Comments on: Weep for Wales 13 https://jacothenorth.net/blog/weep-for-wales-13/ Wales through the eyes of a cynical patriot Fri, 04 Oct 2019 09:36:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Anonymous https://jacothenorth.net/blog/weep-for-wales-13/#comment-34789 Fri, 04 Oct 2019 09:36:55 +0000 https://jacothenorth.net/blog/?p=33197#comment-34789 Just spoke with Colliers, the estate agent selling Knighton Hotel, posing as a prospective buyer.
And what a strange story!

The hotel has just sold, apparently to a guy called Manny Shoker (sounds like). However, as soon as the sale completed, Manny decided that the he didn’t want the hotel after all (it does not fit in with his current business plans) and he has decided to put it up for auction. Is this a case of genuine flakiness… or even more skulduggery?

John, Knighton

]]> By: Jac https://jacothenorth.net/blog/weep-for-wales-13/#comment-34625 Mon, 23 Sep 2019 19:14:09 +0000 https://jacothenorth.net/blog/?p=33197#comment-34625 In reply to Jason D.

Keith Part(d)ridge is famous for his promises.

]]> By: Jason D https://jacothenorth.net/blog/weep-for-wales-13/#comment-34624 Mon, 23 Sep 2019 17:30:47 +0000 https://jacothenorth.net/blog/?p=33197#comment-34624 Both Polvellan Manor in Looe and The Garrack Hotel in St Ives (soon to be purchased by Keith Partridge of Barrepta Cove Villas Ltd, Halesowen) have been working with RLT Architects of Penzance to turn the sites into apartments for the over 55s. Planning permission for the Garrack was granted by Cornwall Council in March. It is still trading as a oss-making hotel by the current owner. He says Partridge promises to look after existing staff by giving them two months pay upon business closure in the new year.

]]> By: Martin https://jacothenorth.net/blog/weep-for-wales-13/#comment-34496 Wed, 11 Sep 2019 16:03:33 +0000 https://jacothenorth.net/blog/?p=33197#comment-34496 In reply to Tim Heald.

Scaffolding is usually rented and if the gruesome twosome haven’t been paying then the supplier will take it back. Depending who it’s rented from there may be repercussions as some scaffolding companies are owned by interesting individuals.

]]> By: Tim Heald https://jacothenorth.net/blog/weep-for-wales-13/#comment-34463 Sat, 07 Sep 2019 17:44:58 +0000 https://jacothenorth.net/blog/?p=33197#comment-34463 Back to Glynllifon, the scaffolding is gradually disappearing. Many windows are now merely covered with chipboard. The big white van remains in situ.

]]> By: Jac https://jacothenorth.net/blog/weep-for-wales-13/#comment-34462 Fri, 06 Sep 2019 16:48:48 +0000 https://jacothenorth.net/blog/?p=33197#comment-34462 In reply to Dafis.

That’s the great mystery – why AMs from the areas losing out agree to the ‘Everything in Cardiff’ strategy.

]]> By: Jac https://jacothenorth.net/blog/weep-for-wales-13/#comment-34461 Fri, 06 Sep 2019 16:44:18 +0000 https://jacothenorth.net/blog/?p=33197#comment-34461 In reply to Dafis.

The thing with old Bobby (God bless him!) was that he didn’t just know how to arrange elections but he was also a master at making sure the counting was done properly. And the people obviously respected him for this – because they kept on voting for him!

Could you imagine him tolerating the shit-fest that entertains us today up in Westminster? He would have sent the boys in and knocked sense into them in no time.

]]> By: Dafis https://jacothenorth.net/blog/weep-for-wales-13/#comment-34460 Fri, 06 Sep 2019 13:00:05 +0000 https://jacothenorth.net/blog/?p=33197#comment-34460 Jac I think you should do a full eulogy for Robert Ebagum. He proved to be a top class role model for all the chancers and wideboys now testing their abilities in UK and EU politics. The good news is that none of them will get anywhere near his “attainments” mainly because he did his deeds in Africa, which doesn’t matter in the eyes of the former colonial powers. Such excesses in Europe would have got him hauled to Den Haag sharpish.

]]> By: Dafis https://jacothenorth.net/blog/weep-for-wales-13/#comment-34459 Fri, 06 Sep 2019 06:48:17 +0000 https://jacothenorth.net/blog/?p=33197#comment-34459 And yet another scam announced years ago but now into its final phase.

https://www.insidermedia.com/insider/wales/contractor-chosen-for-new-hmrc-office-in-cardiff?utm_source=wales_newsletter&utm_campaign=wales_news_tracker&utm_medium=property_article

By all means centralise HMRC and other government units into one location, if we have to locate UK government agencies in Wales, but to do so bang in the middle of Cardiff with the added congestion caused by thousands of employees and service users commuting inwards is plain bonkers. This crazy “Cardiff must have everything” mindset is difficult to fathom when only a handful of A.M’s have any representational interest in the city. Most of them represent communities who could do with this investment and work, yet they fail to make a simple rational case for alternative locations – lower cost land, less disruption better employment logistics etc etc What are these lazy bastards doing ? Oh of course spouting about Brexit about which they have no input whatsoever.

]]> By: Jac https://jacothenorth.net/blog/weep-for-wales-13/#comment-34456 Thu, 05 Sep 2019 10:18:17 +0000 https://jacothenorth.net/blog/?p=33197#comment-34456 In reply to Tom Smith.

The asking price is slightly more than I was told Williams paid for it at auction, in cash, in 2015.

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