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Goodbye Peter Kendall
Peter Kendall, President of the National Farmers Union, has announced his intention to retire from the role next February. I for one, will miss him – simply because he provides me with so many easy blogs to write. Peter is … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, anti conservation rhetoric, anti-environmental rhetoric, badgers, bees, biodiversity, Common Agricultural Policy, deregulation, environmental policy, farming, NFU, Peter Kendall, public goods, regulatory reform
Tagged Agriculture, Bedfordshire, common agricultural policy, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, deregulation, Intensive Farming, National Farmers' Union, NFU, Peter Kendall, Whitehall
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The Eton Ram Hunt and other stories
Those were the days Yesterday’s blog showed how nearly half of the current Government’s Cabinet went to prominent Public Schools, such as Eton, Westminster, St Pauls, Radley, Robert Gordon’s, Wycombe Royal Grammar, Charterhouse, Highgate, Nottingham High School and Frances Holland. … Continue reading
Toffs in the Cabinet?
“toppers all round chaps” Have you been following the “toff” debate on Mark Avery’s blog ? Mark called Richard Benyon a “Toff” and suggested that many of the decisions he took as Biodiversity and Fisheries Minister were coloured by his … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, Cabinet Ministers, Cambridge, Mark Avery, Oxbridge, Oxford, Richard Benyon, Toff, William Hague
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Paterson: Badgers ate my credibility
By BadgerHero (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons “It woz the badgers wot dunnit ossifer, honest.” It’s embarrassing isn’t it, when a Cabinet Minister appears on national TV and makes such crass statements. Owen Paterson … Continue reading
Posted in agricultural pests, agriculture, anti conservation rhetoric, anti-environmental rhetoric, badgers, David Heath, environmental policy, farming, George Eustice, Owen Paterson, Richard Benyon
Tagged anti environmental rhetoric, Badger culling in the United Kingdom, Conservative Party, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, George Eustice, John Gummer, Owen Paterson, Somerset, Wikimedia Commons
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Heath gone too!
My previous post was already dated when I wrote it. I now see David Heath has also been axed, replaced by another SW Lib Dem Dan Rogerson. According to Farmers Weekly, it’s still unclear which new MP will take on … Continue reading
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Bye Bye Benyon
So Richard Benyon, Biodiversity and Fisheries Minister, has gone. One of the innocents sent for sacrificial slaughter yesterday in the first reshuffle run almost completely on Twitter. Benyon had done nothing wrong, he was just too old and too rich. … Continue reading
Posted in bees, biodiversity, climate change, farming, George Eustice, Richard Benyon
Tagged Bees, biodiversity, Cameron, David Cameron, Fisheries Minister, George Eustice, Liberal Democrat, Richard Benyon, Twitter
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Party Time 2: Owen Paterson’s Speech at the Tory Party Conference
I don’t have time to write an analysis of Owen Paterson’s speech at the Conservative Party Conference, but you can read it here. I’ll try and take a look at it this evening. At a fringe meeting Paterson also appeared … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, Common Agricultural Policy, Conservative Party Conference, farming, Owen Paterson
Tagged Agriculture, Conservative, Conservative conference, George Osborne, Global warming, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, National Farmers' Union, Owen Paterson, Paterson, Politics
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Party Time.
It’s party conference time. Needless to say the environment has not featured prominently among the headlines. But here’s Mary Creagh’s speech. It’s a bit heavy on the affordable food message, but at least a Labour Government would drop the Badger … Continue reading
Nature Encounter: Red Squirrel.
By Paul Whippey (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons It was a week after my brother died, we were in the Isle of Wight, where I was surveying strandline vegetation. I had gained access to a private wood, part … Continue reading
Posted in Isle of Wight, red squirrel, spiritual value
Tagged Isle of Wight, red squirrel, spiritual value of nature
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correct link for Memories of Simon King facebook page
I had a feeling I hadn’t got the right link for the facebook page I have set up for my late brother Simon. This is the correct link – thanks to Ella Bellew for posting the correct link. The funeral’s … Continue reading
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