28000+

  28,000 signatures and we are still in the first month. Hmmm! Pretty good. Very encouraging indeed. The 10 most productive constituencies at the moment are as follows:   Calder Valley 165 signatures – Craig Whittaker MP, CON Ross, Skye, Lochaber 149 signatures – Ian Blackford MP, SNP Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey 129 signatures…

18,000!

The Calder Valley is the first English constituency to reach 100 signatures on our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting (highlighted in blue above). It joins Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (113 signatures) and Ross, Skye and Lochaber (110 signatures) in the ‘100 club’. Yesterday the total number of signatures passed 18,000 signatures and we…

Flood re

I’m not entirely sure I understand how this flood re thing works – it’s either because I’m a bit thick or because these explanations don’t quite do it for me (Association British Insurers, Defra, Aviva).  You’ll notice that everyone is stressing the benefits to those living in flood-prone areas – which is nice, but I…

Dear Mr Pursglove

Happy New Year! This is quite a long communication, so I have structured it into three sections: things I’d like you to know as my MP (and my contribution to your Listening to Corby and east Northants campaign), things I’d like to ask you (not the government – you) as my MP, and things I…

Natalie Bennett calls again for ban on grouse shooting

After visiting Walshaw Moor and the flood-hit town of Hebden Bridge, Green Party leader, Natalie Bennett, reiterated her  party’s call for a ban on grouse shooting. Bennett was reported in the Daily Telegraph as saying that intensive grouse moor management is  ‘incompatible with 21st-century needs of flood prevention‘ and called it a ‘conservation disaster‘. She…