Globalism – Jac o' the North

Don’t Panic, But Stay Alert

Jac — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:30:22 +0000

Countries around the world are telling their citizens to stock up with water, food, cash, wind-up radios, batteries, torches and other items. Suggesting we will need these some time soon. This advice comes with talk of cyber attacks and hybrid warfare. Some even mention outright hostilities. The UK has raised to 65 the age at …

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The Slide Into Authoritarianism ‘To Defend Democracy’

Jac — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 07:00:15 +0000

There’s a saying wrongly attributed to an old Chinese sage that runs, ‘May you live in interesting times’. Well, we do; and just as phoney as the provenance of that maxim are the statements we’re fed daily by our politicians and their media. Much of what follows may be updates of what’s gone before; but …

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Plaid Cymru And ‘Independence’

Jac — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:00:48 +0000

A few days after Plaid Cymru’s conference in Llandudno seems a good time to examine where the party stands on independence. And related issues. ◊ INTRODUCTION As most of you know, I have always wanted independence for Wales. Partly because I felt Wales was constantly short-changed and could do better with independence; and partly because …

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Power To The People! (Our People, Of Course)

Jac — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:30:20 +0000

In my previous post I wrote: “. . . 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“. Done …

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Net Zero Creating Jobs In ‘Farming’

Jac — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:40 +0000

Bit of a departure, this one. Or maybe not. It’s more ‘planet saving’ 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; …

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An Open Letter To President Donald J Trump

Jac — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:42:21 +0000

Mr President, As you are aware, there’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 – and provoking the desired response – are now determined to draw Russia into a wider conflict. I’m referring …

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‘Environmentalism’ In Wales, A New Colonialism

Jac — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:30:52 +0000

This starts with a very local story that’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 …

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A Property Empire II

Jac — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:00:11 +0000

The title is explained by the fact that in December 2022 I put out a piece titled A Property Empire. (I bet you’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 …

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Net Zero, Pressure Groups, DEI, Cultural Marxism

Jac — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 09:00:30 +0000

I’m thinking of taking a summer break, but whether I do or not, I want to put this out; based on things I’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) …

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The Destruction Of The Elenydd

Jac — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:00:06 +0000

I suppose I’d better begin by explaining where we are when I talk of ‘the Elenydd’. It’s the wild, and largely unpopulated uplands shown on this Google Earth capture. The last true wilderness in Wales. Now it’s being industrialised and destroyed by the ‘renewables’ industry, all foreign-owned companies. With other parcels of land being bought …

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