Julie James – Jac o' the North

Devolution Is Cardiff Council On Stilts

Jac — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 09:00:50 +0000

To explain the title . . . Back in the 1960s and 1970s, when there was any talk of a Welsh Parliament, Home Rule, or devolution, one of the arguments used against the idea was that such a creation would just be “Glamorgan County Council on stilts“. The implication being that other parts of Wales …

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Wildlife Trusts, Crazy Money, Hidden Agendas

Jac — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 09:45:42 +0000

This is a follow-up to last week’s piece on the enviro-shysters blaming farmers for everything wrong with our rivers, and those behind them hoping to get their corporate claws into farmland. ◊ MERGERS First, let’s make sure you know where our five wildlife trusts are located. On the image below you can also see the …

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Send Us Your ‘Homeless’, Your . . .

Jac — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 08:45:46 +0000

This post, the last before Christmas, deals with a ‘consultation process’ that could result in changes being implemented that will prove very damaging to Welsh communities. ◊ PANELS, REPORTS, RECOMMENDATIONS You may remember that some six years ago I submitted a Freedom of Information request to the ‘Welsh Government’ asking how many homelessness organisations there …

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Our Little Secrets

Jac — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 21:30:09 +0000

Yes, I know . . . I said I wasn’t putting anything out this week, but the work doesn’t start until tomorrow, and something I put out earlier on Twitter / X has grown too big to continue with on that platform. But don’t worry, this is still a quickie. ◊ JANE DAVIDSON For those …

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Who The Hell Are These People!

Jac — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 17:00:30 +0000

Another article begins with an apology . . . and I can’t even blame the drink! But the fact is that I have more information on Extinction Rebellion (XR), including its Welsh roots. Well, not really Welsh, just in Wales, like so many of these buggers. I was also sent something by a regular reader …

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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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The State Of Wales

Jac — Tue, 02 May 2023 08:15:20 +0000

I’m sorry I haven’t put out anything for a few weeks, but there’s just been too much to write about, and my lack of self-discipline has resulted in me being too easily distracted, too often. So here goes, again. With a story that in my opinion is not being properly interpreted. What you’re about to …

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Miscellany 07.07.2022

Jac — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 08:00:05 +0000

As the title suggests, this week’s offering is a miscellany, bits and pieces from hither and yon. Covering . . . Wind turbine disposal. Fears for the planning system in the north west. Awkward locals opposing the hundreds of executive homes Aberdyfi so desperately needs. A development in the ongoing saga of the Llanbedr by-pass. …

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Bristol Fashion, Local Benefits, Magic Wallpaper, Island In The Sun, Maasai Resistance, Gilestone Update

Jac — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 09:00:19 +0000

This week I bring yet more tales of colonialism dressed up as ‘saving the planet’; involving assorted enviroshysters, multifarious con men; all aided, abetted, and funded, by those collaborating buffoons down Corruption Bay. This is another biggie, but broken down into easily-digestible chunks. (Add condiments and flavourings to taste.) ♦ BRISTOL FASHION Let’s begin with …

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