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		<title>Devolution Is Cardiff Council On Stilts</title>
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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>Miscellany 18.07.2024</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2024 08:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I suppose I could have done a piece on Vaughan Gething&#8217;s belated resignation; but I&#8217;ve said almost all I want to say on that nice Mr Musk&#8217;s platform. He&#8217;s moving to Texas, you know. (Musk, not Gething.) I will just add that Gething&#8217;s resignation speech was a classic of &#8216;Welsh&#8217; Labour. He took no responsibility &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/miscellany-18-07-2024/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Miscellany 18.07.2024</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Labour And Plaid Cymru Plot To Destroy Welsh Democracy</title>
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		<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>&#8216;Welsh&#8217; Labour &#8211; The &#8220;Joke&#8221; Party</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2013 22:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Woe! Woe! and thrice woe! Tales come from all quarters telling, variously, of Labourites turning on each other like ferrets in a sack; of Il Duce chewing the carpet in impotent rage at the behaviour of a Californian councillor; of a callow yoof in Jamesonia accumulating more &#8216;jobs&#8217; than a retired government minister; and a &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/welsh-labour-the-joke-party/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">&#8216;Welsh&#8217; Labour &#8211; The &#8220;Joke&#8221; Party</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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