Jac o' the North

Plaid Cymru Turns Against The Dragon

Jac — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 08:30:02 +0000

I wish I didn’t have to write this, but it needed to be written. Not least because it highlights how Globalism, through the capture of leftists and their organisations, like Plaid Cymru, promotes its agenda. ◊ GLOBALISM, SUMMARY Globalism is very wealthy families and individuals, supranational bodies and major corporations that hope to benefit from …

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Ishoos, Word Salads, Manufactured Grievances

Jac — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:00:55 +0000

A couple of people have contacted me, suggesting I take a look at an outfit operating in Carmarthen. A town close to my heart. Many’s the pint I sank there when I was younger. Have a skinful in the old Ceffyl Du, and if we couldn’t find a party, or no student fell for my …

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Things Are Never So Bad That They Can’t Get Worse

Jac — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:15:22 +0000

First, a brief look at the new Plaid Cymru administration. Then an analysis of ‘Well-being’. Before looking at the looming threat of AI data centers. This piece is bigger than usual, some 2,700 words. But you know it’ll be worth it! ◊ PLAID CYMRU IN POWER Plaid Cymru emerged from the May 7 Senedd elections …

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Who Runs The White House, Abersoch?

Jac — Fri, 22 May 2026 08:00:37 +0000

Don’t panic, this isn’t about US politics. Following information received it’s an update to something I wrote back in 2020. As you will understand, I’m sure, what I’d promised for Monday, ‘Things Are Never So Bad That They Can’t Get Worse’, will now be delayed. (And anyway, I’d forgotten that Monday is a Bank Holiday.) …

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Senedd Elections 2026: Picking Through The Bones

Jac — Tue, 12 May 2026 08:45:31 +0000

Where to start? A truly momentous result. But will it make much difference? Join me as I ramble through the results. ◊ THE VOTING SYSTEM Let’s start with the widespread and growing feeling that the party list system, in 16 vast constituencies, was a mistake, and one that must not be repeated. But how did …

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Who Ya Gonna Vote For?

Jac — Sun, 03 May 2026 13:30:18 +0000

Well, we’re almost there. Thank God! Because this has been the most uninspiring and negative election in the history of devolution. Never have so many deadbeats, activists posing as ‘journalists’, party hacks, and nut-jobs, wasted their time trying to rouse a people who’ve just lost interest. ◊ RUNNERS AND RIDERS IN HEAVY GOING This election …

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Any, Any, Any Old Iron?

Jac — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:30:23 +0000

A bit of a departure, this one. And certainly not what I advertised last Saturday. Though that element does figure in this bigger picture. Rather than focus exclusively on Bute’s windfarm plans in Wales, the infiltration of the Welsh political class (especially, but not exclusively, the Labour party), or alleged links to those who sent …

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Looking Ahead To Senedd Elections

Jac — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:00:46 +0000

In this piece I shall look towards the May 7 Senedd elections. Rather than delve into party manifestos, or expose the peccadillos of individual candidates, I’m adopting a broad brush approach. Impressions and perhaps even informed generalisations. Digressions guaranteed, but not without a touch of whimsy and a few doses of ironic humour. This offering …

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Caveat Emptor!

Jac — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 09:00:06 +0000

Over the past year I’ve written a few times about companies in Wales profiting from the UK government’s ECO4 scheme, through cavity wall insulation, solar panels, heat pumps, etc. Most recently, I’ve had to write about one of these companies going belly-up leaving dissatisfied customers; either suffering from poor workmanship that needed remedial work, or …

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The Windward-Bute Empire, Fresh Insights

Jac — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:00:47 +0000

I had something else planned to go out on Monday, but I’ve held it back in light of fresh information I’ve received about the activities of Bute Energy. Information that raises wider considerations. ◊ INTRODUCTION Let me start with an apology. I’ve been writing about Bute’s activities in Wales for seven or eight years. This …

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