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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Retirement remains the ambition. That said, this post is produced in the hope of drawing attention to developments in one locality that may link with wider, national concerns. ♦ &#8216;Y FOEL&#8217; Today&#8217;s piece took wing with the article you see below. It appeared in last Thursday&#8217;s Daily Post. A strange piece in a number of ways; &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/misplaced-trust/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Misplaced Trust</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2019 07:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;M SENT. DIOLCH YN FAWR ♦ Last week the self-styled &#8216;Welsh Government&#8217; produced the first version of the consultation document for its 20-year &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/national-development-framework/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">National Development Framework</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wales, social dumping and much more besides</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2019 18:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;M SENT. DIOLCH YN FAWR ♦ Maybe I should start by explaining what is meant by &#8216;social dumping&#8217;. The term links with &#8216;social &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/wales-social-dumping-and-much-more-besides/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Wales, social dumping and much more besides</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Odds and Sods (emphasis on the latter)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2015 11:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[DAVIES THE DENIER Reading the Daily Post a couple of days ago I saw that the new MP for Vale of Clwyd, Dr James Davies, campaigned hard on &#8220;the decline of Rhyl&#8221; and &#8220;the NHS&#8221;. Which got me wondering . . . how could an anti-devolution Tory possibly benefit from concentrating on these two issues? &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/odds-and-sods-emphasis-on-the-latter/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Odds and Sods (emphasis on the latter)</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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