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Who do you trust?

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I saw this a few days ago and I found it quite worrying. When I was young I think I trusted politicians, the police, what I read in the newspapers, the probity of vicars and priests and, to quite a large extent, everyone. My views have changed – should they have done? Who do you…

Just to let you know

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The next blog post to appear here will be a press release which is embargoed until 7am.

I found myself…

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I found myself writing this today… Natura 2000 sites comprise Special Protection Areas and Special Areas of Conservation designated under the Birds and Habitats Directives respectively.  There are 275 SPAs in the UK … [and] … 658 SACs. These sites were designated by the UK government in line with the requirements of the two Directives…

I wonder…

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when the Cabinet reshuffle will come and who will get the DEFRA job? when DEFRA will respond to the Godfray report on Badgers? Commissioned two years ago, published 16 months ago and no response yet. what the new DEFRA licences for lethal bird control will look like and when exactly they will be published? when…

5G

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When Donald Trump is apoplectic with Boris Johnson in a phone call it’s a bit difficult to know where one’s sympathies lie. I guess that we know that Donald Trump is pretty certainly irredeemably bad whereas Boris Johnson has time to amaze us with good things in future. But it did mean that for a…

Thank you!

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279 donors and fully funded in less than 45 hours. I am always touched by the generosity of nature lovers. Thank you. Our legal team is very fired up for this appeal which happens on the 17 and 18 March in the Court of Appeal before three judges (identities unknown, as yet).

CofE and the government

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I’ve always been quite a fan of targets – having measurable aims by which one can assess progress, and the pace of it, is generally a help. Yes, I know it depends what the targets are, and how they are set etc etc etc Of course it does. But the RSPB did set targets for…

Great start – thank you!

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Here are some early comments from supporters – thank you to the first 33 supporters who took us past £1000 in 80 minutes. Wow! John £10 – I can only manage a small contribution being retired and on a limited pension but I feel this is one of the most important conservation battles of our…