Monthly Archives: September 2014

55 Tory MPs believe human-induced climate change is “environmentalist propaganda”

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Miles King

what’s happening to global temperatures? Sometimes you read a news article and you think “that can’t be right” and it is. Yesterday was a case in point. We now know  that CO2 levels have increased at their fastest rate for … Continue reading →

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Mark Reckless MP: destroying Lodge Hill will undermine national SSSI protection across the country

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Miles King

Part of Lodge Hill’s military past: a fictitious Newry Road with Iraqi posters (c) Miles King   Rochester and Strood MP Mark Reckless is nobody’s fool. You may remember that earlier this year I wrote about his tirade against coastal … Continue reading →

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A Story of dispossession and emigration: The Clearance of Bourblaige

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Miles King

The Highland Clearances Memorial We have recently returned from an amazing trip to Australia. It’s strange that I had to travel half way around the world to find out some things about my Scottish ancestors. On my mum’s side, although … Continue reading →

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Save Lodge hill for its Scrub and its Magazines

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Miles King

military history: a one man concrete pill box at Chattenden (c) Miles King   I am naturally rather depressed that Medway Council unanimously voted in favour of the planning application to build 5000 houses on Lodge Hill and Chattenden Barracks, … Continue reading →

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Stick to the Knitting

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Miles King

“I think the Knitters have left you a message Minister” It’s just as well there is less than a year left in this Parliament – and so very little if any time for new legislation or policy development. This is … Continue reading →

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Panic Ploughing

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Miles King

The BBC revealed yesterday that grasslands had been ploughed up, thanks to the European Commission’s Common Agricultural Policy proposals on “greening” – oh, the irony  – to protect grasslands from being ploughed up.The EC had made the fatal mistake of … Continue reading →

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50,000 views

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Miles King

This blog has passed a bit of a milestone today – it has reached 50,000 views. I know it’s not much compared to some of the big bloggers like George Monbiot or Mark Avery, but for me, doing this in … Continue reading →

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