There are lots of people telling me that I shouldn’t expect too much from Michael Gove because he is a politician. I had noticed that Mr Gove is a politician! And it is because he is an ambitious politician who needs to impress the electorate and his colleagues to advance his political career that I…
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More good from Gove
Today’s good thing from Michael Gove, they are coming thick and fast at the moment, is highly important. It aims to plug the governance gap on the environment once we leave the EU (if it happens). As has been pointed out in this blog many times, although all parties before the general election promised to…
Gove does good
In an article in today’s Guardian, Michael Gove writes ‘While there is still uncertainty in the science, it is increasingly pointing in one direction. Not to act would be to risk continuing down a course which could have extensive and permanent effects on bee populations. That is not a risk I am prepared to take,…
Government in a mess – not news
Priti Patel must be for the chop – surely? And under other circumstances then no-one would find such a senior role in Cabinet for the bright buffoon Boris – surely? Liam Fox is an embarrassment. David Davis is struggling in his role – but then who wouldn’t? All are Brexiteers by the way. And Michael…
Michael Gove plugging some gaps
He’s no fool and he may be getting better advice these days too: Michael Gove is moving to plug some gaping holes in the Tory wildlife policies. And he’s starting with the animal cruelty issues. It should come as no surprise that a clever politician is doing some of the things that are relatively painless…
Gove the environmentalist?
The speech by Michael Gove today is just fantastic – but is it fantastical? I don’t really care whether he believes what he says or not, I just care whether he implements his quite detailed words of today during his time as Secretary of State for the Environment. Since 2010 we have had one pretty…
The new Gove – ‘I am an environmentalist’
Michael Gove’s speech ‘The unfozen moment – delivering a Green Brexit‘ is very, very good. It’s, by far, the best speech made by a government environment minister since at least 2010. Not only is it erudite and clever, it shows a better grasp of the issues than his two immediate predecessors could muster after…
A Gove for good?
Michael Gove is a consummate politician and he’s no fool either. There are also rumours that he is quite keen on wildlife and the countryside (though he has managed to keep this fairly well-hidden to date). The new and dynamic Secretary of State for the Environment is about to make a speech at WWF’s HQ…
The Gove Test – some thoughts
The ‘Gove test’ for the environment is ‘If we want the UK’s approach to environmental protection and enhancement to be seen as the best in the world, what does that mean and what does it look like at a local, national and global level?‘. I’m offering a wide range of organisations the opportunity to publish…
The Gove test
Michael Gove visited Rainham Marshes on Thursday and had a chat with the RSPB. That looks good and is good. He set the RSPB a little bit of homework which was ‘If we want the UK’s approach to environmental protection and enhancement to be seen as the best in the world, what does that mean…