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					<description><![CDATA[Over three years ago, with &#8216;Gilestone: Thinking Outside The Box&#8216;, I suggested that the &#8216;Welsh Government&#8217;s controversial £4.25m purchase of Gilestone farm is about the transfer of water. Much of what follows may look, superficially, like a rehash of that earlier piece; if so, it&#8217;s because that&#8217;s unavoidable in bringing the story up to date. But &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/gilestone-its-all-about-water/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Gilestone: It&#8217;s All About Water</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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					<description><![CDATA[PLEASE APPRECIATE THAT I GET SENT MORE INFORMATION AND LEADS THAN I CAN USE. I TRY TO RESPOND TO EVERYONE WHO CONTACTS ME BUT I CANNOT POSSIBLY USE EVERY BIT OF INFORMATION I&#8217;M SENT. DIOLCH YN FAWR ♦ Envirocolonialism may not be a term you&#8217;re familiar with, but I&#8217;ve coined it to describe two separate &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/wales-and-envirocolonialism/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Wales and envirocolonialism</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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