Tag: Rachel Reeves
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Thames Water, Open Cages, Foxhunting, Rachel Reeves, and more Wildlife
The image above and those that follow are from the beautiful setting for food and drink after a funeral we attended last week for the father of a friend, The Old Mill just outside Aldermaston. It was a powerfully moving Catholic service and although I am not religious I do rather like the High Church…
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Royal Babylon and an accounting error
As mentioned in my previous post, I purchased Heathcote Williams’ Royal Babylon; the Case Against the Monarchy. The only way to do so without too much expense was through Google Play Books. Very unsatisfactory – none of the pleasure of an actual book and none of the advantages of, for example, a Kindle version. It…
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Starmer, Reeves, Michelle Mone and the House of Lords – and king Charles again
Starmer and his rivers of blood I wrote earlier in this post, Being a gosling chauffeur; Tumuli and White Horses; Birdwatch magazine and Lucky Dube vs Keir Starmer – Animal Wild: “Talking of Keir Starmer, of “island of strangers” fame, inviting comparisons with Enoch Powell and his rivers of blood, isn’t it funny how governments…
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British Wildlife magazine April 2025, Swift Bricks & the Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Volume 36, Number 5 Galloway National Park? The myth that our national parks are currently of any benefit in terms of wildlife and conservation have long been busted wide open. Ian Carter writes about the proposal for a new park in Galloway, Scotland. It’s a crucible. Will it be like the ones we already have,…
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George Monbiot on Question Time, Drax, badger latrines and three animals new to me from crossword clues
5 ≠ 10 George Monbiot is a great speaker of truth. His book Feral: rewilding the land, sea and human life, Penguin, 2014 in particular is simply superb. Focussing only on the discussion of the scandals besetting Rachel Reeves it was almost comical to witness the pathetic nature of the Labour spokesperson’s defence. The questioner…