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Amongst its beauty nature has a devastating ability to prove its dominance over human activity. No-one should doubt the terrible damage that flooding does. Rushing to deal with flood warnings, the sandbagging, the high-water mark and the…
Bee numbers have plummeted globally over the last few years. Please peel your eyes off the ceiling. Few subjects roll eyes faster in heads, but we need to be talking about the disappearance of our bee pollinators. If we don’t, we’ll have to…
A few weeks ago Tom Harris stepped down from the Shadow DEFRA team, saying: “I know where my priorities lie; the task of juggling front bench responsibilities and being a husband and father to a young family located 400 miles away is simply…
After Tory Minister Richard Benyon decided that the best thing to do was to lecture families about food waste whilst so many are struggling to keep food on the table - suggesting that Benyon isn't taking the cost of living crisis seriously…
We're always keen on a pun at LabourList - and this one from Lord Jim Knight shouldn't pass without comment. It's about bees - but stick with it... "As your Lordships know, bees as pollinators play an essential part in the lifecycle of the…
As a proud member of the Forest of Dean community, a tax payer, and someone who lives in the country and is both concerned about the problems of dairy farmers including the prevalence of TB and about our wildlife, I am angry by the…
I love Monty Python. Who can forget the classics? The Dead Parrot sketch, the Fish Dance, the Lumberjack, the Minister Who Refused to Ban Wild Animals in Circuses Because of the Human Rights Act, the Ministry of Silly Walks… Pardon? Which…
This week marks the 80th anniversary of the mass trespass of Kinder Scout in the Peak District which sparked the campaign for public access to Britain’s mountains and moorlands. The ramblers on 24 April 1932 were from the Labour and working…
By Gavin Shuker MP Today could be a very interesting day in the House of Commons. A Backbench Business Motion jointly laid by a cross party alliance of Jim Fitzpatrick, Mark Pritchard and Bob Russell will seek to force the government to ban…
By Mary Creagh MP Britain's beautiful natural environment and heritage has provided inspiration, enjoyment and work throughout our history. But the pressures of economic growth, changing weather patterns, and our use of natural resources…
By Luke Pollard / @lukepollard Today's announcement the environment secretary that the government is pausing plans to sell 15% of the Forestry Commission's woodlands is welcome news. But let's also be clear, this is only the first sign…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 UPDATE: Tory Stories are also on Twitter: @ToryStories. Two new Labour websites have been launched in the past couple of days, which together add further firepower to the left's growing online influence…
