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Category Archives: Brexit
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
The Brexit Charade
The Brexit charade continues to play out. Increasingly shrill, even hysterical threats emanate from what we can only assume to be the new bunker built by Dominic Cummings’ dad under Number 10 Downing Street. The latest one, picked up and … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, Dominic Cummings, The Brexit Party, Uncategorized
Tagged Brexit, Brexit Party, Dominic Cummings, General Election
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Brexit Coups, Communism and Civil Assistance; some history.
It feels like things are coming to a head. Talk of a coup may be overblown, but the Prime Minister has indicated that he may refuse to abide by an Act of Parliament – you know, the one that will … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, Civil Assistance, Harold Wilson, Uncategorized
Tagged Brexit, Civil Assistance, Dominic Cummings, GB75, Wilson Plot
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Euro Elections provide yet another opportunity to give Government a kicking
Brexit seems to throw up one crazy thing after another. After having been told repeatedly by Prime Minister May that “no deal is better than a bad deal”, we now find ourselves in a position where not only has no … Continue reading
Posted in 2019 Euro elections, Brexit, Nigel Farage, Uncategorized
Tagged Brexit, Euro Elections, James Glancy, Nigel Farage, The Brexit Party
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A Net Loss for Nature
An extremely unpleasant new craze is sweeping the nation: It involves wrapping up lengths of hedgerow or even mature trees in netting. The idea is that once a hedge or tree has been netted, birds are unable to nest there. … Continue reading
40 days to a crash-out Brexit (well….35 now).
To me, forty days is a nice round number. It doesn’t fit in well with our time cycles of days, weeks and months, but it undoubtedly has great symbolic meaning, the most famous of which, perhaps, is the 40 days … Continue reading
Unicorns in Brexitland: Panto seasons starts early this year
What does Christmas mean to you? John Lewis adverts? An excuse for some retail therapy? Religion? Or Pantomimes? It’s a long time since I went to a Christmas pantomime, but they seem to continue to be very popular. This year, … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, climate change, Defra, Michael Gove, Natural England
Tagged beavers, Brexit, climate change, Unicorns
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European Laws set to be ignored, as Outer M25 rears its ugly head again.
News that the Government has decided to opt for the most environmentally damaging route for the “brain belt” road between Oxford and Cambridge, reminded me that the bright future of the past – when everyone owns a car and can … Continue reading
Did Socialism kill off Mrs Tiggywinkle?
Hedgehogs are back. Well, when I say they are back, they aren’t back. They are disappearing rapidly. But they are back in the news. Perhaps this is just a valiant effort by a few newspaper editors to keep former Foreign … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture policy, Brexit, Lush Times
Tagged Agriculture policy, Brexit, Hedgehogs, Lush Times
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Vested Interests fight back against Gove’s Green Brexit for farming
Yesterday we returned to the Great Dorset Steam fair for our annual pilgrimage. The ground had dried out a bit following sunday’s deluge, but not enough for the traction engines to trudge around the main ring, which was a small … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture policy, Brexit, Michael Gove, NFU, RSPB
Tagged Agriculture policy, Brexit, Gove, NFU
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