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Wales Being Bought Up Acre By Acre

Jac — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 08:30:51 +0000

This piece was prompted by someone asking me if I’d read an article recently published on the Nation.Cymru website. I smiled to myself, and responded in the negative. But I went to the site anyway, and read ‘140 hectares of Welsh land purchased to restore woodland and nature habitat‘. Then one thing led to another, …

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Climate Cult Killing The Welsh Family Farm

Jac — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 09:00:25 +0000

In this piece I’ll explain that the ‘Welsh Government”s Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) is just the latest in a long series of attacks on the Welsh family farm, and all that that means. The SFS demands that 10% of every farm be given over to trees, with a further 10% to ‘habitat’. Many farms will …

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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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‘Saving Wales From The Welsh’

Jac — Mon, 30 May 2022 08:00:41 +0000

“LISTEN TO US” Lurking behind the barns in the Gilestone saga I published last week were environmental / wildlife groups. Now I think they need some sunlight. What prompted my decision was a tweet I saw just over a week ago. The idea that a wildlife trust should be directing the ‘Welsh Government’s farm funding …

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Miscellany 02.03.2020

Jac — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 09:30:41 +0000

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’M SENT. DIOLCH YN FAWR ♦ I know I promised a piece on Wales & West Housing, but I’ve put that on the …

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Summit to Sea: a guest post by Jon Coles

Jac — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 08:12:25 +0000

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’M SENT. DIOLCH YN FAWR ♦ This post is by Jon Coles, the Herald‘s Chief Writer, who has written about farming and rural …

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The Welsh Clearances

Jac — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 00:10:47 +0000

It’s generally agreed that Welsh farming is in for a hard time after Brexit, though there seems to be some confusion as to why this should be so. So let me explain. It has nothing to do with Brexit itself, or the EU, it’s merely certain elements in the ruling apparatus using Brexit as an …

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Fleece Jacket Fascists

Jac — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 18:21:21 +0000

This year saw a heated debate that most Welsh people would have been unaware was even taking place; not surprising seeing as it was about Marine Conservation Zones in the north west. Eventually, the protests of commercial fishermen and others saw the ‘Welsh’ Government do a U-turn. These Zones had been proposed with the support …

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