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Labour retained control of the Welsh parliament with the Party matching a previous election record by capturing 30 of the 60 seats in Senedd Cymru (Welsh Parliament). This is in stark contrast to the disastrous performance of Labour in England and continued decline in Scotland. Many have pointed out that the nations within Britain have developed very different voting patterns. This reflects genuine differences between them and the need for different economic and political  development.

Nicola Sturgeon has described the Scottish National Party's (SNP) fourth consecutive victory in the Scottish Parliament election as  "historic and extraordinary". She pointed out that her party had won the most constituency seats and secured the highest share of the constituency vote in the history of devolution. In Scotland the SNP won 64 seats, the Conservatives 31, Labour 22, the Scottish Greens eight and Liberal Democrats four. Along with the pro-independence Greens  the results of the election is clear.

We have always prided ourselves on not being particularly aligned to one party here, leaving us free to be critical friends of any and all parties. However, we were proud to support Mebyon Kernow in the recent elections because we felt that they provided the voice for Cornwall that is so sadly lacking in political debate. We are pleased, then, in Thursday's election that not only did Mebyon Kernow retain the four seats they had before the total number of seats available was reduced from 123 to 87, but they even increased the seats they held by one.

The Australian Celtic Festival is an annual event that celebrates the Celtic nations. Brittany (Breizh), Cornwall (Kernow), Ireland (Éire), Isle of Man (Mannin), Scotland (Alba) and Wales (Cymru) feature strongly in the Festival. There is also a recognition that other Nations have a Celtic history and so the Australian Celtic Festival continues to recognise all Celtic heritage  Each year up to twenty different Scottish Clans and representatives from the Celtic Nations turn out in force to hold their annual Celtic ceremonies and spectacles. The Festival also normaly draws large crowds.

There is no doubt that the Isle of Man (Manx: Mannin) is a beautiful place. A Celtic Island in the middle of the Irish Sea with a rich culture and heritage.  However, it is an Island under threat from within in the form of greed motivated interest groups and poor government decisions. Not least of which is the allowing of inappropriate building developments and plans to allow unfettered increases in population growth. So at the moment the Isle of Man government are putting out plans for so-called "consultation"  on an area plan for the north and west of the Island.

Further to the article in Transceltic (28th April 2021) "Pressure for Snowdon to be known only by Welsh name Yr Wyddfa". Support is now growing for using only the Welsh names Yr Wyddfa instead of Wyddfa/Snowdon and Eryri instead of Eryri/Snowdonia.

Irish political party Sinn Féin's spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Defence, John Brady TD, has called for action after the Human Rights Watch (HRW) report finds Israel was guilty of committing the crime of apartheid against the Palestinian people. Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization, headquartered in New York City, that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. In 1997 Human Rights Watch shared in the Nobel Peace Prize as a founding member of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines.

Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) is the highest mountain in Wales at 3,560ft (1,085m). The mountain is located in Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri (Snowdonia National Park).  A Gwynedd county councillor has put forward a motion that Snowdonia National Park authorities are asked to only refer to the mountain by its Welsh name  Yr Wyddfa rather than Snowdon, with Snowdonia only to be called Eryri.

Inverness Castle (Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal Inbhir Nis) stands on a cliff overlooking the River Ness in Inverness, Scotland. Although there has been a castle on the site from as far back as the 11th Century, the present sandstone structure was built by different architects in the nineteenth-century. Parts have served as a prison, and it was also used as a Sheriff Court until last year. A Sheriff Court is the principal local civil and criminal court in Scotland.

Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), the UK’s pre-eminent progressive think tank calls for full devolution max for Cornwall as in other Celtic nations

Cornwall has “outgrown” its original devolution deal and a bold new approach is needed to set it on the path to “true” devolution seen in other Celtic nations, according to a new report.

The paper has been produced by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), the UK’s pre-eminent progressive think tank.