64,000 and 65,000

64,000 signatures and 65,000 signatures – we have momentum! Because 154 by 20 September is an important number for us (the average constituency must get 154 signatures by 20 September if we are to hit 100,000), I am showing you how many have already crossed that line with almost eight weeks still to go. Here…

63,000

63,000 signatures. Here’s a slightly different way of looking at the results so far. We need to get the average (mean) constituency across the whole UK to 154 votes by midnight (I think) on 20 September to get to 100,000 signatures and trigger a debate on the future of driven grouse shooting. Some constituencies are…

All change at Defra – not quite

And so we say farewell to Liz Truss and Rory Stewart – both of whom were promoted in Theresa May’s reshuffle.  Truss remains in the Cabinet and got the bigger job in Justice (never has a promotion been so unjust) and Rory Stewart is made Minister of State at International Development. Only George Eustice, the…

43,000

That’s another thousand in the bag and we still aren’t half way in time yet. And it comes only two days after 42,000 was reached. That was a successful over!  Thanks everyone! Take a look at the map which you will see is still dominated by rural constituencies, many of them in grouse moor areas:…

A good reply from my MP

You may remember I wrote to my MP, Tom Pursglove, a little while ago. He and I see the world differently but I was pleased by his thoughtful reply received last week. He writes ‘I appreciate you taking the time to make me aware of your opinions on the subjects of both the EU and…