Tag: Caroline Spelman

Where was the bulldog spirit on 19 December Mrs Spelman?

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We used to talk about joined up government, but I haven’t heard the phrase used so often these days.  Maybe that’s just as well when the Defra Secretary of State regards biodiversity as the spice of life and the Chancellor regards it as the kiss of death for the economy. But we would have to…

Shooting in the dark

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This is probably the last word on this blog on badgers for a while – but who knows? Today the Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman made the long-awaited announcement on badger culling in a House of Commons more interested in what was about to happen across the road in Portcullis House where phone-hacking would be the…