Category Archives: 2019 general election

Chronicle of a Grassland Saved

Posted on February 21, 2020 by Miles King

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 →

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Landed Gentry or Brexite – the choice to replace Mary Creagh at the Environmental Audit Committee

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Miles King

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 →

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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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Election Blog 4: The Manifestos

Posted on November 25, 2019 by Miles King

Now that all of the party Manifestos (and the Brexit Party’s “contract with the people”) have been published, it’s possible to make some comparisons between them  – what are they offering to the electorate, and particularly those who place the … Continue reading →

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Election Blog 3: Tory Dirty Tricks

Posted on November 22, 2019 by Miles King

When I started thinking about the Election I thought that it would be good to write a series of blogs exploring how the environment was being treated, both in the Manifestos and in the Campaign. But, as has happened with … Continue reading →

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Election Blog 2: Floods and Tree-planting

Posted on November 18, 2019 by Miles King

It has been a bit of a surprise to see the environment figure so prominently in the election campaign over the last week or so – usually it’s so far down the list of priorities, or perhaps more accurately the … Continue reading →

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