After the Brexit Party, could the Conservatives crack the Red Wall in South Wales?

Labour enjoys huge majorities in this heartland of heartlands, but there are a few seats where the Tories are slowly getting competitive.

Why there is so much grassroots disquiet at the Welsh Tories’ best-ever Senedd result

Whilst the leadership talks up 16 MSs, activists are angry about missing so many target seats and failing to mobilise the 2019 vote.

Live Blog: Scottish and Welsh election results. The SNP fails to win its majority. And Ross holds the Conservative position steady.

The latest results, news and analysis from Holyrood and Cardiff Bay as they come in.

Robert Sutton: The data suggests the Conservatives should be quietly optimistic about the Welsh election

Without proper constituency-level polling there is always room for doubt, but it looks as if Labour’s grip on Cardiff Bay is weakening.

Henry Hill: Is the Alba Party the separatist movement’s answer to Leave.EU?

It might allow Sturgeon to focus on the progressive, europhile case for independence whilst Salmond rallies leavers and cultural conservatives.

Ant Pickles: Why a coalition between the Conservatives and Plaid Cymru isn’t going to happen

In 2007, it almost looked like the a plausible anti-Labour alternative for Wales. But things are very different today.

Davies forced out as Conservative leader in the Welsh Parliament. What will change?

A coronation means that Andrew RT Davies, a right-wing Brexiteer closer to the grassroots who was forced out in 2018, is likely to retake the top job.

Henry Hill: Welsh Conservative leader under pressure to quit over Senedd drinking session

Some fear this is part of deeper struggle within the party as a prominent pro-devolution MS is deselected by local activists.

Even by Welsh Labour’s standards, Drakeford’s decision to slow the vaccine rollout is abysmal

Both the Conservatives and Plaid have gone on the attack, but can anything break Labour’s iron grip on Cardiff Bay this year?

Why the Government is under pressure to confirm the date of the local elections

Moving them would require primary legislation, but despite bullish official pronouncements there is little certainty that we’ll be voting in May.

Emergency proxies and postal votes: how the Government intends to ensure the local elections go ahead in May

As Wales and Scotland prepare to potentially delay them again, no such provisions are being made for England.

Amanda Milling: We’re delivering on our promises – and couldn’t do it without grassroots support

If not for your efforts on the doorstep and the endless nights of telephone canvassing, we would not have defeated Corbyn’s Labour Party a year ago.

Paul Davies: Devolution has not been a disaster – but it does need a complete overhaul

Labour administrations have undermined the constitutional settlement through misgovernment and pushing for more and yet more powers.

Calum Davies: Property rights are under assault in Wales – Conservatives must protect them

I’m a Welsh-speaker and proud of my heritage – but it’s absurd to charge £10,000 to try and prevent someone renaming their own home.

The Tories’ hard pivot against the Cardiff Bay establishment reveals the power of Welsh devoscepticism

‘Abolish’ are exerting UKIP-style pressure as Paul Davies turns his guns on “cronies and hangers-on in civic society”: the devocracy.