Letter to my MP

Dear Mr Pursglove   May I please wish you a happy new year? As you may remember, you and I differ on our views on Brexit – I am still in a slightly depressed mood because of the result of the referendum.  However, I have spotted a silver lining and I thought I would write…

The minister’s speech

On the last day of October our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting (123,077 signatures) was debated alongside another, so-called rival, e-petition to protect grouse shooting (which still languishes under 25,000 signatures despite being over half way through its allotted time). Having let a month pass I’ll now return to what was said on that…

Guest blog – Remember not to Forget by filbert cobb

filbert cobb is a regular commenter on this blog and has been since its early days (since February 2012). I suspect filbert cobb may not be his real name. He wrote a brilliant guest blog here two years ago (The Sunken Garden) and I have been looking forward to his next one – and here…

Firm briefing 16

If you received this letter from Defra via your MP, and many of you have, you could write back and ask for better information. That’s what I’ve done and you might find my letter a useful model to follow.   Dear Mr Pursglove Thank you for the response from Dr Coffey that you sent me….

70,000 signatures

We have momentum! Thank you to everyone for your help and support. 70,000! The number of signatures already logged begins with a ‘7’ – which means that the number needed now begins with a ‘2’. That is achievable but not easy. We are going for it. Because 154 by 20 September is an important number…