[7] The website aims to close the Welsh 'democratic deficit', specifically targeting the absence of a national, Welsh-based, English language news service.

London School of Economics (LSE) researcher Samuel Parry cited the website when they attributed the "major stumbling block for Welsh independence" to the absence of an indigenous media in the country.

Writing for the LSE Brexit blog, Parry cites the inception of Nation.Cymru and similar outlet Desolation Radio as seeking to stem that problem.

"[24] 77% of respondents to a WalesOnline poll agreed with Jones' piece that the Iron Ring was a "symbol of oppression" rather than merely "a part of Welsh history".

[24] The sculpture was eventually put on hold by Cadw as a result of an intervention by the Welsh Government cabinet secretary for economy and infrastructure Ken Skates.

Bennett's ban came after Assembly presiding officer Elin Jones describing his comments in the Senedd as "quite offensive" regarding transgender rights.

[30] The website contributed to discussion around the renaming of the Second Severn Crossing as the Prince of Wales Bridge when it commissioned a YouGov poll into support for the change.

[31] Western Mail political Chief Reporter Martin Shipton picked up the poll in his column, and asked the Wales Office for comment, however the Secretary for State did not provide a response.

[19] The website was cited nationally when it ran successive articles in August 2018 on the issue of "300,000 tonnes of mud" which was proposed to be dumped onto the River Severn, by EDF Energy from its Hinkley Point nuclear power plant.

[34] They subsequently revealed that companies run by the same man, David Neal, owed £400,000 to a bank wholly owned by the Welsh Government.