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I recommend anyone who wants to stand for public office to read this book. I recognise a lot of what the first half of this book talks about either through my own personal experience of being a Council candidate or helping to campaign f...
From the opening this story grabs and hauls you off into the wonders of a darkly wooded world. There’s no learning curve, as it starts small and simple. You are then introduced to a pleasant and likable young woman, whose life is drastic...
The reader is reunited with Bennie, Judy and Mary, and a few other new characters (Lou!) join in on the fun. Like her other books, there are lots of twists and turns, including possible twins, police corruption, newly discovered fathers,...
Category Archives: political
A Citizen’s Assembly
The Scottish Government have recently announced (https://www.citizensassembly.scot/) they will arrange to conduct a “citizen’s assembly” to discuss the future of Scotland. Scottish Liberal Democrats party leader has indicated he will not participate in this exercise as they believe it is … Continue reading
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Tagged citizen's assembly, constitution, Democracy, future, parliament, powers
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is due to leave the European Union at 11pm on 29th March 2019. That’s what the law says. So why do those people advocating extending Article 50 or revoking it, not … Continue reading
19 December 2018
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Our Rights are Under Threat
The United Kingdom is leaving the European Union but, our rights are under threat. They said “take back control” but the government is using this to strengthen the powers of the state not, you and I. One the UK leaves … Continue reading
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Tagged constitution, devolution, leave, parliament, powers, remain, rights
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What is all the fuss about?
This is a series of tweets from BBC’s Katya Adler within the last 2 hours today that explain some of the things currently being ignored in the UK. I post without comment. 1) Again and again I’m struck by the … Continue reading
Global Warming May Have Started Sooner Than You Thought
The following is based on my reading of a specific section of a book that made me think again about global warming. I have paraphrased sections and excluded the bit about GM crops, if you want to know more, read … Continue reading
Posted in environment, political
Tagged agriculture, farming, forest, global warming
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