{"product_id":"9781860571688","title":"The Politics of Co-Opposition : The Inside Story of the  2021-24 Co-operation Agreement Between Plaid Cymru and Welsh Labour","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Osmond, John \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 26\/09\/2024,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 308 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781860571688,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Politics of Co-Opposition reveals how a completely new form of political engagement in the British Isles - the 2021-24 Co-operation Agreement between Plaid Cymru and Welsh Labour - created history and provided the major part of the Welsh Government's policy programme for over three years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e John Osmond, who was involved in negotiating the Agreement as Special Adviser to Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price, provides an insider's account of the political background to the Agreement - including a fascinating week-by-week diary of Price's first 100 days - how it was finalised and the compromises that were made to achieve it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Essential reading for politicians, political journalists, students and political scientists globally, the Co-operation Agreement, termed by academics as 'Contract Parliamentarianism', drew on non-coalition precedents in Sweden, New Zealand and Malaysia. It resulted in significant measures being introduced across 46 policy areas such as: free school meals for all primary school pupils, expanding free childcare to all two-year-olds, action on the second homes crisis blighting rural Wales, and reforming the Senedd (the Welsh Parliament) including a 60% increase in Senedd Members - from 60 to 96 - and a fully proportional electoral system from 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Brought to a premature end in May 2024 by Plaid Cymru as the result of the controversial internal election of the new Labour leader which resulted in the implosion of his short-lived government, The Politics of Co-Opposition is a fascinating and candid account of how innovative politicians co-operated on key mutually-agreed policies while maintaining their positions as government and opposition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53582043447669,"sku":"9781860571688","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781860571688.jpg?v=1728720184","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781860571688","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}