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		<title>Things Are Never So Bad That They Can&#8217;t Get Worse</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[First, a brief look at the new Plaid Cymru administration. Then an analysis of &#8216;Well-being&#8217;. Before looking at the looming threat of AI data centers. This piece is bigger than usual, some 2,700 words. But you know it&#8217;ll be worth it! ◊ PLAID CYMRU IN POWER Plaid Cymru emerged from the May 7 Senedd elections &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/things-are-never-so-bad-that-they-cant-get-worse/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Things Are Never So Bad That They Can&#8217;t Get Worse</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Labour And Plaid Cymru Plot To Destroy Welsh Democracy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2024 08:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this post we&#8217;ll look at the proposed Senedd &#8216;reforms&#8217;, focusing on the closed list system, the method of counting the votes, the design of the ballot paper, and then I&#8217;ll try to explain it all. There have been calls for many years for a bigger Senedd so that it can give better &#8216;scrutiny&#8217;. That &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/labour-and-plaid-cymru-plot-to-destroy-welsh-democracy/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Labour And Plaid Cymru Plot To Destroy Welsh Democracy</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wales, Idiots And Envirogrifters</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2023 09:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yes, I&#8217;ve postponed the piece on the Globalists, again, but it&#8217;s a story with no real deadline. Whereas what I&#8217;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&#8217;s Show in Llanelwedd becomes a distant &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/wales-idiots-and-envirogrifters/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Wales, Idiots And Envirogrifters</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wales: Ruled By Pressure Groups</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2023 08:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/wales-ruled-by-pressure-groups/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Wales: Ruled By Pressure Groups</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>
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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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