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Author Archives: Miles King
A Story of dispossession and emigration: The Clearance of Bourblaige
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
Posted in Australia, history, Scotland, Stuart, Uncategorized
Tagged Highland Clearances, Scotland, Stuart Family
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Save Lodge hill for its Scrub and its Magazines
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
Posted in grasslands, Lodge Hill, public goods, public land, SSSis
Tagged Development, History, Lodge Hill, SSSIs
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Stick to the Knitting
“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
Panic Ploughing
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
50,000 views
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
The Cockle of Rebellion
Corncockle Some of you may have noticed I have not been posting for the past 5 weeks or so. We have been to Australia to catch up with family and have a good holiday. It was an amazing trip and … Continue reading
Where does Owen Paterson go from here?
Owen Paterson reveals that he sees himself as St George fighting the environmental lobby dragon, or Green Blob as he has called it. He feels that his sacking is a “kick in the teeth” for several hundred hugely wealthy landowners … Continue reading
Held to Ransom: Solar Farms – green or greed?
Rampisham Down Transmitter Station from Hot Air Balloon Despite the sun shining upon us for much of the late Spring and Summer, the Solar industry has not had such a happy time of it. Eric Pickles has decided he doesn’t … Continue reading
Paterson refuses top Scientists’ briefings on Climate Change: where does he get his views from?
It was a massive shock – to no-one at all – that Owen Paterson has refused to take a briefing on climate change from the Chief Scientists of the Met Office, Department of Climate Change or even Defra. This amazing … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Eton, Matt Ridley, neoliberalism, Owen Paterson
Tagged climate change, Matt Ridley, Owen Paterson
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