Democracy Inaction
Image courtesy of Frank Doyle via Flickr Failure to represent Talking to a fellow dog walker this morning, I was reminded just how inadequate our elected bodies can be. We have a local issue which concerns a proposal to drill for oil on Leith Hill. The list of reasons why this is a bad idea […]
A cold snap
Ice Walking the dog this morning with a friend we came across an iced up gate. Water dripping from an overhead pipe forming a wealth of icicles with a weak winter sun making very little impression. It was beautiful but not good to the touch. Not unlike the experience many voters are about to have […]
Threats to the Downs and Weald – the ‘Save Leith Hill’ campaign
Beauty and the beast We live in a beautiful country. So why do our government seem so intent on despoiling it? We’re faced with a need to break our reliance on carbon and fossil fuels. So why have successive governments been more enthusiastic about supporting drilling for yet more oil than in supporting next generation […]