Lee Waters – 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 – Not To Be Trusted

Jac — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 08:30:42 +0000

In a sense, this is a follow-up to a piece I put out in February called ‘Wildlife Trusts, Crazy Money, Hidden Agendas‘. Perhaps a variation on a theme. Though this is not quite the piece I originally promised. Perhaps I’ll return to the sweat lodges and other joys in the ‘Bhutan of Wales’ (“ample parking …

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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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Come Fly With Me . . . But Not From Llanbedr

Jac — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 08:30:15 +0000

For those of you wondering where Llanbedr is, it’s a village in Eryri, just to the south of Harlech. There is a small airfield between the village and the coast. Llanbedr has made the news in recent years due to it being cursed by a 17th century bridge carrying the A496 road through the heart …

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‘Welsh Government’ Declares War On Freedoms, Motorists, Farmers

Jac — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 08:00:42 +0000

Now that we’ve had three weeks of living with the 20mph speed restrictions I think it’s time to put this measure into its wider context, make a few connections, and introduce some new faces. I apologise for this piece being a bit long, but it’s still less than 2,800 words. And worth sticking with. ◊ …

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20mph, A Disaster Unfolds

Jac — Sat, 16 Sep 2023 08:00:25 +0000

Well, here we are, on the eve of a great experiment. Are you excited about 20mph speed limits? Enthused? Or do you just roll your eyes skyward in the way that typifies modern Wales? I suppose I could have gone about this post differently, by looking at the costs, and examining the various claims more …

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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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Wales: Ruled By Pressure Groups

Jac — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 08:30:09 +0000

Some of you may find what follows, especially the Conclusion, troubling. But I had to write it because the level of lobbying, coupled with contempt for our people, is now at unacceptable levels. And while I still see the third sector as a gravy train for otherwise unemployable Labourites, and remain convinced that senior civil …

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Miscellany 28.09.2022

Jac — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 09:00:49 +0000

I hadn’t planned on putting out a post this week. But people contact me and say, ‘Have you seen this, Jac?’; and most of the time I can politely respond and let it pass. But now and again I get a clutch of reports or leads that are worth bringing together in a post like …

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Buy-to-rent beavers, hawking sheikhs and Mrs Hain

Jac — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 08:35:54 +0000

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’M SENT. DIOLCH YN FAWR ♦ Yes, I promised there wouldn’t be anything until next Monday, but something came up and I thought, …

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