Monthly Archives: December 2019

2019…what a year.

Posted on December 23, 2019 by Miles King

This will be my last blog of 2019 as I intend to take a bit of a break from social media. But we’ll see how well that works out! I’m not going to go into any great depth about the … Continue reading →

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Happy 70th Birthday to the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act (and SSSIs)

Posted on December 16, 2019 by Miles King

While supporters of the Corbyn Project continue to search their souls for reasons why Labour now has the smallest number of MPs since before universal suffrage, I thought I  would commemorate a small but significant anniversary – it’s 70 years … Continue reading →

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Election Blog 8: The aftermath

Posted on December 13, 2019 by Miles King

Remember waking up to the shock of the Referendum result in 2016? Today feels very different. Yes the Conservatives have won 363 (with 2 yet to declare), by taking seats off Labour in their traditional heartlands. They have a reasonable … Continue reading →

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Election Blog 7: Anatomy of a Dead Cat

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Miles King

It seems, finally, that this election campaign has come to life, despite all the Tories’ best efforts to keep it in the deep freeze – ok I’ll stop with the horror tropes now. Maybe (heheh). It started with the most … Continue reading →

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Election Blog 6: zombie apocalypse

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Miles King

The week begins – a week where, it would not be too melodramatic to suggest, the future of the UK could head in such stupendously different directions depending on the outcome of the election on Thursday, that it would end … Continue reading →

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Election Blog 5: UKIP manifesto

Posted on December 3, 2019 by Miles King

I was planning to write the latest addition to my short and instantly forgettable election blog series, but then the first of the winter bugs came along and knocked me off my perch. I’m back on it again (sort of) … Continue reading →

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