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		<title>Devolution Is Cardiff Council On Stilts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 09:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 &#8220;Glamorgan County Council on stilts&#8220;. The implication being that other parts of Wales &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/devolution-is-cardiff-council-on-stilts/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Devolution Is Cardiff Council On Stilts</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Whisper It In The Tramshed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 08:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is another of those pieces I wish I didn&#8217;t have to write. Another sorry tale of political bias and incompetence, and the wasting of large amounts of public money. ◊ WHISPER AND LABOUR Our tale begins with two announcements. The first came from the self-styled &#8216;Welsh Government&#8217; last Friday. Informing us a &#8220;Wales-based&#8221; company, &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/whisper-it-in-the-tramshed/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Whisper It In The Tramshed</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Climate Crisis And The Noble Lie</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2024 07:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I decided to put this out soon after making up my mind not to bother with an analysis of the general election result. Only in a FPTP system could a party get a massive majority from a reduced share of the vote. A system designed for Whigs and Tories to fight over rotten boroughs is &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/the-climate-crisis-and-the-noble-lie/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Climate Crisis And The Noble Lie</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Climate Cult Killing The Welsh Family Farm</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2024 09:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this piece I&#8217;ll explain that the &#8216;Welsh Government&#8221;s Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) is just the latest in a long series of attacks on the Welsh family farm, and all that that means. The SFS demands that 10% of every farm be given over to trees, with a further 10% to &#8216;habitat&#8217;. Many farms will &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/climate-cult-killing-the-welsh-family-farm/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Climate Cult Killing The Welsh Family Farm</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Send Us Your &#8216;Homeless&#8217;, Your . . .</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2023 08:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This post, the last before Christmas, deals with a &#8216;consultation process&#8217; 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 &#8216;Welsh Government&#8217; asking how many homelessness organisations there &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/send-us-your-homeless-your/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Send Us Your &#8216;Homeless&#8217;, Your . . .</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Little Place In The Country</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2023 07:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this piece I shall look at what might be a renewed attempt to promote OPDs, or perhaps it&#8217;s just another bit of &#8216;affordable housing&#8217; flim-flam. Maybe a bit of both. For newcomers . . . the OPD system is unique to Wales; it allows people to build a dwelling in open country as long &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/a-little-place-in-the-country/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">A Little Place In The Country</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Racism, Grifting, Agendas</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2023 09:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is a piece that I&#8217;d planned to get out earlier in the week, but things cropped up. For example, I had to make a trip to Swansea. So for that and other reasons it got delayed. ◊ DRAMA QUEEN PERFORMS This piece took inspiration from a report in Saturday&#8217;s Llais y Sais, but it &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/racism-grifting-agendas/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Racism, Grifting, Agendas</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, Where Democracy Came To Die</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2023 17:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If the title strikes you as over-stated, just hold your judgement until you&#8217;ve read what I have to say. And if you still disagree with me, then you can claim your refund from the Reimbursements Unit of the Finance Department at Jac Towers. Seeing as last week&#8217;s offering was a little long, at over 3,000 &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/wales-where-democracy-came-to-die/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Wales, Where Democracy Came To Die</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Taking Control, Of Everything</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2023 09:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I hadn&#8217;t planned on writing this, but thinking about what&#8217;s happening to our major sporting bodies left me little alternative. It&#8217;s dressed up as reorganisation, or combatting sexism, misogyny, and other evils, but I believe these are a smokescreen for the true motivations. Don&#8217;t worry, I haven&#8217;t forgotten about the promised piece on Bute Energy. &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/taking-control-of-everything/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Taking Control, Of Everything</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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