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Podcast: Hiraeth - Welsh Politics
Episode: Culture eats strategy for breakfast w/Sam Rowlands MS
Description: As one of the new intake of Welsh parliamentarians who were elected in the 2021 election, Sam Rowlands MS represents a new generation of Welsh Conservatives in the Senedd and combines his role as regional MS for North Wales with a shadow ministerial brief of local government and the role of policy director for the party.
In our first interview with Sam, we discuss everything from the importance of local government, Senedd reform and regional representation, trying to enact members’ bills in the Senedd, and the consequences of nearly 25 years of continuous Labour-led governments.
Given Sam’s remit representing a sprawling cons...