Now comes the hard part
Published in Nation.Cymru on May 9th 2026 https://nation.cymru/opinion/the-campaign-is-over-now-comes-the-hard-part-a-former-minister-on-what-governing-wales-really-takes/ So, the campaign is over but now comes the hard part. If you think forming a Government is tricky, try running one in the age of the Polycrisis! There are multiple crises all happening at the same time, and the Welsh Government has neither the levers, capacity, nor financial firepower to make more than a dent in any of them. But don’t worry, this is not a counsel of despair. It’s a case for focus. I am neither religious, nor an addict, but during my decade in politics I turned more than once to Reinhold Niebuhr’s ‘Serenity Prayer’: ‘God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference’. So, what can be changed, and what is out...