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		<title>Why I would vote to abolish the Senedd</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2021 13:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;M IN SEMI-RETIREMENT AND THIS BLOG IS WINDING DOWN. I INTEND CALLING IT A DAY SOON AFTER THIS YEAR&#8217;S SENEDD ELECTIONS. POSTINGS WILL NOW BE LESS FREQUENT AND I WILL NOT UNDERTAKE ANY MAJOR NEW INVESTIGATIONS. DIOLCH YN FAWR. ♦ For this, another of my infrequent, pre-retirement postings, I&#8217;ll explain why I would vote to &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/why-i-would-vote-to-abolish-the-senedd/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Why I would vote to abolish the Senedd</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wales and West, Labour&#8217;s In-House Housing Association</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2017 16:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you read this blog regularly you&#8217;ll know about the takeover of Cantref, a housing association based in Newcastle Emlyn, by Wales and West Housing of Cardiff, a company with strong links to the Labour Party. For those catching up, I advise starting with the post Cantref: &#8216;Welsh&#8217; Labour Takeover Challenged? To give some chronological marker, &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/wales-and-west-labours-in-house-housing-association/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Wales and West, Labour&#8217;s In-House Housing Association</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Naz Malik and Awema: The Real Charges</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2014 07:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On August 28th at Swansea Crown Court Naz Malik, former CEO of race industry charity Awema, was found not guilty on two charges of fraudulently paying the charity&#8217;s cheques into his own account. A third charge, that he used Awema money to pay a life insurance policy, was not proceeded with. The real issue never &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/naz-malik-and-awema-the-real-charges/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Naz Malik and Awema: The Real Charges</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2014 09:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wales is a small country, and once you start delving into the darker recesses of public life you uncover organisations of which you&#8217;ve never heard, you discover avenues of questionable funding, and you see names cropping up over and over again. This interconnectedness is not healthy; especially when so many of the shadowy groups and &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/nest-of-vipers-third-sector-tales/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Nest of Vipers: Third Sector Tales</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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