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…
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2020 National Campaigner Awards
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How to nominate – click here.
Thank you!
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
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…
Chris Packham and the Mail on Sunday
A request from a journalist; A response from Chris on Twitter:
PLR
It’s that time of year when authors are told whether they have earned any money from the Public Lending Right system. If any libraries have your books on their shelves, and if anyone borrows them (as judged by a sample of libraries) then you get some dosh, at the rate now of 9p/loan. My books…
Non alignment with the EU = the beginning of the end for environmental protection
Nobody would say that the EU is perfect but it has been, with the UK at times being a leading player, and at other times with the UK being a laggard, a leader for environmental protection. One has only to look at the Habitats Directive, written by a former UK MEP and Department of Environment…
And so…
…who would you vote for in the Labour leadership contest?
Update on TASC crowdfunder
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Crowdfunder approaching £10,000 https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-coronation-wood/