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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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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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Will the New Environment Bill be Michael Gove’s golden opportunity, poisoned chalice or a dead duck
Let’s face it, it’s been a pretty disastrous couple of weeks for our Prime Minister Theresa May. After the apparent success of the Chequers Brexit agreement, May has lost two of her most outspoken pro-Brexit ministers, whose departure triggered a … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, Environment Bill, Michael Gove
Tagged Brexit, Environment Bill, Lush Times, Michael Gove
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Farm based inspiration out of the Westminster Bubble: guest blog by Vicki Hird
Policy work these days can be stifling; keeping you stuck to a desk, locked in meetings and shuffling around Westminster. It is only a matter of time before we hear news of Brexit fatigue or even burn out. The sheer … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture policy, Brexit, guest blogs, Vicki Hird
Tagged Agriculture, Brexit, Guest Blog, Sustain, Vicki Hird
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Hollow Promises: A Brexit impact assessment
Can it really be two years since the Earthquake struck and the UK voted to leave the EU? It seems both much longer, and no time at all. So, on this anniversary, I thought it would be timely to explore … Continue reading
Brexit – Two Years On.
Two years ago today – that fateful day when the UK voted, by the slimmest of margins, to leave the EU. I’d loved to have gone on the People’s Vote march in London, even though I’m ambivalent about whether there … Continue reading
Green Alliance brief on the EU withdrawal bill Green Watchdog amendment
Since I wrote the earlier piece on moves to strengthen environmental protection via the EU withdrawal bill, Green Alliance has produced this very useful briefing note. MPs vote tomorrow, so I am posting this now so you can draw your … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, EU withdrawal bill
Tagged Brexit, EU withdrawal bill, Green Alliance, Green Watchdog
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Will Gove get his way, for a toothier Green Watchdog?
The Brexit train continues to head towards the buffers. Today sees the EU Withdrawal Bill (aka The Big Brexit Bill) return to the House of Commons, where MPs will consider what to do with its tattered remains, after it received … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, EU withdrawal bill, Michael Gove
Tagged Brexit, EU withdrawal bill, Gove, Green Watchdog, Lush Times
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