{"id":107182,"date":"2026-05-12T16:55:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grayling.com\/?p=107182"},"modified":"2026-08-10T18:59:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T17:59:14","slug":"podcast-wales-election-beyond-the-ballot-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grayling.com\/de\/news-and-views\/podcast-wales-election-beyond-the-ballot-box\/","title":{"rendered":"PODCAST ELECTION SPECIAL: Beyond the Ballot Box: Wales Has Spoken. Now What?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mae\u2019r canlyniadau i mewn, ac ni fydd Cymru byth yn edrych yr un fath eto.<\/p>\n<p>The results are in, and Wales will never quite look the same again.<\/p>\n<p>In this special Elections edition, Si\u00e2n Jones, Head of <a href=\"https:\/\/grayling.com\/our-offices\/cardiff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grayling Wales<\/a>, sat down with Louis O\u2019Geran, Senior Associate at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moreincommon.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More in Common<\/a>, and Stewart Owadally, Campaigns and Politics Director at Grayling, for an honest conversation about what just happened \u00a0&#8211; and why it matters far beyond Wales.<\/p>\n<p>From Labour&#8217;s collapse to Reform&#8217;s breakthrough, from Plaid Cymru&#8217;s readiness for government to what a pro-independence majority across three devolved nations means for Westminster.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/34d6tYb6bCT80dVmSAzeL7?utm_source=generator&amp;si=2cb6ffe0b52c4785\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mae\u2019r canlyniadau i mewn, ac ni fydd Cymru byth yn edrych yr un fath eto. 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