Port Talbot – Jac o' the North

Any, Any, Any Old Iron?

Jac — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:30:23 +0000

A bit of a departure, this one. And certainly not what I advertised last Saturday. Though that element does figure in this bigger picture. Rather than focus exclusively on Bute’s windfarm plans in Wales, the infiltration of the Welsh political class (especially, but not exclusively, the Labour party), or alleged links to those who sent …

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The Windward-Bute Empire, Fresh Insights

Jac — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:00:47 +0000

I had something else planned to go out on Monday, but I’ve held it back in light of fresh information I’ve received about the activities of Bute Energy. Information that raises wider considerations. ◊ INTRODUCTION Let me start with an apology. I’ve been writing about Bute’s activities in Wales for seven or eight years. This …

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Do They Know Where The Money’s Coming From? Do They Care?

Jac — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 09:30:57 +0000

This ‘quickie’ is in response to a news item about 200m tall wind turbines planned for Mynydd Fforch-dwm, near the village of Tonmawr, east of Neath. Permission has been granted by the so-called ‘Welsh Government’ on the grounds that it’s a Development of National Significance. The bulk of this post will be taken up with …

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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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Guest post: ‘Stop Y Bryn Onshore Wind Farm’

Jac — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 10:00:21 +0000

I’M IN SEMI-RETIREMENT AND THIS BLOG IS WINDING DOWN. I INTEND CALLING IT A DAY IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. POSTINGS WILL PROBABLY BE LESS FREQUENT AND I WILL NOT UNDERTAKE ANY MAJOR NEW INVESTIGATIONS. DIOLCH YN FAWR. ♦ Over the years I’ve written a number of times about wind farms, and the deception on …

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A Fairytale Prince and Princess and a Web of Golden PR

Jac — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 22:23:11 +0000

BY A GUEST WRITER, ASSISTED BY ‘STAN‘ (illustrations by Jac o’ the North) Revelations that Stephen Kinnock and his wife Helle Thorning-Schmidt sent their elder daughter Johanna to private schools are making waves in both Denmark and Wales in a tale so tangled that even Hans Christian Andersen would have cried the Danish equivalent of …

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Port Talbot

Jac — Sat, 02 Apr 2016 22:23:18 +0000

Yes, I know, Port Talbot isn’t the only Tata plant affected by the company’s decision to put its UK operation up for sale, but it is the biggest, and serves as useful shorthand. Rather than giving instant remedies or exposing my ignorance by trying to discuss EU regulations on state aid, or the impact of …

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