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Plaid Cymru – Party Of Nowhere

Jac — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 10:00:15 +0000

I’ve been meaning to write this, or something like it, for some time. So, with the Senedd elections roughly three months away, now seems as good a time as any. In some ways I suppose this is an update to a piece I put out in February 2019, back when I was young, handsome, and …

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Whisper It In The Tramshed

Jac — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 08:30:55 +0000

This is another of those pieces I wish I didn’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 ‘Welsh Government’ last Friday. Informing us a “Wales-based” company, …

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‘Welsh Government’ Wages Propaganda War Against Welsh Farmers

Jac — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 18:00:00 +0000

This is an unplanned ‘quickie’ that I want to get out while the humour is on me and before I lose the details. It also needs to be said before the ‘Welsh Government’s campaign goes any further. ◊ ‘FAR RIGHT’ SUPPORT I’m going to start by looking at a piece from the BBC Wales website …

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Gilestone Farm: It’s Who You Know!

Jac — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 08:15:28 +0000

As evidence trickles out about the purchase – by the so-called ‘Welsh Government’, for £4.25m – of Gilestone farm, the picture just seems to get murkier. That’s because every new revelation, or attempted explanation, raises more questions. Though one thing becoming clear is that in this area of southern Powys and rural Gwent, there is …

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Guest Post by Neil McEvoy: The Rotten Heart of Welsh Politics

Jac — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 17:30:31 +0000

As the title tells you, this is a guest post by former Plaid Cymru MS Neil McEvoy. Neil has made enemies. When you know who those enemies are then, just like I did, you’ll warm to him. A man I’ve always found to be straight, honest, and approachable. Neil’s enemies tend to have certain things …

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London Lying

Jac — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 16:52:54 +0000

I don’t know about you, but I don’t like being lied to. Obviously, when it’s your children, or grandchildren, you often suppress a smile before putting them straight. But when it’s a corporate body as powerful and influential as the British Broadcasting Corporation, then it’s an entirely different matter. For this is a source of …

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It’s 1988 in Totalitarian Wales

Jac — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 20:29:01 +0000

LAWYERS It’s been an interesting few months here at Jac o’ the North Towers, what with solicitors’ letters, getting mentioned in the London dailies, and generally pissing off those who so richly deserve it. So let’s recap. The solicitors’ letters were, one to me, two to S C Cambria (which hosts my blog), and one to …

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Wales, Colony of England

Jac — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 22:02:25 +0000

Let me start by establishing what I mean by a colony. A colony is a territory or country run in the interests of another country, and for the benefit of the elite or the population in general of that other country. The colony does not need to be far away, nor do its indigenes need …

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‘Are You Welsh? I’ll Tell You For £250!’

Jac — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 09:14:18 +0000

I first came across the name of Alistair Moffat when I read his book Arthur and the Lost Kingdoms, in which he suggests that his native Kelso may be the capital of the obscure Hen Ogledd kingdom of Calchfynydd, and there is much to recommend it. There is even a Chalkheugh Terrace. More intriguing is …

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The End of Britishness

Jac — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 12:58:27 +0000

The other night I watched Dewi Prysor on S4C, tracking down the Men of the North, telling us of Taliesin’s poetry, visiting the natural fortress of Dumbarton Rock, and trying to establish the relationship between the Picts and the Welsh (or, if you prefer, Brythons / Britons) of southern Scotland and north west England. Worth …

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