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The strange case of Dr Earth and the UKIP environment policies
Dr Strangelove Curious to discover whether UKIP could justify new(ish) recruit Mark Reckless’ position on the protection of Lodge Hill (he is currently for its protection), I went in search of their environmental policies. I had already subjected myself to … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Charalambous, environment policy, re-wilding, UKIP
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Great News: Defra decides Neonics are safe to bees after all and allows their use
Neonics are back in the news. Two days ago the BBC reported on how flea beetles were feeding on the newly planted autumn sown Oil Seed Rape, and farmers were interviewed weeping and wringing their hands, saying the end of … Continue reading
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The Matt Ridley Prize for Hypocrisy
Just a short one today as I am away from home on the ipad, which is much more limited for using wordpress. After being accused of having no sense of irony by a climate change denier on twitter yesterday, I … Continue reading
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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
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Tagged Highland Clearances, Scotland, Stuart Family
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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
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
Sells brings Cross to NE Board. Goodbye Doug Hulyer
The white smoke has appeared from the Natural England papal chimney – we now know who the new Natural England Chief Executive is – James Cross. He has arrived fresh from being the second CEO of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO). … Continue reading
How the Beaver got its name.
Following saturday’s blog on Beavers, I was curious to know how the Beaver got its name. Apparently it has a very long history. A long extinct language has been reconstructed from existing languages, called Proto Indo European. This language is … Continue reading
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