6 - Politics

Welsh Government Ministers only have an office on The Fifth Floor with the support of their backbench colleagues on the second floor, and with enough votes in the finely balanced Senedd.This episode looks at the art and science of politics that Ministers need to confront to get things done.Former Government Minister Lee Waters talks to former colleagues about the pressures faced inside Government. The full set of interviews drawn on by this series have been published by Cardiff University :https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/2888677/Cathays-Conversations-Lee-Waters-2025-01-14.pdf

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An insider guide to politics and government in Wales. The fifth floor is the where Ministers in the Welsh government are based. For 5 years Lee Waters had an office on Ty Hywel’s fifth floor and in this podcast explores what it’s like to be at the heart of Welsh politics.