine, says Carwyn Jones

The Archbishop of Canterbury, seen greeting Boris Johnson in March, was expressing a view on a moral issue rather than interfering in politics when he criticised the government's asylum policy, says Carwyn Jones. Picture: Richard Pohle/The Times/PA Wire

PREMIUM Religious leaders have no obligation to stay quiet, says Carwyn Jones
Archbishop is right to speak on moral issues, says Carwyn Jones

Boris Johnson's trouble is about more than a few beers after work and his previous record doesn't help him, says Carwyn Jones. Pictures: Archive/Dan Kitwood PA Wire

PREMIUM 'So what if the PM had a few drinks with colleagues and a cake on his birthday?'
Boris Johnson is famously not somebody who likes detail, says Carwyn Jones

A satirical float in Cologne, Germany depicts Vladimir Putin playing with the Ukraine to restore the Soviet Union. Picture: AP Photo/Marin Meissner

PREMIUM 'Russia is not the USSR it doesn't have an ideology to export or admirers'
EIGHTY years ago in Europe we saw an unhinged dictator bring death and destruction to the continent.

Then Wales manager Chris Coleman shows Carwyn Jones the way ahead at a Wales football team training session shortly before the Euro 2016 tournament. Picture: Huw Evans Agency

PREMIUM 'Frankly there was a real prejudice against football, or soccer as it was always called'
Sport has been of vital importance to Wales but which is the most important?

Vladimir Putin attends a concert in Moscow to mark the eighth anniversary of a referendum on the status of Crimea and Sebastapool. The banner reads 'For Russia'. Picture: Vladimir Astapkovich Sputnik Pool Photo via AP

PREMIUM 'The longer they stay in power, the more leaders believe they are indispensable'
'I knew it would soon be time to stand down, bad leaders don't,' says Carwyn Jones

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opinion 'The war in Ukraine will determine China's future in the world'
I don't believe that China wants to see war in Ukraine, but it seems unsure as to what to do about it. Its response to the war in Ukraine has been at times vague and at other times transparently pro-Russian.

Society has been driven by gas-guzzling cars says Carwyn Jones. Picture: Huw Evans Agency

Opinion Carwyn Jones: 'We are addicted and need to kick-our habit'
We live in a society that is addicted. Normally when we talk of addiction we think of individuals whose lives are blighted by drugs and alcohol and who cannot face life without needing to a ingest a substance in order to survive.

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