Author: davidoclubb
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Infrastructure and well-being in Wales
Infrastructure is inextricably linked to well-being. Good infrastructure, well-designed and well-located, developed according to sound principles and in collaboration with the end-users, will likely produce outstanding results for a long period of time. The converse is also true. The new commentary from the Wales Centre for Public Policy (WCPP) – “Infrastructure and long-term wellbeing” –…
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Wales Women in STEM podcast
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Welsh learner podcast
Hear about my experience of learning Welsh – and other languages.
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Hiraeth podcast; infrastructure in Wales
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A worthy infrastructure strategy for Wales
If I tell you that It’s not often I’ve found myself excited by a piece of infrastructure policy, I’m sure I’ll be in good company. Hold on to your hats; the just-published Wales Infrastructure Investment Strategy (WIIS) is about to smash your concept of what infrastructure policy can mean to the environment, well-being and social…
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What the Romans can teach us about the value of the Welsh language
The Roman Empire was pre-eminent in terms of trade, agriculture and international networks of information and trust. Not until industrial times did the earth see a city as large as Rome, and as needing such huge quantities of food – and wine. How was it that the Roman empire was able to sustain a population…
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Welsh Government’s approach to ‘digital’
Welsh Government’s approach to digital is being described through a series of blog posts. I’m really encouraged by this approach to a new #digitalstrategy for Wales – and for public services in particular. I like the way that a blog is being used to describe each of the ‘missions’ which underpin the strategy, and I think…
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What drives the IndyWales conversation?
As someone with a strong interest in politics and public affairs, I’ve been following the IndyWales discussion with interest for many years. Nothing has the potential to change the nature of our politics, constitution, society and environment as much as becoming an independent nation, and whilst these discussions have taken place as long as my…
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The digital threat to Wales’ democracy
“our data are our stories. When our data are manipulated, distorted, stolen, exploited, or misused, our communities are stifled, obstructed, or repressed, and our ability to self-determine and prosper is systematically controlled” (1) The UK story The story of the 2010s can – to a significant extent – be told by the exploitation of private…
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Open source social media will save our democracy
In an opinion piece in yesterday’s Guardian newspaper, Carole Cadwalladr describes how Facebook is the virus that has enabled the catastrophes of both Brexit, and the ascension of Mr. Trump to the White House. Facebook allows lies to spread virtually unchecked. It permits those people with the most money and least scruples to disseminate falsehoods…