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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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		<title>Landfill Is A Murky Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2024 09:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Our story begins in Pembrokeshire, to the north of Haverfordwest. To be exact, at Withyhedge landfill site. Which lies to the east of the A40 and just south of the railway line to Fishguard. ◊ WHERE? You can see the site for yourselves in the OS map below. Circled towards the top. I believe the &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/landfill-is-a-murky-business/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Landfill Is A Murky Business</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Merthyr Ski Slope 3</title>
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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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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<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 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2016 23:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[TO RECAP . . .  You will recall that in the previous post dealing with the highly questionable disposal of publicly-owned land by the Regeneration Investment Fund for Wales we encountered two Guernsey-based companies, Imperial House Investments Ltd (Incorporated 30.11.2013) and South Wales Land Developments Ltd (Incorporated 01.02.2014) both of which had just two directors, Langley &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/pies-planes-property-development-2/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Pies, Planes &#038; Property Development 2</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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