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		<title>Lobbying in Wales</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2022 18:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[INTRODUCTION This piece is prompted by the &#8216;Welsh Government&#8217; suggesting it wants to address the issue of lobbying. As the website puts it: &#8220;The Standards of Conduct Committee is undertaking an inquiry into lobbying and is keen to establish whether lobbying is a matter of concern to the people of Wales&#8221;. A disingenuously worded paragraph &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/lobbying-in-wales/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Lobbying in Wales</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Plaid Cymru &#8211; Labour&#8217;s little helper, again</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2019 17:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The piece you&#8217;re about to read originated as a press release today from Neil McEvoy AM (though the title above is mine). I thought it deserved the widest possible audience. For while the Labour Party and Plaid Cymru whine about the Tories avoiding debate and subverting democracy in Westminster, they are doing something very similar &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/plaid-cymru-labours-little-helper-again/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Plaid Cymru &#8211; Labour&#8217;s little helper, again</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Brexit, Boris, Nigel . . . and independence!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2019 08:00:14 +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 ♦ CONFESSIO Regular readers will know that I voted for Brexit back in June 2016. I did so &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/brexit-boris-nigel-and-independence/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Brexit, Boris, Nigel . . . and independence!</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Alyn and Deeside by-election</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2018 13:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, February 6th, there will be a by-election in the Alyn and Deeside constituency following the death of sitting Assembly Member Carl Sargeant of the Labour Party. The facts in the public domain are that on November 7th last year Sargeant took his own life four days after being forced to step down from &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/alyn-and-deeside-by-election/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Alyn and Deeside by-election</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Plaid Cymru and the defenestration of Neil McEvoy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2018 16:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Most of you will be aware that after a protracted and amateurish &#8216;process&#8217; Plaid Cymru has now expelled Neil McEvoy from its Assembly group. This will have surprised absolutely no one. But what is it all about, what&#8217;s the real story? From speaking with Neil McEvoy and others, and from my own research, this is &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/plaid-cymru-and-the-defenestration-of-neil-mcevoy/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Plaid Cymru and the defenestration of Neil McEvoy</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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