This blog has mentioned before the deselection of the feisty Conservative MP, and chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, Anne Macintosh. Now I don’t agree with Ms MacIntosh about everything, and obviously I have no knowledge of the ins and outs, ups and downs, of her relationship with her constituency party, but…
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Things I’ve noticed (and thank you to those who have helped me notice some of them): Lynx? Yes, please! Kielder looks a good place. want to object to fracking? Want free advice? Get some from a top firm of legal eagles. I’ll be speaking at the Norfolk Bird and Wildlife Fair on 16 May as…
Henry wonders which way to go…
Henry thought that Snilesworth sounded like a nice place – ‘Very Yorkshire!’ he said – so I told him a bit about its unfortunate history back a long time ago – see here. Mr Mark Osborne seems to have managed the site since 2000 and delivered a record grouse shooting day for the North York…
Songbird Survival Twitter account goes bonkers
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Songbird Survival got involved in a discussion with @HenryHenHarrier and myself (@markavery) at the weekend, but their Twitter account seemed to go a bit bonkers. In response to every question about Songbird Survival’s views, they tweeted about Spoonbills at Holkham. Their top trump appeared to be a review of Holkham Hall on tripadvisor. Ooh err!…
Henry goes to Yorkshire
A large bit of heather moorland in the north of England? Must be lots of ringtails up here thought Henry! I told him that it might be a bit of a struggle to find any girlfriends up here but he was adamant. North Yorkshire (includes North York Moors National Park & Yorkshire Dales NP) is…
Plaid Cymru manifesto
Plaid Cymru seems to be the party of Welsh farmers rather than the party of Wales – or Welsh taxpayers. It favours a continuation of the CAP that keeps 80% of Welsh farmers in business with direct payments. That’s pretty blatant. Plaid supports a regressive form of income support funded by the rest of Wales…
SNP election manifesto
I think I understand why the SNP manifesto ignores the environment almost completely – it’s because wildlife, forestry, agriculture, planning, fisheries etc are all devolved matters. The Scottish parliament already has a very high level of power over these things. However, in a manifesto which says that the SNP ‘will use our influence at Westminster…
UKIP election manifesto
UKIP believes that our ‘history is the envy of the world’ (a rather dubious statement in itself) and maybe that’s why the election manifesto doesn’t point to a very clear future, at least as far as the environment is concerned. The first place, that I noticed, that ‘environment’ crops up is in the section on…
Liberal Democrat manifesto
In 2010, the Liberal Democrat manifesto did not have a section on the environment because these matters were scattered through the whole manifesto – very trendy and imaginative and rather hopeless! This time around it’s easier to see what they are on about, which is good, because there is much in here to like although…
Royal Baby name – could it be Henry?
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As a staunch Royalist (pictured here at the very gates of Sandringham) Henry is agog over the royal baby. Betting suggests that we should expect a girl (must be some inside information) but if it were a boy then wouldn’t Henry be a good name? You can get 33/1 with Betfair. And have you noticed…