{"id":39201,"date":"2020-08-17T14:09:15","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T13:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/?p=39201"},"modified":"2020-08-17T14:12:39","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T13:12:39","slug":"im-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/im-back\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m back!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>After technical difficulties I’m delighted to report that my computer is now running again. Though with nothing prepared I won’t publish just for the sake of getting something out this week. Instead, I shall work on an idea for next Monday, August 24th.<\/p>\n

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The theme I shall be exploring is the role played – or not played – by our ‘Welsh Parliament’ as Wales is increasingly exploited, anglicised and assimilated into England. For example, by refusing to take the machete to the housing jungle, as Wrecsam becomes ‘West Cheshire’, Newport an outer suburb of Bristol, and rural communities are destroyed by tourism and holiday homes.<\/p>\n

I have long argued that this is due to a trade-off between Tory governments in London and Labour administrations in Corruption Bay that sees the latter willingly implement the policies of the former in return for being allowed to run Wales as a one-party crony state.<\/p>\n

‘Surely not’!<\/em> you cry. Take my word for it, good people.<\/p>\n

For some years now the big worry for London has been the SNP threatening the very survival of the UK. Recent opinion polls have caused something close to panic in the imperial capital. To avoid the ‘poison’ spreading to Wales the two major Unionist parties will forget their differences to co-operate. In fact, they’ve been co-operating for a while.<\/p>\n

Given that the ‘Welsh Parliament’ serves only England’s and Labour’s interests the name is obviously a misnomer. It is not our parliament because it does not serve Welsh interests.<\/p>\n

And yet . . . it has a certain value. For example, as a distraction; confusing too many of us who aren’t sure who to blame when things go wrong. Worse, some who really should know better are strangely comforted by the ‘Welsh Parliament’ just being there.<\/p>\n

So the working title for next Monday’s piece is ‘Wales’ placebo parliament’.<\/p>\n

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After technical difficulties I’m delighted to report that my computer is now running again. Though with nothing prepared I won’t publish just for the sake of getting something out this week. Instead, I shall work on an idea for next Monday, August 24th. The theme I shall be exploring is the role played – or … <\/p>\n

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