Wales 20:20 is a network of Welsh Labour Party members who have come together to consider how Labour’s enduring aims and values can be progressed in the new Welsh political climate. It aims to provide Labour activists with a forum to both spark and facilitate discussion about what needs to be done - both in terms of policy and organisation - to re-energise the social democratic left in Wales. We welcome comments freely provided they are made in a spirit of tolerance, understanding and respect.

Wales 20:20 is about looking a decade or more ahead and identifying the new challenges Wales faces, along with the policies needed to implement progressive values. Renewal cannot happen behind closed doors. It requires open participatory debate in the Party and amongst our supporters about the future direction for Labour in Wales. Ten years ago we had a clear vision about direction, and in those ten years we have done much to make both Wales and Britain better and more fair. Renewal cannot be about looking back, tacking to the left or lurching to the right. It is about moving forward. This is what Wales 20:20 aims to do.

People

Matt Greenough - Policy

Born and brought up in Anglesey, Matt ended up in Cardiff via a Masters Degree in Journalism. Ironically it was here that he decided that his primary interests of writing and arguing would be better suited to politics than to newspaper journalism.

Press Officer for Glenys Kinnock and Eluned Morgan from 2001 - 2005, Matt helped deliver Welsh Labour’s media campaigns during this period. He currently works for Huw Lewis AM and Lynne Neagle AM in the National Assembly for Wales. A member of the Labour and Co-Operative Parties and also a member of the Fabians, his other interests include cricket and new media.

Luke Holland - Communications
 
Apart from a short stint in a fishing tackle shop, Luke has worked in politics all his professional life. A lifelong Labour Party member, he headed up Labour’s media operations in the South West of England for three and a half years covering the 2004 European and 2005 General elections. He has also worked at several by-elections for the Labour Party.

Since late 2006 Luke has worked for Huw Lewis AM and Lynne Neagle AM at the National Assembly for Wales. He is a member of UNITE and Chair of Governors at Tremorfa Nursery School in Cardiff. His interests include music, crime fiction, American politics and steam trains.

Andrew Johnson - Publications

Andrew Johnson, 27, was born and brought up in Dunvant, a village on the outskirts of Swansea. He currently lives in Splott, Cardiff. Having studied politics at Cardiff University he became Assistant to the Chief Whip in the Labour Assembly Group in 2003 and has worked for Karen Sinclair, Assembly Member for Clwyd South, since 2004.

Currently undertaking a part-time Masters in Welsh Politics, he is a member of UNITE and his interests include football, political history, photography and devolution.