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Plaid Cymru – Party Of Nowhere

Jac — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 10:00:15 +0000

I’ve been meaning to write this, or something like it, for some time. So, with the Senedd elections roughly three months away, now seems as good a time as any. In some ways I suppose this is an update to a piece I put out in February 2019, back when I was young, handsome, and …

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How Many Wind Farms Are Really Planned?

Jac — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 08:30:28 +0000

This is another ‘quickie’, which I’m putting out partly so people can be aware of what might be in the pipeline, and also to see if anyone out there can add a little meat to the bones. ◊ WHERE WE AT? As is my wont, I’ll start by showing you the area in question. It’s …

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Miscellany 18.07.2024

Jac — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 08:30:32 +0000

I suppose I could have done a piece on Vaughan Gething’s belated resignation; but I’ve said almost all I want to say on that nice Mr Musk’s platform. He’s moving to Texas, you know. (Musk, not Gething.) I will just add that Gething’s resignation speech was a classic of ‘Welsh’ Labour. He took no responsibility …

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Wales, Idiots And Envirogrifters

Jac — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 09:00:28 +0000

Yes, I’ve postponed the piece on the Globalists, again, but it’s a story with no real deadline. Whereas what I’m offering below is a kind of follow-up to a piece I put out in June: Wales: Ruled By Pressure Groups. And I want to get it out before this year’s Show in Llanelwedd becomes a distant …

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Bute Energy, Update, 30.06.2023

Jac — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 08:00:45 +0000

This piece has been off / on for a while, due to other matters cropping up to grab my attention. But in the end, it worked out, because new information is emerging all the time. To avoid going over too much old ground I shall devote most of this piece to what’s new. Those wanting …

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Back to the Land!

Jac — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 08:30:35 +0000

After taking August off (and enjoying the break) I’m back to report on an event planned for later this month. In fact, I enjoyed the break so much, and found writing this such hard going, that it might be a while before the next piece appears. ♦ HOW IT BEGAN A couple of weeks ago …

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Guest Post by Hendy wind farm protesters

Jac — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 10:00:05 +0000

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE Jac has written about the Hendy and Bryn Blaen wind farms fiasco previously in Corruption in the wind and updates (here and here). Since November last year Powys residents have been living an Alice in Wonderland adventure, though now we have perhaps moved on from Lewis Carroll to Franz Kafka. To set …

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