Cneifiwr – Jac o' the North

The tangled web

Jac — Tue, 05 May 2020 08:30:36 +0000

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’M SENT. DIOLCH YN FAWR ♦ This a complicated story, so I advise you to pay attention. I’ve written about Dawnus and Hydro …

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General Election 2017

Jac — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 16:00:50 +0000

Those of you who’ve read Cneifiwr’s latest post, about his canvassing experiences, will I’m sure have enjoyed him waxing lyrical about wrens and shimmering vistas, country lanes and tinkling rills . . . well you’ll get none of that fancy bucolic stuff here. This is the opinionated old git section of the Welsh blogosphere. Last Thursday …

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‘Welsh’ Labour In All Its Ugliness

Jac — Sat, 08 Apr 2017 15:00:38 +0000

A few days ago I got an anonymous message telling me about someone, or a group, seeking to raise money to ‘Save English Language Education in Wales’. Here’s the link to the relevant CrowdJustice site. I doubt if those behind this are susceptible to embarrassment, but just in case, and it’s been taken down, here’s …

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News Round-up 24.03.2017

Jac — Fri, 24 Mar 2017 00:00:27 +0000

Swansea Labour Party I have it on good authority that the all-conquering Swansea Labour Party is raring to go in May’s council elections. Well oiled, with palms greased and muscles flexed from Clydach High Street to Caswell Bay. Even as you read this leafleting teams – each member carrying a 90kg rucksack – will be …

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Llangennech; ‘Welsh’ Labour, Plaid Cymru

Jac — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 19:30:09 +0000

I’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 – hoping I could replace my old one on the cheap! – I …

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Updates & Tit-bits, November 21, 2016

Jac — Sun, 20 Nov 2016 23:43:06 +0000

SWANSEA Persecution Where better to start than the old home town. (Which still ‘looks the same as I step down from the train, and there to greet me’ – is a welcoming committee from the local Labour Party. ‘Good old Jac’, they cry. Well, laff!) As you may recall, I wrote a while back about the case …

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