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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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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2023 10:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After writing about this project in September 2017 I didn&#8217;t think I&#8217;d be returning to Rhydycar West. But here we are in 2023 and it&#8217;s been resurrected. If you&#8217;ve got 3 minutes to spare, there&#8217;s even a video. Though it would definitely help you follow this piece if you read what I put out in &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/merthyr-ski-slope-3/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Merthyr Ski Slope 3</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;Energy Parks&#8217; &#8211; new name, but same old corruption, same old exploitation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2021 07:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My intention was to start winding down this blog, spend more time with my wife, grand-children, books, Malbec . . . but things keep cropping up. That said, it&#8217;s very unlikely I shall undertake major new investigations. Diolch yn fawr. ♦ The previous post was a cri de coeur from someone who by chance had &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/energy-parks-new-name-but-same-old-corruption-same-old-exploitation/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">&#8216;Energy Parks&#8217; &#8211; new name, but same old corruption, same old exploitation</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pies, Planes &#038; Property Development</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2016 10:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Back in October 2012, on my old Google blog, in the post Wales: Sicily Of The North, I touched on the emerging story of publicly-owned land being sold off rather cheaply by the Regeneration Investment Fund for Wales. Sold to the mysterious, Guernsey-based company, South Wales Land Developments. Information on the deal was sparse in 2012 &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/pies-planes-property-development/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Pies, Planes &#038; Property Development</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Vroom, Vroom &#8211; The Next Gravy Train?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know how many of you are aware of this, but there&#8217;s a new £250m racetrack planned for Ebbw Vale, to be known as the Circuit of Wales. Promising to bring high tech, top-wage jobs; tens of thousands of high-spending visitors; and much more besides. All this promised by a company &#8211; the Heads &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/vroom-vroom-its-the-next-gravy-train/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Vroom, Vroom &#8211; The Next Gravy Train?</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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