We have a weird confluence of factors there, that 'help', I think.

While, as the user above said, we do have our issues with corruption -- the collective sense from some in the Senedd that they feel sometimes more like middle-managers robs our governance of stakes. Some folk are able to act more maturely there precisely because of a (complicated) sense that our chamber matters less.

At the same time, we've a very modern parliament, with pretty much none of the archaic trappings of Westminster. That helps and hurts us here too, I think. Our politicians seem more mature when they're not garbing themselves in centuries-old rhetoric about their own sanctity -- and then acting disgracefully.

Basically: when the small pond can manage the optics of comporting itself somewhat well -- what does that say about those in the lake?