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		<title>Net Zero, Pressure Groups, DEI, Cultural Marxism</title>
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		<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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		<title>Taking Control, Of Everything</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2023 09:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I hadn&#8217;t planned on writing this, but thinking about what&#8217;s happening to our major sporting bodies left me little alternative. It&#8217;s dressed up as reorganisation, or combatting sexism, misogyny, and other evils, but I believe these are a smokescreen for the true motivations. Don&#8217;t worry, I haven&#8217;t forgotten about the promised piece on Bute Energy. &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/taking-control-of-everything/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Taking Control, Of Everything</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>News Round-up 29.05.2018</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2018 18:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is a bumper edition, some 3,600 words, enough to keep you going for a week. It comprises six different reports so you don&#8217;t need to gorge and make yourself ill, you can take it one piece at a time. Enjoy! ∼ MRS AND MR MERRILL Rose Mutale Merrill (née Nyoni), doyenne of the race &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/news-round-up-29-05-2018/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">News Round-up 29.05.2018</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Llangennech; &#8216;Welsh&#8217; Labour, Plaid Cymru</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2017 19:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been away. No, not in the pokey, or on holiday, but hors de combat due to a malfunctioning computer, one that had served me well for many a year but finally gave up the ghost. After first buying myself a dud &#8211; hoping I could replace my old one on the cheap! &#8211; I &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/llangennech-welsh-labour-and-plaid-cymru/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Llangennech; &#8216;Welsh&#8217; Labour, Plaid Cymru</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Background to a Carmarthenshire Vendetta</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2016 22:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In my post of November 24th, Wales, Colony of England, I mentioned multi-millionaire businessman Clive Hughes and his tribulations with Carmarthenshire County Council, due to that authority&#8217;s hostility towards his project for a biomass combined heat and power plant near Kidwelly. In my follow-up post on December 1st, Meryl Gravell &#38; Robin Cammish, Only in &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/background-carmarthenshire-vendetta/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Background to a Carmarthenshire Vendetta</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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