M4 relief road, SNP, Blairism, Russian drones, climate change and new MS

About this episode

The episode discusses various political topics including transport in Wales, the future of the SNP, and climate change, featuring multiple expert guests.

Guests include former Welsh government minister Lee Waters on the future of transport in Wales, political commentator and podcaster Lesley Riddoch and political scientist, Professor Sir John Curtice, on the future of the SNP after the Murrell crisis. Blair expert (he teaches a course on aspects of the Blair governments) and chief political commentator John Rentoul discusses the intervention by former PM, Sir Tony Blair, on the future of the party and Cold War historian Sergey Radchenko considers the political impact of a Russian drone hitting an apartment block in NATO country, Romania. And in the week when we've experienced record temperatures, Professor Bill McGuire looks at what the climate might be like in the 2050s. And in our regular series of introducing you to new politicians in the Senedd, we hear from Labour MS Shavannah Taj about the impact that her family and her teachers had on her politics

People in this episode

Host: BBC Radio Wales

Guests: Lee Waters, Lesley Riddoch, Professor Sir John Curtice, John Rentoul, Sergey Radchenko, Professor Bill McGuire, Shavannah Taj

Topics covered

• transport in Wales
• SNP future
• Tony Blair
• Russian drones
• climate change
• new politicians

Keywords

• M4 relief road
• SNP
• Tony Blair
• Russian drones
• climate change
• Shavannah Taj

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SNP, Labour

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