Standing up for Nature
There is always a rush before Christmas. I’ve been to a few Christmas parties and the world seems to be wanting to get things wrapped up before Christmas, and rather a lot of the world wants my input to that! I’ve been on the telephone much of today – which is fine – but I…
And what of Labour? It is not necessary to hate Jeremy Corbyn to think that he needs to step down as leader of the Labour Party. He has given the job his best shot but it’s time for a new leader now. He has said as much and I can’t blame him for saying that…
No Redpolls so far. This election result is momentous in many ways, and probably in ways we do not yet realise. But the results in places where the Conservatives have not romped home are perhaps as significant for our futures as where they have. In Northern Ireland there is now, for the first time, a…
Well, not so good for some of us, and not so good for the environment, but a very clear result. I managed to stay up until after 01:30 this morning and saw Sue Hayman, a good Shadow Environment Secretary, lose her seat at Workington. And then I woke again just a little while before 06:00…
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We have bought a Christmas tree in a pot – and the idea is that we use it this year, keep it alive and then use it again next year. Sounds good in theory but it depends on the ‘keeping it alive’ bit, doesn’t it? I’m hoping that at least I don’t kill it before…
Well that’s it – no continents left! We finished with Africa. Cheetahs, Elephants, White Rhinos and all that stuff. The Brown Hyaena was rather good. What will I and millions of others do for an hour next Sunday? But much more importantly what will we all do in our separate few minutes on Thursday? David…
Almost worthy of our own Diogenes…
I think that Evan Davies is a brilliant presenter of PM and I was pleased to hear him trying to get a word in edgeways with Chris Packham yesterday. Now I assume that Chris was speaking from his home in the New Forest and Evan Davies was in some radio studio far away and so…
Subject: BTO: Updated guidance on the release of non-native species – Important: please read Dear In recent years the Government has been reviewing legislation around non-native species with the aim of limiting their impact on native wildlife. Under the Wildlife & Countryside Act (1981), it is illegal to release any plant or animal into the…