Civil Service – Jac o' the North

Housing for Wales or housing for the Welsh?

Jac — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 08:50:12 +0000

PLEASE APPRECIATE THAT I GET SENT MORE INFORMATION AND LEADS THAN I CAN USE. I TRY TO RESPOND TO EVERYONE WHO CONTACTS ME BUT I CANNOT POSSIBLY USE EVERY BIT OF INFORMATION I’M SENT. DIOLCH YN FAWR ♦ We are confronted by a paradox. The stock of housing in Wales is growing, yet less and …

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Miscellany 27.04.2020

Jac — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 08:00:42 +0000

PLEASE APPRECIATE THAT I GET SENT MORE INFORMATION AND LEADS THAN I CAN USE. I TRY TO RESPOND TO EVERYONE WHO CONTACTS ME BUT I CANNOT POSSIBLY USE EVERY BIT OF INFORMATION I’M SENT. DIOLCH YN FAWR ♦ Here’s something to keep you occupied in these long days of lockdown after you’ve finished mowing the …

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Wales, social dumping and much more besides

Jac — Sun, 07 Jul 2019 18:35:13 +0000

PLEASE APPRECIATE THAT I GET SENT MORE INFORMATION AND LEADS THAN I CAN USE. I TRY TO RESPOND TO EVERYONE WHO CONTACTS ME BUT I CANNOT POSSIBLY USE EVERY BIT OF INFORMATION I’M SENT. DIOLCH YN FAWR ♦ Maybe I should start by explaining what is meant by ‘social dumping’. The term links with ‘social …

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M4 relief road

Jac — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 08:00:13 +0000

By now everyone’s aware of the decision announced last week by the ‘Welsh Government’ not to proceed with the planned M4 ‘relief road’ through the Gwent Levels and Newport docks. This decision that took most of us by surprise needs to be examined and certain ramifications and possibilities considered. For last week’s decision might have …

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Dawnus 2

Jac — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 01:00:40 +0000

PLEASE APPRECIATE THAT I GET SENT MORE INFORMATION AND LEADS THAN I CAN USE. I TRY TO RESPOND TO EVERYONE WHO CONTACTS ME BUT I CANNOT POSSIBLY USE EVERY BIT OF INFORMATION I’M SENT. DIOLCH YN FAWR ♦ Following on from the previous article, information received justifies a fresh post rather than just an update …

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Friends old & new: Gavin ‘Wynnborn’ Woodhouse; James ‘Fforest’ Lynch; Shane Baker, ‘the bargain basement Baldrick of Nebo’ and Jonathan Duggan

Jac — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 09:00:17 +0000

It’s always nice to meet up with old friends, and here are updates on three characters I’ve written about before, though I suppose it’s stretching it a bit to call them friends. And it also gives me the opportunity to introduce a couple of new faces. This trip down Memory Lane will take us from …

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Miscellany 31.10.2018: The Olive Trust, Mumbles Pier, Cartrefi Croeso, Welsh Clearances, The Disaster that is Devolution

Jac — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 10:00:08 +0000

It may be Hallowe’en but you’ll find no ghosties or ghoulies here, just the usual parade of grotesques and exhibitions of idiocy and cupidity that haunt modern Wales. Night and day. All year round. Seeing as I haven’t put anything out for over a week this is a bumper issue, around 4,000 words, but there’s …

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Carry On Brexiting

Jac — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 11:00:56 +0000

Seeing as no one knows what kind of Brexit the UK government wants, and because so much of what you’re reading and hearing on the subject is either biased or just ill-informed, it falls upon Uncle Jac to shed a little light on the matter. Because there are implications in Brexit for the unity of …

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The Synthesis of Colonialism and Cultural Marxism in Wales

Jac — Sun, 12 Aug 2018 18:15:36 +0000

I had planned a fuller article before I take myself off for a few days, but what with grandchildren staying over the weekend, and the football season now underway, I’ve had less time available than I’d hoped, and so I offer instead this little piece in which I consider one of the absurdities of twentieth …

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Bits & Pieces: North Wales Housing, Trivallis, Castle Bingo, Cadw, Homeless Squaddies

Jac — Sat, 30 Sep 2017 15:00:04 +0000

This is a bumper issue to keep you going as the nights draw in and I get on with a couple of jobs that must be done ere winter tightens its icy grip. The post consists of a number of items enabling you to take it in in easy, bite-sized chunks. (‘Bite-sized chunks’!) Enjoy! ♦ …

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