"We rarely recognise how deeply the car is cherished in British political culture. We mock the American attachment to giant vehicles and vast multi-lane freeways, and their non-existent public transport systems - but we are far closer to them than we would like to admit. Far from there being a 'war on the motorist', much of British economic and transport policy is oriented in their direction." The war on motorists is a myth, says Lewis Goodall. Chris Dillow argues that the Conservatives have given up on Margaret Thatcher's belief in freedom and much else that she stood for: "Thatcher was ...
As it's a new month, Lord Bonkers is keen that I should tell you what he was doing 30 years ago. So here is an extract from the diary that appeared in Liberator 215, the September 1993 issue. Monday Quite the most odious of Gummer's acts was to force-feed a beefburger to his infant daughter before the flash bulbs of Fleet Street. No reader will need to be reminded of the result. I found myself obliged to offer the unfortunate child sanctuary upon one of the Estate farms. She seems happy enough chewing the cud amidst the buttercups, but sometimes ...
Parliamentary selection news from Chichester, site of a cracking set of Liberal Democrat wins in the May local elections.
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The Independent reports that the government is set to backtrack on long-promised plans to stop culling badgers after 2025, as part of efforts to tackle tuberculosis (TB) in cattle. The paper says that Ministers had pledged to phase out the badger cull in two years' time, instead focusing on vaccination of both badgers and cattle and tightening cattle biosecurity. But, whereas last year was meant to be the final one in which four-year licences were issued, environment chiefs are now preparing to consult within weeks on fresh proposals to include killing the native mammals "on a targeted basis", alongside other ...
A volunteering fair for young people takes place on Wednesday - 6th September - organised by Dundee Volunteer and Voluntary Action and Developing the Young Workforce, Tay Cities - all welcome. You can book tickets at
