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To Be A Farmer’s Boy

Jac — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 08:00:54 +0000

This week’s offering is about organisations that are often little more than a name. Yet despite their lack of corporeal substance these outfits enjoy considerable support from the self-styled ‘Welsh Government’. Which is bad enough, but Wales has far too many of these organisations, and their numbers seem to be increasing monthly. ∼ The title …

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The Climate Crisis And The Noble Lie

Jac — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 07:30:38 +0000

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 …

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The Tramshed, The Loans, The Leases, The Lord

Jac — Mon, 27 May 2024 08:00:57 +0000

This piece is about corruption and mutual back-scratching in and around the Labour party. ‘So what’s new?’, you ask. Well, this piece introduces some new faces, and connections that may surprise you. And with an election on July 4, I will take any and every opportunity to put the boot into Labour and its fellow-travellers. …

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Wildlife Trusts – Not To Be Trusted

Jac — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 08:30:42 +0000

In a sense, this is a follow-up to a piece I put out in February called ‘Wildlife Trusts, Crazy Money, Hidden Agendas‘. Perhaps a variation on a theme. Though this is not quite the piece I originally promised. Perhaps I’ll return to the sweat lodges and other joys in the ‘Bhutan of Wales’ (“ample parking …

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Wildlife Trusts, Crazy Money, Hidden Agendas

Jac — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 09:45:42 +0000

This is a follow-up to last week’s piece on the enviro-shysters blaming farmers for everything wrong with our rivers, and those behind them hoping to get their corporate claws into farmland. ◊ MERGERS First, let’s make sure you know where our five wildlife trusts are located. On the image below you can also see the …

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20mph, A Disaster Unfolds

Jac — Sat, 16 Sep 2023 08:00:25 +0000

Well, here we are, on the eve of a great experiment. Are you excited about 20mph speed limits? Enthused? Or do you just roll your eyes skyward in the way that typifies modern Wales? I suppose I could have gone about this post differently, by looking at the costs, and examining the various claims more …

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The Alliance Against Livestock Farming

Jac — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 08:00:51 +0000

This week’s piece about wildlife trusts and environmental groups complements what I put out last week about the assorted river charities. For both seem to be funded to shield Dŵr Cymru (Welsh Water) and others from criticism by blaming livestock farmers for all river pollution. Also, to pursue the so-called ‘Welsh Government’s Net Zero lunacy …

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