For me it has been a natural progression during my life. One of my jobs at around 10 years old was making deliveries for a local butcher on a Saturday in my (then) local town of Dorking. An eight mile bike-ride from home to Dorking, wrapping labelling and packing the...
So from the debacle of the 8th and 9th July only two cabinet members appear to be principled! The rest of the Parliamentary tory party have lost the plot entirely. Their feeble mutterings about “knowing what is the right decision for Britain” is as feeble as their management of...
For all those who seek to dilute Brexit, think again! Anyone who thinks that continuing to cosy up to the EU will make for an independent United Kingdom when we leave that ‘union’ is living in a fool’s paradise. If there is no deal that the EU are prepared...
The International Fund for Animal Welfare posted the following news item today :- Today is a great day for elephants, as the UK Government has announced a ban on ivory sales will go ahead, with a pledge that the ban will be the toughest in Europe and one of the toughest in...
I want to encourage the UK Government and the EU to do their bit to ban all ivory exports from the UK and the EU Please help by clicking on the above link which will take you to the IFAW site where you can send your own message email...
Just once in a while, it’s great to learn of a positive wildlife news story. A displaced female elephant calf was rescued near the Pagladiya River on the fringes of the Barnadi Wildlife Sanctuary in Bodoland Territorial Area District (BTAD), Assam in India. The IFAW-WTI Mobile Veterinary Service team...
After tragedies and traumatic times such as the terrible events in the UK during first six months of 2017, I gain some comfort from a biblical reference that begins with the words in this post’s title. I first read these words when I was a school pupil. It was...
A sad day for the United Kingdom. A number of notable people have quoted (or misquoted) a phrase warning that those who ignore the lessons of the past will continue to repeat them. It’s pertinent to those who on Thursday 8th June 2017 disregarded many lessons from history and chose...
I thought I had heard just about everything but the current leader of the Labour Party is reported as having said today: “. . . . “many experts” had linked UK involvement in wars abroad to terrorism at home, as election campaigning resumed after the Manchester attack.” Perhaps the...
In June 2017 the UK goes to the polls again, with the aim of demonstrating to the EU that the UK is united in its determination to leave the EU. For the result to be meaningful, it’s vital that every single voter exercises their democratic right, and actually casts their vote, else...
