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Radio Wales,19 Feb 2026,121 mins
Oliver Hides takes your calls on political homelessness, newspapers and shipwrecks.
The Phone InAvailable for 27 days
Oliver Hides with Thursday's Phone In... Ahead of the Senedd Election in May, we've invited the leaders and representatives from each of the main political parties in Wales onto the programme to answer your questions. We are exactly halfway through now, and there has never been so much political choice within an election. This week, Former West Midlands mayor Andy Street said that research showed there were seven million people who find no party currently appealing to them. Do you feel politically homeless? Print circulation figures for many major newspapers will no longer be made public. The Publisher, ‘Reach’, who print the Mirror, Express and Star, have decided to keep figures private, a decision that comes after it proposed to close two out of its three remaining print plants this year. In an ever-growing digital world, do you still pick up a paper? And we’ll be talking all about our fascination behind shipwrecks, after an abandoned 24-metre ship has been spotted off the coast of Pembrokeshire. Call or WhatsApp 03700 100 110 or Text 8 10 12. Be part of the nations' conversation.
Programme WebsiteTracklist
- TrackArtist
- 1.You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)Dead or Alive
- 2.Die On This HillDie On This HillSIENNA SPIRO
- 3.There's Nothing Like ThisThere's Nothing Like ThisOmar