Coming in late, but what is Simon Jenkins on? The implementation of single farm payments is thus critical to more than the fate of British farming. It will decide whether the countryside, at least in southern Britain, remains in a remotely rural form. Not only must the money be sufficient to keep farmers on the… Continue reading Sprawl balls
Month: December 2005
Keep your eye on the Brown ball
The Guardian has announced its latest ICM poll with great fanfare, declaring what we already new months ago: Cameron is quite popular. But it is also quite good news for the Lib Dems. Standard disclaimers about opinion polls just being a snapshot notwithstanding, I think we should be pleased that the Lib Dems have stayed… Continue reading Keep your eye on the Brown ball
Green Waste
I hate to be such a nay-sayer all the time, but what a wasted opportunity Kennedy’s speech on climate change was today. Don’t get me wrong; he’s absolutely right to criticise the Tories and Labour – we still have a stronger record on the environment than them. But it doesn’t appear to have moved us… Continue reading Green Waste