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Author Archives: Miles King
Rochester byelection; Both UKIP and Tory candidates convert to defence of Lodge Hill
The Rochester and Strood byelection is shaping up to be one of the most significant moments in British politics for many a long year. While Douglas Carswell’s victory at Clacton was long anticipated, if Mark Reckless wins next week, the … Continue reading
Posted in Labour, Lodge Hill, Mark Reckless, Tory Party, UKIP, Uncategorized
Tagged Lodge Hill, Mark Reckless, Tory Party, UKIP
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Save our Woods prevents FC sell-off (again). Now We need to save other valuable public land
Last Child in the Public Forest? (c) Miles King Save our Woods has done it again, with the help of 38 degrees. Yesterday evening, in the Lords, the Government agreed to reconsider whether the Public Forest Estate should be exempt … Continue reading
Liz Truss gases on about Solar Farms, ignores threat from Maize.
The new Environment Secretary Liz Truss has led a charge against solar farms recently, announcing that they should not be used on productive farmland, which is there to produce food. She called them “a blight on the landscape” and announced … Continue reading
Posted in biogas, Liz Truss, Maize, Solar Farms, Somerset Levels, Uncategorized
Tagged Biogas, Liz Truss, Maize, Renewable Energy, Site of Special Scientific Interest, Solar Farms
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Red-Tape fire-starter Francis Maude helped made UKIP chair Steve Crowther a millionaire
As I wrote previously, I thought that Steve Crowther, UKIP’s machiavellian chairman, had made a fortune in the world of Ad agencies and marketing. He co-founded a company called April Six in 2000 and then sold it to The Mission … Continue reading
Posted in deregulation, Think Tanks, UKIP
Tagged de-regulation, Francis Maude, Steve Crowther, UKIP
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UKIP Chairman Steve Crowther – Master of Spin, and lover of Sharks?
UKIP chairman and North Devonian Steve Crowther was heavily involved in campaigning against a windfarm out in the Bristol Channel, and worked with the local CPRE group, as I described in a previous blog. At that time I had singularly … Continue reading
Forget Gross Domestic Product, we need to measure Gross Natural Product
Trading Floor at The New York Stock Exchange 1963 We have now had four and a half years of austerity, of seeing our public services, and more widely, the public realm in Britain being cut … Continue reading
Posted in economics, neoliberalism, Uncategorized
Tagged biodiversity offsetting, economics, ecosystem services
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UKIP’s Roger Helmer ventures into supporting renewable energy, and gets it all wrong.
More UKIP bonkersness. Roger Helmer has now decided he supports renewable energy, but only if it is bioethanol distilled from wheat. This appears to be because he doesn’t want a bioethanol distillery built in Stocton (sic) on … Continue reading
Lib Dems continue to haemhorrhage voters to left and right
More on that Lib Dem – UKIP connection. The most recent YouGov poll shows the libdems on 8%, with UKIP on 18% and the Greens on 7%. It’s worth noting that of those who voted LD in 2010, only 32% … Continue reading
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