The public aren’t stupid – they have noticed that the Coalition Government is failing on its own commitments to Britain’s natural environment. Of those surveyed, less than a quarter (23%) think the Government is doing enough to protect our landscapes and wildlife – on land and at sea. These results come from a survey organised…
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Turbulent turning turbines
Last week the coalition government came out with their energy policy proposals. It can be seen as a small victory for the Liberal Democrats in the government that the worst excesses of Conservative climate-scepticism were pushed aside. There will not be a new dash for climate-changing gas but a dash for renewables and nuclear. We…
The road to 10 Downing Street goes through Corby
Whoever came up with the line that makes the title of this blog did well. Labour’s return to power may well be seen to start with this first by-election victory against the Tories in 15 years. In some ways the constituency of Corby and east Northants represents a microcosm of England. Equally divided, or dithering,…
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Your comments on this blog are great! I can never be quite sure which blogs will stimulate most comment although, by now, I have a fairly good idea – but I am sometimes surprised by you. There are quite a few people who regularly comment here who give this blog part of its character. Here…
Ralph Underhill cartoon – without a murmur
This week has seen the publication of the latest State of the UK’s Birds report by a whole bunch of UK conservation organisations. The media coverage (here, here, here) highlighted the fact that 44 million birds have disappeared from our lives since 1966. But this loss passed by without much of a murmur, let alone…