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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>&#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>Things Are Never So Bad That They Can&#8217;t Get Worse</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[First, a brief look at the new Plaid Cymru administration. Then an analysis of &#8216;Well-being&#8217;. Before looking at the looming threat of AI data centers. This piece is bigger than usual, some 2,700 words. But you know it&#8217;ll be worth it! ◊ PLAID CYMRU IN POWER Plaid Cymru emerged from the May 7 Senedd elections &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/things-are-never-so-bad-that-they-cant-get-worse/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Things Are Never So Bad That They Can&#8217;t Get Worse</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Who Ya Gonna Vote For?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 13:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Well, we&#8217;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 &#8216;journalists&#8217;, party hacks, and nut-jobs, wasted their time trying to rouse a people who&#8217;ve just lost interest. ◊ RUNNERS AND RIDERS IN HEAVY GOING This election &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/who-ya-gonna-vote-for/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Who Ya Gonna Vote For?</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Looking Ahead To Senedd Elections</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;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 &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/looking-ahead-to-senedd-elections/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Looking Ahead To Senedd Elections</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Windward-Bute Empire, Fresh Insights</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I had something else planned to go out on Monday, but I&#8217;ve held it back in light of fresh information I&#8217;ve received about the activities of Bute Energy. Information that raises wider considerations. ◊ INTRODUCTION Let me start with an apology. I&#8217;ve been writing about Bute&#8217;s activities in Wales for seven or eight years. This &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/the-windward-bute-empire-fresh-insights/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Windward-Bute Empire, Fresh Insights</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Labour Apparatchiks Associated With Bute Energy Arrested In China Spy Probe</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 19:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You must know what this is about. But in case you&#8217;ve been sleeping for a week . . . three men, with close ties to the &#8216;Welsh&#8217; Labour party, were arrested last Wednesday &#8220;on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service&#8220;. They were released on bail the following day. ◊ WHO&#8217;S INVOLVED? The first, is &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/labour-apparatchiks-associated-with-bute-energy-arrested-in-china-spy-probe/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Labour Apparatchiks Associated With Bute Energy Arrested In China Spy Probe</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Devolution Is Cardiff Council On Stilts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 09:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[To explain the title . . . Back in the 1960s and 1970s, when there was any talk of a Welsh Parliament, Home Rule, or devolution, one of the arguments used against the idea was that such a creation would just be &#8220;Glamorgan County Council on stilts&#8220;. The implication being that other parts of Wales &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/devolution-is-cardiff-council-on-stilts/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Devolution Is Cardiff Council On Stilts</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Grab The Money And Run!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 08:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this piece I&#8217;m going to look at the collapse of Consumer Energy Solutions (CES) earlier this month, ask what could have gone wrong, and consider what the future might hold. ◊ BACKGROUND There is a group of companies in south Wales involved in &#8216;retrofitting&#8217; homes with cavity wall insulation, solar panels, loft insulation, heat &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/grab-the-money-and-run/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Grab The Money And Run!</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>What&#8217;s Up With eHarley Street, Doc? And Where&#8217;s The Money?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 07:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Problems with primary health care provision in parts of south east Wales have been reported for a while. You&#8217;re about to read a fuller account. And the fuller it gets, the more disturbing it becomes. ◊ TO EXPLAIN . . . It seems the contract to run a number of GP surgeries was awarded to &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/whats-up-with-eharley-street-doc-and-wheres-the-money/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">What&#8217;s Up With eHarley Street, Doc? And Where&#8217;s The Money?</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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