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		<title>Power To The People! (Our People, Of Course)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In my previous post I wrote: &#8220;. . . one thing Labour was good at over 27 years of devolution was cronyism. That is, using public money to create pointless jobs for party loyalists, and to fund their organisations. To the point where there are now hundreds of these organisations and thousands of jobs&#8220;. Done &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/power-to-the-people-our-people-of-course/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Power To The People! (Our People, Of Course)</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Net Zero Creating Jobs In &#8216;Farming&#8217;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bit of a departure, this one. Or maybe not. It&#8217;s more &#8216;planet saving&#8217; bullshit; with one example dressed up as feeding the masses, the other somehow helping a housing association. ◊ BACKGROUND In twenty-seven years of mismanaging Wales Labour had a twin-track approach to agriculture. On the one hand, real farming was attacked and undermined; &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/net-zero-creating-jobs-in-farming/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Net Zero Creating Jobs In &#8216;Farming&#8217;</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wind Power: New Players, Same Old Scam</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 07:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yes, I know, I talk a lot of wind. But it&#8217;s difficult to escape it. We&#8217;re expected to believe the world is going to burn to a frazzle, El Niño is going to turn us all to ashes (or drown us? Both?) &#8211; if we don&#8217;t cover every square yard of Wales in wind turbines &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/wind-power-new-players-same-old-scam/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Wind Power: New Players, Same Old Scam</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>An Open Letter To President Donald J Trump</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mr President, As you are aware, there&#8217;s a lot of sabre-rattling in Europe at the moment. Certain countries, having encouraged Ukraine to wage war on Russian civilians in the Donbass and elsewhere following the 2014 coup &#8211; and provoking the desired response &#8211; are now determined to draw Russia into a wider conflict. I&#8217;m referring &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/an-open-letter-to-president-donald-j-trump/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">An Open Letter To President Donald J Trump</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Crack Open A Bottle For The Environment</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Whaddya know &#8211; another &#8216;environmentalist&#8217; has moved to Wales. But this one has a novel angle. He sells booze and donates all the profits to planet savers. Or so he says. Strange how people who oppose colonialism have no issue with colonising Wales. ◊ MAN OF MYSTERY I&#8217;m indebted to a regular source (as is &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/crack-open-a-bottle-for-the-environment/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Crack Open A Bottle For The Environment</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;Environmentalism&#8217; In Wales, A New Colonialism</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This starts with a very local story that&#8217;s been bubbling away for some time. But sometimes a local story can serve to illustrate a much wider issue. And that, I believe, is the case here. ◊ BACKGROUND In essence, a local family wants a hydroelectric scheme on their land. The plan submitted to Eryri planners &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/environmentalism-in-wales-a-new-colonialism/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">&#8216;Environmentalism&#8217; In Wales, A New Colonialism</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Property Empire II</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The title is explained by the fact that in December 2022 I put out a piece titled A Property Empire. (I bet you&#8217;d guessed that!) Which makes this is, unashamedly, a follow-up. ◊ BACKGROUND That first piece was about a Rhyl property developer named Christopher Paul Walsh, and his company Walsh Investment Properties Ltd. I only &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/a-property-empire-ll/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">A Property Empire II</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Is Plaid Cymru Deaf To The Drone Of War?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 08:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This piece is about what can only be described as the militarisation of the west coast of Wales. It takes us from within sight of Harlech Castle to where you can hear the bells of St. David&#8217;s Cathedral. ◊ BACKGROUND, LLANBEDR I&#8217;ve written a few times about Llanbedr over the years after receiving information from &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/is-plaid-cymru-deaf-to-the-drone-of-war/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Is Plaid Cymru Deaf To The Drone Of War?</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;For Wales, See Will Hayward&#8217;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Let me begin by saying that I have nothing personal against Will Hayward, never met the boy. But I can&#8217;t help wondering why this graduate of Cardiff University &#8211; where else? &#8211; is accepted as an expert on a country he &#8216;knows&#8217; only from brief forays out of Cardiff. And of course he writes for &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/for-wales-see-will-hayward/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">&#8216;For Wales, See Will Hayward&#8217;</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Net Zero, Pressure Groups, DEI, Cultural Marxism</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 09:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m thinking of taking a summer break, but whether I do or not, I want to put this out; based on things I&#8217;ve understood for a while, but prompted by cases that have come to light over the past week. ◊ FUTURE GENERATIONS COMMISSIONER This job was created by the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/net-zero-pressure-groups-dei-cultural-marxism/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Net Zero, Pressure Groups, DEI, Cultural Marxism</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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