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		By: Terry Davies		</title>
		<link>https://jacothenorth.net/blog/miscellany-14-10-2020/#comment-38698</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Terry Davies]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2020 14:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://jacothenorth.net/blog/miscellany-14-10-2020/#comment-38670&quot;&gt;Sian Caiach&lt;/a&gt;.

Hi Sian, May I ask &quot;What idiotic projects&quot;?  TA]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/miscellany-14-10-2020/#comment-38670">Sian Caiach</a>.</p>
<p>Hi Sian, May I ask &#8220;What idiotic projects&#8221;?  TA</p>
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		By: Jac		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2020 14:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://jacothenorth.net/blog/miscellany-14-10-2020/#comment-38695&quot;&gt;Terry Davies&lt;/a&gt;.

Gwlad and the WNP are not splitting the vote, they&#039;re &lt;em&gt;increasing&lt;/em&gt; the vote. Plaid has hit its ceiling. It&#039;s still regarded as a party for Welsh speakers only, and now it&#039;s also a hard left or &#039;woke&#039; party. Look at the figures - more people are prepared to think about independence but Plaid&#039;s vote is static.

All explained in today&#039;s post.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/miscellany-14-10-2020/#comment-38695">Terry Davies</a>.</p>
<p>Gwlad and the WNP are not splitting the vote, they&#8217;re <em>increasing</em> the vote. Plaid has hit its ceiling. It&#8217;s still regarded as a party for Welsh speakers only, and now it&#8217;s also a hard left or &#8216;woke&#8217; party. Look at the figures &#8211; more people are prepared to think about independence but Plaid&#8217;s vote is static.</p>
<p>All explained in today&#8217;s post.</p>
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		By: Terry Davies		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Terry Davies]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://jacothenorth.net/blog/miscellany-14-10-2020/#comment-38681&quot;&gt;Wrexhamian&lt;/a&gt;.

Thank you for the engagement and you are right in many ways to look at the right people for the job. 
That is the key.

However, the local Plaid is of a group of business minded individuals that have got the handle on things. 

Plaid I agree in my view needs growth and with the right people and the key to that is engagement with all, Gwlad and WNP,  we will not get to the right goals for wales by splitting the vote, as that will assist the two Cabals of Westmonster at the polling station.  
Sadly we have strong minded people here, that insist that their way is the only way and without compromise, Sadly that attitude goes for all camps. That has to stop, and a collective policy and manifesto designed to get Wales to win. 

A Welsh assembly under a Welsh government is the first goal for all and one of solidarity for Wales. Not a Westminster party. 

Wales must be unified before any chance of independence and a solid government and that means working on the same steam engine. The stoker is not the driver and neither the driver is a stoker, how do we get them to work together?  

Now Labour and Tory are laughing at us, knowing that split, fragmenting the vote is what keeps them in the running.   

Carmarthenshire under the plaid leadership has shown that with the right team (Getting together) we can get the wheels turning and kick off Labours inability, a business policy based on hibernation of management, together with poor decorum in vital decisions.  (as with Welsh Government)

#Yes! As you say, I need to nail my colours to a mast. The Fact is, we all need our colours working together on the flag not the mast. 
Thank you for a good point and one that hopefully is productive for us.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/miscellany-14-10-2020/#comment-38681">Wrexhamian</a>.</p>
<p>Thank you for the engagement and you are right in many ways to look at the right people for the job.<br />
That is the key.</p>
<p>However, the local Plaid is of a group of business minded individuals that have got the handle on things. </p>
<p>Plaid I agree in my view needs growth and with the right people and the key to that is engagement with all, Gwlad and WNP,  we will not get to the right goals for wales by splitting the vote, as that will assist the two Cabals of Westmonster at the polling station.<br />
Sadly we have strong minded people here, that insist that their way is the only way and without compromise, Sadly that attitude goes for all camps. That has to stop, and a collective policy and manifesto designed to get Wales to win. </p>
<p>A Welsh assembly under a Welsh government is the first goal for all and one of solidarity for Wales. Not a Westminster party. </p>
<p>Wales must be unified before any chance of independence and a solid government and that means working on the same steam engine. The stoker is not the driver and neither the driver is a stoker, how do we get them to work together?  </p>
<p>Now Labour and Tory are laughing at us, knowing that split, fragmenting the vote is what keeps them in the running.   </p>
<p>Carmarthenshire under the plaid leadership has shown that with the right team (Getting together) we can get the wheels turning and kick off Labours inability, a business policy based on hibernation of management, together with poor decorum in vital decisions.  (as with Welsh Government)</p>
<p>#Yes! As you say, I need to nail my colours to a mast. The Fact is, we all need our colours working together on the flag not the mast.<br />
Thank you for a good point and one that hopefully is productive for us.</p>
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		By: Wrexhamian		</title>
		<link>https://jacothenorth.net/blog/miscellany-14-10-2020/#comment-38681</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wrexhamian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2020 23:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://jacothenorth.net/blog/miscellany-14-10-2020/#comment-38665&quot;&gt;Terry&lt;/a&gt;.

Terry, you seem like you have the right mindset to help rescue Tyisha, and if you and your Plaid colleagues can pull something off, then all power to your elbow. But you are so far removed from the Leanne/Adam hegemony and their wokish irrelevance that you might want to look closely at Gwlad or the WNP and decide that more could be done by nailing your colours to one of those two masts. Their focus is not just on Cymru as a whole but on the kind of local issues of which Tyisha is an exemplar. Their focus is on what&#039;s best for Wales.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/miscellany-14-10-2020/#comment-38665">Terry</a>.</p>
<p>Terry, you seem like you have the right mindset to help rescue Tyisha, and if you and your Plaid colleagues can pull something off, then all power to your elbow. But you are so far removed from the Leanne/Adam hegemony and their wokish irrelevance that you might want to look closely at Gwlad or the WNP and decide that more could be done by nailing your colours to one of those two masts. Their focus is not just on Cymru as a whole but on the kind of local issues of which Tyisha is an exemplar. Their focus is on what&#8217;s best for Wales.</p>
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		By: Jac		</title>
		<link>https://jacothenorth.net/blog/miscellany-14-10-2020/#comment-38680</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2020 13:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://jacothenorth.net/blog/miscellany-14-10-2020/#comment-38679&quot;&gt;Mel Morgan&lt;/a&gt;.

Where are you getting these quotes from? I hope they&#039;re genuine.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/miscellany-14-10-2020/#comment-38679">Mel Morgan</a>.</p>
<p>Where are you getting these quotes from? I hope they&#8217;re genuine.</p>
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		By: Mel Morgan		</title>
		<link>https://jacothenorth.net/blog/miscellany-14-10-2020/#comment-38679</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mel Morgan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://jacothenorth.net/blog/miscellany-14-10-2020/#comment-38677&quot;&gt;Brychan&lt;/a&gt;.

Indeed - Olympic-class failure. And, as is usual in this country, she&#039;s not even paying vice&#039;s tribute to virtue by hypocritically pretending to exercise the powers of her office properly.

&#039;Liberals are *so* awesome.&#039; - Charles Evans Hughes.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/miscellany-14-10-2020/#comment-38677">Brychan</a>.</p>
<p>Indeed &#8211; Olympic-class failure. And, as is usual in this country, she&#8217;s not even paying vice&#8217;s tribute to virtue by hypocritically pretending to exercise the powers of her office properly.</p>
<p>&#8216;Liberals are *so* awesome.&#8217; &#8211; Charles Evans Hughes.</p>
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		By: Mel Morgan		</title>
		<link>https://jacothenorth.net/blog/miscellany-14-10-2020/#comment-38678</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mel Morgan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2020 09:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://jacothenorth.net/blog/miscellany-14-10-2020/#comment-38659&quot;&gt;Dafis&lt;/a&gt;.

Jeszcze Cymru nie zginęła kiedy my żyjemy ...

Or something like that.

&#039;If you tell a conservative his pet money-spinning scheme is illegal, he&#039;ll look at you blankly.&#039; Howard A. Taft]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/miscellany-14-10-2020/#comment-38659">Dafis</a>.</p>
<p>Jeszcze Cymru nie zginęła kiedy my żyjemy &#8230;</p>
<p>Or something like that.</p>
<p>&#8216;If you tell a conservative his pet money-spinning scheme is illegal, he&#8217;ll look at you blankly.&#8217; Howard A. Taft</p>
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		By: Brychan		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brychan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2020 08:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://jacothenorth.net/blog/miscellany-14-10-2020/#comment-38669&quot;&gt;Dafis&lt;/a&gt;.

An important role of the Llywydd, just like the Convener at Holyrood and the speaker in the Westminster House, is to maintain impartiality and also champion the backbenchers in holding government to account.  Elin Jones MS has failed in this role, on both counts.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/miscellany-14-10-2020/#comment-38669">Dafis</a>.</p>
<p>An important role of the Llywydd, just like the Convener at Holyrood and the speaker in the Westminster House, is to maintain impartiality and also champion the backbenchers in holding government to account.  Elin Jones MS has failed in this role, on both counts.</p>
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		By: Brychan		</title>
		<link>https://jacothenorth.net/blog/miscellany-14-10-2020/#comment-38676</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brychan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2020 08:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://jacothenorth.net/blog/miscellany-14-10-2020/#comment-38670&quot;&gt;Sian Caiach&lt;/a&gt;.

It should be remembered that the track bed concerned was originally carved to accommodate the GWR broad gauge. This means the footprint of embankments are wide. It’s also wrong to call the seaward sections as “defences”. They were not designed that way. The principle being that culverts were in-built to allow tidal surges to pass under the railway, to allow pre-existing natural inundation at times of surge to happen unhindered.  The term ‘tidal wave’ is not actually a single wave just a term applied to the surge front. This occurs due to low atmospheric pressure as well as the lunar alignment, also misnamed as ‘spring tides’. This is very different from swell wave action, which can be baffled or mitigated with reinforcements. If the Senedd wishes to call Mark Langman the Wales director at Network Rail to give evidence to committee on such matters, he retires soon and can do so unhindered by Westminster priorities. The county council should not be sacrificing in-built protections to the SWML in promotion of it’s policy of housing development on flood plains in the south of the county. This integrity of the line is important for expansion of the Welsh network up to Aberystwyth and the future prosperity of Llanelli.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/miscellany-14-10-2020/#comment-38670">Sian Caiach</a>.</p>
<p>It should be remembered that the track bed concerned was originally carved to accommodate the GWR broad gauge. This means the footprint of embankments are wide. It’s also wrong to call the seaward sections as “defences”. They were not designed that way. The principle being that culverts were in-built to allow tidal surges to pass under the railway, to allow pre-existing natural inundation at times of surge to happen unhindered.  The term ‘tidal wave’ is not actually a single wave just a term applied to the surge front. This occurs due to low atmospheric pressure as well as the lunar alignment, also misnamed as ‘spring tides’. This is very different from swell wave action, which can be baffled or mitigated with reinforcements. If the Senedd wishes to call Mark Langman the Wales director at Network Rail to give evidence to committee on such matters, he retires soon and can do so unhindered by Westminster priorities. The county council should not be sacrificing in-built protections to the SWML in promotion of it’s policy of housing development on flood plains in the south of the county. This integrity of the line is important for expansion of the Welsh network up to Aberystwyth and the future prosperity of Llanelli.</p>
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		By: Terry.		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Terry.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2020 11:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://jacothenorth.net/blog/miscellany-14-10-2020/#comment-38674&quot;&gt;Gaynor&lt;/a&gt;.

The Plaid County has inherited the problem. The cost of which is going to be massive. Capital that would have to come from Welsh government that is Labour.  back to square one. But given the insight Brychan has shown it&#039;s more of a National disgrace for corporate planning to developers and benefactors, with total disregard for the impending disaster. The fall out of which will be blamed on global warming.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/miscellany-14-10-2020/#comment-38674">Gaynor</a>.</p>
<p>The Plaid County has inherited the problem. The cost of which is going to be massive. Capital that would have to come from Welsh government that is Labour.  back to square one. But given the insight Brychan has shown it&#8217;s more of a National disgrace for corporate planning to developers and benefactors, with total disregard for the impending disaster. The fall out of which will be blamed on global warming.</p>
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