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Coronavirus Diary: Performing Lockdown.
News that farmers and other landowners were starting to erect home made notices telling visitors using public rights of way that they were closed due to coronavirus naturally led to a sense of righteous indignation rising inside me, and I … Continue reading
Coronavirus diary: the Virus that did a no-deal Brexit on our food supply
It seems inconceivable that it was only a year ago (tomorrow) when the UK was due to crash out of the EU under a no deal Brexit. Thankfully that crisis was averted. Leading up to that momentous non-event, I wrote … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, coronavirus, Food, food security
Tagged coronavirus, food supply, no deal brexit, rationing
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Coronavirus diary: Libertarians, Pandemics and Populism
I had a bit of a cough yesterday. My wife and younger daughter had been ill the previous week with a typical winter bug. Was I fighting it off, or was it the beginnings of the dreaded coronavirus-19? Many thoughts … Continue reading
Posted in coronavirus, Dominic Cummings, populism
Tagged coronavirus, Dominic Cummings, libertarians, populism, Tufton Street
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Coronavirus: an education paused.
My dad’s been on my mind. It’s coming up to ten years ago when he died, after a long and valiant fight against Leukaemia. His consultant was talking about a miracle, they’d never known someone of his age recover from … Continue reading
The Coronavirus Spring
I’ve held off writing anything about the Coronavirus crisis until now. This is partly down to having other stuff to do, and partly because things are moving so fast at the moment, it’s hard to see beyond the latest headline. … Continue reading
Another wildlife-rich grassland planted with trees
Following last week’s post about tree planting on a very species-rich grassland in Cumbria, organised by the Woodland Trust, I’ve been contacted with another story of a similar nature, in Cheshire. This time it’s a piece of lowland acid grassland … Continue reading
Posted in grasslands, semi-natural, tree planting, Woodland Trust
Tagged Grassland, Semi-Natural, tree planting, Woodland Trust
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Chronicle of a Grassland Saved
For those of us of a certain age, The Milky Bar Kid was part of our childhood. A boy, dressed as a cowboy, implored us to eat white chocolate – which was not particularly popular back then. By coincidence one … Continue reading
Is it racist to say Prince Albert was German?
Amid the fallout arising from the BBC’s decision to show some humorous clips from Horrible Histories on Brexit Day, I was called a racist. The clips included a song “British Things” about things the British thought (and still think) are … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Neil, Brexit, Britishness
Tagged Andrew Neil, British, British Things, Britishness, Horrible Histories, James Glancy
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Brexit, The Environment Bill and Local Wildlife Sites – a perfect storm?
On this supposed “Brexit Day” I’m not going to dwell on the Bongs, or the Flags, or the Farage’s. But one of the consequences of Brexit is that we have a new Environment Bill in Parliament. This is as a … Continue reading
Landed Gentry or Brexite – the choice to replace Mary Creagh at the Environmental Audit Committee
It’s Brexit week – well it’s not really but the symbolic moment has arrived when we move into the next phase of what will be a very long process – on Friday the transition period will begin – and nothing … Continue reading
