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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2022 08:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Holiday Homes]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[. . . Wales Tourism Alliance, UK Hospitality Cymru, and Professional Association of Self Caterers UK. And the article below, which I reproduce from last week&#8217;s issue of the Cambrian News. The article reports a desperate attempt to stop the closing of the loophole that allows holiday home owners to claim their property is a &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/a-response-to/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">A Response to . . .</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anti-Social Housing and Other Rackets</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2022 08:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[INTRODUCTION Everyone I think accepts that in Wales we have a dysfunctional housing or property sector; one not fit for purpose, and one that certainly doesn&#8217;t serve the needs of the Welsh people. But I&#8217;m not simply talking about holiday homes and English migrants squeezing us out of the private housing market, though that is &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/anti-social-housing-and-other-rackets/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Anti-Social Housing and Other Rackets</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why I would vote to abolish the Senedd</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2021 13:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Devolution]]></category>
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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>Housing for Wales or housing for the Welsh?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2020 08:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://jacothenorth.net/blog/?p=39485</guid>

					<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 ♦ We are confronted by a paradox. The stock of housing in Wales is growing, yet less and &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/housing-for-wales-or-housing-for-the-welsh/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Housing for Wales or housing for the Welsh?</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wales and Coronavirus 2</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2020 11:45:53 +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 ♦ I know I often start with an apology (I have a lot to apologise for), and this &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/wales-and-coronavirus-2/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Wales and Coronavirus 2</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Media Lies and Propaganda</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2013 22:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Colonialism]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago, soon after it was suggested that Cyngor Gwynedd should consider raising council tax on holiday homes to 200%, two letters appeared in the Meirionnydd edition of the Cambrian News. (Owned by the Trinity Mirror Group.) They can be found on the right, just click to enlarge. I responded (as did someone else) &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/media-lies-and-propaganda/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Media Lies and Propaganda</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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