EU Funding – Jac o' the North

Riding Along On The Crest Of A Wave

Jac — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 08:30:07 +0000

The title above is shared with a song I remember from my Sea Scout days. I can still smell those jumpers we had to wear. But by God, I looked good! And you should have seen my woggle! This week’s contribution to help you understand Wales takes us down to Pembrokeshire. And a tip I …

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Climate Cult Killing The Welsh Family Farm

Jac — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 09:00:25 +0000

In this piece I’ll explain that the ‘Welsh Government”s Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) is just the latest in a long series of attacks on the Welsh family farm, and all that that means. The SFS demands that 10% of every farm be given over to trees, with a further 10% to ‘habitat’. Many farms will …

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Cydweli: Where’s The Money Gone?

Jac — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 08:00:00 +0000

The so-called ‘Welsh Government’s irresponsibility with money is legendary. They speak of little else in the bazaars of Samarkand, while the elders of Amazonian villages tut tut at the very mention. One-hundred-and-fifty million pounds (£150m) returned to London (presumably because we have all we need) A failing airport bought for about ten times what it …

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Miscellany 03.11.2020

Jac — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 10:00:29 +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 ♦ This week’s piece takes us all over the place to meet interesting characters. Most you’ll be familiar …

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One Planet, Future Generations & George Soros

Jac — Sun, 16 Jun 2019 23:50:08 +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 ♦ I‘ve written about One Planet developments before, but to refresh your memories, and help newcomers, here’s a …

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Pot Pourri 12.12.2018

Jac — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 18:15:36 +0000

As you can see, this is another big one. But it’s made up of five separate reports: Hendy wind farm, recent events in Swansea and Llanelli which may – or may not – be linked, the Bodnant Welsh Food Centre, the redevelopment of the Tower opencast site, and finally, the leadership election in a non-existent …

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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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Hate Crime

Jac — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 07:20:08 +0000

Back in March I became re-acquainted with someone I’d written about towards the end of 2012, just before Google took down my old blog. At the time I wondered if there was a connection, seeing as the woman I’d written about struck me as both unwell and vindictive. After that unpleasantness I removed one post …

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The Welsh Clearances

Jac — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 00:10:47 +0000

It’s generally agreed that Welsh farming is in for a hard time after Brexit, though there seems to be some confusion as to why this should be so. So let me explain. It has nothing to do with Brexit itself, or the EU, it’s merely certain elements in the ruling apparatus using Brexit as an …

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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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