https://www.facebook.com/groups/794312204318704/permalink/1211301625953091/

Very worrying that naive and gullible investors are pooling their money in this project doomed to failure.

No doubt hoping Carwyn can get him hand-outs from the ‘Welsh Government’ for his plants at Tredegar and Newport.

https://www.insidermedia.com/news/wales/former-first-minister-appointed-to-gfg-alliance-advisory-board?utm_source=wales_newsletter&utm_campaign=wales_news_tracker&utm_medium=top_story_article

I guarantee there’ll be summat in it for Jake Berry.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/10/10/northern-tory-mps-launch-new-group-put-pressure-government-deliver/ -this is behind a paywall ! I got my quote off a local newspaper.

“Some 27 Conservative MPs are involved in the Northern Research Group, which is led by Rossendale and Darwen MP Jake Berry.”

https://nation.cymru/opinion/we-must-fulfil-our-moral-duty-and-embrace-refugees-who-are-seeking-safety-and-sanctuary/

What ever the merits of rolling out the welcome mat to the deserving cases, the failure of these myopic souls to take into account the underprovision of decent accommodation for our own people that are stuck on the margins is unbelievable. Add to that their inclination to take everybody on board regardless of some questionable motives and we will end up with a very unhappy situation. Simple solution – sort out housing etc for needy people already resident, weed out some of the dysfunctional folk dumped out of England, and we should then be able to figure out some space and quality services for new arrivals. That’s what I call proper sanctuary not some flippant gesture from a muddled Liberal.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/550579

In the Consultation Report for the latest NDF iteration aka Future Wales is the WG response to criticisms about their renewable energy policies.

4.6.36 The Arup report was commissioned by the Welsh Government in 2018 and
used a commonly-used methodology for mapping constraints to identify the
most suitable areas for large scale wind and solar. These constraints were
discussed and agreed with stakeholders through four workshops, which
occurred in the autumn of 2018, before modelling of the areas commenced.
Representations have queried the additional use of residential properties as
an additional constraint along with road, railway and river corridors. Arup have
undertaken additional modelling which demonstrates that this would rule out
much of Wales and is therefore it is unfeasible to do this. This is particularly
so where residential properties could be purchased or form part of an
ownership agreement to make a scheme acceptable to nearby residential
properties, therefore requiring a smaller or no buffer to be used.

Remember the flooding of villages and farms in the name of progress? Apparently we must now sacrifice our homes for carbon targets so that those outside Wales can get rich. This is already happening but under the radar, now it has government endorsement.

Can’t wait for the election.

Parish Councillors are not normally paid. The NRW remuneration packages are here

https://cdn.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/media/689898/annual-report-and-accounts-2018-2019.pdf?mode=pad&rnd=132109404760000000

If I am reading page 63 right, the total wage bill for NRW is 75.5 million pounds.

The reimbursement for the executive team is on page 60. Chief executive 135k, the deputies 100k. There is much talk of substantial accrued pension benefits, pay-off bungs, etc.

Still, we can’t have the chief exec going without. And there was a danger!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-53348204

So Drakeford has shoved them another 5 million to make up for money lost on their dodgy timber business.