Edwina Hart – Jac o' the North

Conserving Heritage, Maintaining Colonialism

Jac — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 14:30:01 +0000

BY A GUEST WRITER ◊ Keeping tabs on the incestuous, grant-fuelled world of the Welsh heritage industry could be a full-time job in itself. It seems there is no end to the number of charitable trusts set up to take advantage of the funding available ostensibly to rescue this or that old ruin or building, …

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Pies, Planes & Property Development 2

Jac — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 23:35:02 +0000

TO RECAP . . . You will recall that in the previous post dealing with the highly questionable disposal of publicly-owned land by the Regeneration Investment Fund for Wales we encountered two Guernsey-based companies, Imperial House Investments Ltd (Incorporated 30.11.2013) and South Wales Land Developments Ltd (Incorporated 01.02.2014) both of which had just two directors, Langley …

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No Business Like Show Business

Jac — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 18:16:28 +0000

I am indebted to Gruff Meredith of Sovereign Wales for forwarding me a letter he received from the ‘Welsh’ Government. (Below right, click to enlarge.) A letter signed by Carl Sargeant, ‘Minister for Housing and Regeneration’, and addressed to William Powell, the Lib Dem chairman of the Assembly Petitions Committee. It relates to a petition …

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Sisters

Jac — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 21:31:58 +0000

Intriguing rumours reach me from the Land of my Dreams. They concern manoeuvering to succeed Martin Caton, current MP for Gower, in 2015. Caton is a decent enough cove, I’m assured, if unassuming and happy to be naught but lobby fodder in the greater scheme of things. To set the stage, for those unfamiliar with …

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Odds And Sods (Nothing Personal) 18.06.2013

Jac — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:58:30 +0000

Here’s a merry and eclectic miscellany of tit-bits and tales that have caught my attention over the past week or so. Or at least, it’s those I deemed worthy of comment. NOT CRICKET, SURELY? (THOUGH PERHAPS STILL VERY ENGLISH) A strange story from the Nicholas Insurance Pembrokeshire Cricket League (Division Six), not a source of …

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Not All Black Holes Are In Space

Jac — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:23:24 +0000

About a month ago I wrote a piece on the failure of yet another “helping people back into employment” initiative set up by the Welsh Government. This £36m scheme called Genesis was launched in 2010, and although declared officially deceased it seems to be taking a long time a-dying. With its death-throes still attracting morbid …

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Swansea Council, English Lords, Swansea Labour Party, German Multinationals, Student Politics, Trots, Wind Turbines, etc., etc: Part the Third

Jac — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:34:41 +0000

Are you sitting comfortably? Good. Because what follows gets a bit complicated. That said, I believe there is now enough evidence to question the legitimacy of the decision taken by Swansea council on February 7th to allow RWE to erect wind turbines on Mynydd y Gwair, common land owned by the Duke of Beaufort on …

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Choices, Choices

Jac — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 22:32:47 +0000

I notice that a new response is being employed against those of us who can, loosely, be termed, the more patriotic element within the nation. This response boils down to quoting President Clinton – “It’s the economy, stupid!”. Which tries to suggest that those wanting to preserve and strengthen Welsh identity are ignorant of economic …

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