The headlines generated by publication of the final report of the Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales focused on the finding that independence is a viable option for a Welsh democracy. However, what is even more striking than this significant step is that no case at all is made in the unanimous report for the continuation of the current relationship between Wales and the UK.

At the report’s launch, Commission co-chairs Laura McAllister and Rowan Williams emphasised the importance of defending Welsh devolution from “attrition and even collapse” at a time when it’s clear that there is not a constructive relationship with the UK government. The former added that there had been no “coherent or evidenced argument for the status quo”.