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		<title>Why I&#8217;m Putting Independence On Hold</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2025 08:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m still waiting for information promised on a matter I&#8217;ve written about recently and so, until it reaches me, I&#8217;m going to take an opportunity to clarify my position on Welsh independence. ◊ BACKGROUND I have always believed in Welsh independence. I will always believe in Welsh independence. This is an article of faith, beyond &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/why-im-putting-independence-on-hold/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Why I&#8217;m Putting Independence On Hold</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Poppies, Row on Row</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2016 09:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[PART 1: &#8216;THE BEAUTIFUL GAME&#8217; This autumn has seen a succession of spats between the football associations of the &#8216;home&#8217; nations and FIFA the international governing body of the game over displays of poppies, which FIFA deems to be a political symbol. These disputes reached something of a fever pitch last week when FIFA laid &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/poppies/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Poppies, Row on Row</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Chilcot and Iraq, All You Really Need to Know</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2016 18:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Having read the full Chilcot Report on the invasion of Iraq by the USA and the UK &#8211; in the original Latin &#8211; I have decided to spare my readers that ordeal by giving a succinct summary of what lies behind that disaster and why we are where we are. However, for the masochists among &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/chilcot-and-iraq-all-you-really-need-to-know/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Chilcot and Iraq, All You Really Need to Know</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>To Thine Own Self Be True</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not often that I write about events outside of Wales, but I feel moved to say something about the current crisis in Syria, Iraq and Kurdistan. While the situation in the region is not entirely the fault of the West, we cannot escape blame, and it goes back a lot further than George Bush &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/to-thine-own-self-be-true/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">To Thine Own Self Be True</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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