51�Թ�

Marian Wyn Jones, chairwoman of the university's council, warned in its annual report there are "financial challenges facing the university and the sector" and said they "face unprecedented challenges due to historically static tuition fees for home undergraduate students which are set by the government, persistent inflationary pressures, and policy changes on international student visas".

Cardiff University politics expert Prof Richard Wyn Jones said the previous mixed proportional and first-past-the-post system helped Labour win around 50% of the seats in Wales with "a third of the vote".

Prof Wyn Jones spoke before Tuesday's poll was published - as did everyone else in this article.

Prof Wyn Jones also argued the upheaval in geopolitics could play a role.

Even as a 21-year-old tour rookie in Australia in 2013, his communication and leadership were picked out as an example to the rest of the squad by captain Alun Wyn Jones.