@K_Niemietz "A sick society must think much about politics, as a sick man must think much about his digestion; [but] if either forgets that we think of such things only in order to be able to think of something else—then [it has] become itself a new and deadly disease." C.S. Lewis

OK, I'm officially impressed.

@WilliamClouston @Raphfel Or as Herb Stein put it, "if something cannot go on forever, it will stop."

RT @ThomasSowell: “One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.” — Ronald Reagan

As usual, Douglas Murray is correct in all he says here. The pendulum is swinging back. But I would add that the process of 'deculturation' he describes, the process of demoralising a country by condemning every aspect of its history and culture, has been carried out on Wales, by England, for over 150 years. It's time for that pendulum to swing back as well. HT @CeriJPhillips1

RT @CeriJPhillips1: Mr. Murray, as per usual, makes some excellent points but leaves out some important context. The UK is a union of cro…

RT @Arthddu1983: @steveyanto Health, jobs and immigration in Wales have been the responsibility of British nationalists and Unionists. Isn…

@ArianCymreig @CeriJPhillips1 @GwernGwynfil @SZeitblom @neiljmcevoy @AnnBremenda It sounds like exactly C.S. Lewis's view: "At it's largest this is, for us, a love of England, Wales, Scotland or Ulster. Only foreigners and politicians talk about 'Britain'"

@christiancalgie For names, I think @Gwlad_Gwlad's is the most creative. In homage to Javier Milei: AFUERA - the Agency For Uncovering Expenditure we'd Rather Avoid.

@Ben_E_Ben @spectatorindex When did Asia claim Zurich?

This is interesting; in the city where I was based when I used to work in California. Something similar in Wales would stop the government-funded agencies who attract homeless people to Wales dead in their tracks.

RT @AbiReader: Donations of pre loved #farmtoys are rolling in right across 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 They’re destined for Westminster on 25th Feb…

For these purposes, long term means as long as it takes for renewable technologies to become competitive with fossil fuels on an economic basis, without requiring subsidy. The development of such technologies within Wales should be encouraged where practical. For example, Wales has some of the best conditions for tidal energy in the world, so its crazy that most pilot projects installed to date have used technology developed elsewhere. Lack of R&D investment is one of the cardinal weaknesses of the Welsh economy: this would be a good opportunity. But seriously, even completely eliminating carbon emissions from Wales will have no effect at all on the global temperature: hence our slogan that "we should worry more about what the global climate can do to Wales, than about what Wales can do to the global climate." In practice that translates to mitigation always taking precedence over renewable energy subsidy. Sea walls, land reclamation, ensuring drains and ditches are kept clear... also, not concreting over peat bogs to build solar and wind farms. But the stronger our economy, the more affordable mitigation becomes.

"AFUERA - the Agency For Uncovering Expenditure we'd Rather Avoid."

"AFUERA - yr Asiantaeth Fforensig Unioni’r Economi a Rwystro Afradlondeb"

It's possible to fight back, and win:

Gwlad's "official" view of these matters is set out in this blog article that I wrote some time ago. TLDR: Of course we're in favour of renewables, but subsidising current-generation renewables at the expense of economic growth is wrong because it impedes the development of better, more competitive renewable technologies in the longer term. In the meantime, it is far better to spend money on mitigation - better flood defences etc.

Very interesting result: Reform not making the impact upon rural Wales that they've been making in urban Wales. The Torfaen result tomorrow will be a strong indicator of how things are moving there.

RT @Gwlad_Gwlad: A parable: Welsh politics has been constipated for 100 years...

Otherwise known as integrating by craft and stealth.