Lack of Incentive? Or Lack of Trust?
Single Farm Payment saw an average cut of 22% for farmers last year with the money supposedly diverted to the Sustainable Farm Incentive...
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- Feb 1
- 3 min
Lindisfarne, Jeremy Clarkson and Organic Butter
Three things have struck me over this past week. The proposal to make the waters around Lindisfarne a Highly Protected Marine Area, a...
- Jan 9
- 3 min
A Failed Ambulance Service Part 2 A&E - Anything and Everything.
The ambulance service is possibly one of the most abused and misused aspects of healthcare along with A&E To prove my point lets look at...
- Jan 8
- 2 min
A Failed Ambulance Service Part 1.
East Midlands Ambulance Service has warned of slower response times during the strikes and in recent weeks. I guess some may not notice...
- Aug 23, 2022
- 4 min
Referendum ( The Lisbon Treaty and the European Union)
This piece is prompted by William Hague's comment on the 3rd August that the Brexit referendum could have been avoided if Gordon Brown...
- Aug 23, 2022
- 3 min
Just Wars
Tony Blair is often criticised for the Iraq War. In his defence, you seldom see consideration being given to what would have happened if...
- Aug 23, 2022
- 3 min
Winning the Peace
Repeatedly we see Wars fought and the subsequent "peace" being at best a mess, at worse, a lead into further conflict. The simple fact is...
- Aug 23, 2022
- 2 min
Rethinking Politics
Politics is ever present in the UK. But the more I hear politicians speak the more I feel that the thinking behind the politics is being...
- Aug 23, 2022
- 3 min
Truth in Politics
Truth is often seen as a singularity, but, especially in politics it is often a plurality. This is because truth often depends on...
- Aug 23, 2022
- 2 min
Ethics in Politics
This is the first of six posts inspired by the thoughts and words of Alistair Campbell and Rory Stewart in their highly successful...
- Aug 22, 2022
- 2 min
Insulated - how my house held the heat.
This is my home. Built in 1980's by Scott Builders in Spalding these houses won awards at the time for energy saving insulation. Indeed,...
- Aug 5, 2022
- 3 min
ENERGY LED INFLATION – THE FAILURE OF GOVERNMENT
Any government that cannot control inflation will not remain a government for long. Yet we see many administrations ringing their hands...
- Jul 20, 2022
- 2 min
Energy Inflation
Throughout 2022 the world has been left in no doubt of the gravity of the economic situation with which we are now faced. Almost daily...
- Jul 16, 2022
- 4 min
THE DUTCH FARMER PROTEST – WINNERS AND LOSERS
The “Dutch N” case and the “Urgenda” case are compelling the Dutch government to seek massive reductions of greenhouse gases by 2040 and...
- Jul 14, 2022
- 8 min
NETHERLANDS FARMER’S PROTEST - NEDERLANDS BOERENPROTEST
“Twice as much food using half as many resources” was the ambitious aim of Dutch Agriculture. Indeed, you can see it being achieved and...
- Jul 7, 2022
- 4 min
Holiday Homes and Second Homes
Holiday homes and second homes are a paradox for the rural dweller. On one hand tourism provides income and employment to the local...
- Jul 6, 2022
- 3 min
Tied Housing
If you build bird boxes you get birds. If you build affordable housing you get employees.....at least that's the hope. If you go back In...
- Jul 5, 2022
- 3 min
The Scourge of Multiple-Occupancy Housing
This picture is of a scourge in housing that blights Spalding – the multiple-occupancy house. One of the greatest gifts that a...
- Jul 4, 2022
- 2 min
The One Bedroom House.
Pictured is a two bedroom house that has been bought by South Holland District Council. They have then spent a considerable amount of...
- Jun 29, 2022
- 3 min
Why pronouns matter – especially if you get them wrong.
To most of us the pronoun in front of our name, Mr, Mrs or Miss tends not to matter. We tend to be unambiguous about our identity it...
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