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Greater scrutiny with greater powers
The BBC provides substantial Scottish news analysis - but what about Wales, asks LUKE JAMES

Shortly after delivering his lecture on the future of Britain at Edinburgh University last November, Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones went live on Newsnight Scotland.

He faced a five-minute grilling on his rhetoric from anchor Gordon Brewer as part of an eight-minute package on his visit. Brewer was no Paxman and Jones (below) stuck to his brief.

But the people of Scotland were afforded greater scrutiny of Jones's position than the people of the nation he was speaking on behalf of.

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