News Round-Up
30 October 2024
The Saga of the Benin Bronzes Takes a Farcical New Turn
30 October 2024
by Mike Wells
U.K. streets are teeming with weeds, as green councils reduce weed management efforts in an effort to allay the impact of climate change.
Brighton residents are being asked to weed their own roads due to a 2019 herbicide ban by the former Green-led council, leading to overgrown pathways and safety hazards.
United Utilities, the country's largest corporate land owner, has announced a ban on shooting just days before the start of the season. Gamekeepers and farmers warn it will have a devastating impact on the environment.
Farmers face paying crippling inheritance taxes if they choose to go green under Treasury rules that could hold back the U.K.’s Net Zero ambitions.
Virtue-signalling celebrities are planting too many trees in a misguided effort to 'rewild' their estates. Minette Batters, the President of the National Farmers Union, says they should be growing more grass instead.
Senior Whitehall civil servants are up in arms because Boris has rowed back on a commitment to bribe farmers to grow wildflowers instead of crops. Doesn't he care about the future of the planet?
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