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Vet, trying to balance the needs of livestock & wildlife.
Yorkshire
Joined October 2011
The contempt for agriculture by Governments is appalling. Daniel Zeichner was just starting to find his feet in this role, but this looks like just finding a position for a Minister on her way down.
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#Reshuffle The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs @DefraGovUK is now unique among UK government departments in having a fully female ministerial leadership team. https://t.co/IWXkfdZHff
@EmmaforWycombe @angelaeagle @emmahardymp
@SueHayman1 @MaryCreagh_ #DEFRA
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For the first time ever the holders of the three great offices of state beyond PM (chancellor, foreign secretary, home secretary) are all women
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At this time of year I look at blackberries in the supermarket & wonder how many are available free along our lanes, but this is another league…..
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For those genuinely interested in the badger & TB issue, Chapter 6 of the new Godfray report is, in my view, the most informed, balanced & authoritative piece I have read….
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Becoming TB free by 2038 is probably unachievable but to reduce the number of cattle culled each year from 40,000 to where we were in the 1980s - fewer than 1,000 is certainly possible. As Godfray says, with good strong Governance.
Britain’s battle to wipe out bovine TB is on course to fail unless the government injects more urgency and funding into its strategy, experts have warned https://t.co/gAT4Ej3lFM
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My letter to The Economist about their very silly statement.
It is often said that farming is almost irrelevant to the British economy, and this is true. What is less appreciated is that farming is barely relevant even to the rural economy. We explain why
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AberTB 2025 - Professor Sir Charles Godfray to deliver keynote address at bovine tuberculosis conference https://t.co/wWehs2fb3c
#godfrayreview
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How can wildlife conservation expect to be taken seriously when they deny what is, by any standard, incontrovertible evidence? As Godfray’s report says this is a part of the problem.
This distracts from the fact that cattle to cattle transmission is the overwhelming cause of bovine TB outbreaks. We found no strong scientific evidence linking badgers to the spread of bovine TB.
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Glanced at Godfray’s report. It looks a useful explanation for this Govt. As far as badgers go, stating the obvious, vaccination may help but it will be very expensive indeed especially in light of the incredibly stupid lack of help from Wildlife groups. https://t.co/qLhQbbLeSh
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Robin Hammond's photographs show the conservation battle to eradicate three species introduced to New Zealand, in order to protect the island nation's birds
newscientist.com
Robin Hammond's photographs show the conservation battle to eradicate three species introduced to New Zealand, in order to protect the island nation's birds
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A party that recognises the importance of environmental issues & approaches them sensibly is my political dream. Looks like I’ll be waiting quite a bit longer.
Zack Polanski has been decisively elected leader of the Green Party. But who is he and what does he stand for? Sky's @WillCharley1 explains. https://t.co/mYG0VVi0hv
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Plenty of Gannets, Guillemots & Terns feeding just off the beach today but two of these fellas so close is something special….
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Is this the most stunning building you've (probably) never heard of? It should be one of Britain's, or even Europe's, most famous buildings. If you want to find out more...
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A team of researchers has taken a giant step forward in understanding fertility by capturing the first real-time and 3D images of a human embryo implanting into uterine-like tissue.
smithsonianmag.com
A new study shows how human embryos reshape their environment by pulling on uterine tissue
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Yorkshire’s reservoirs are now just 39% full, down 3% in a week, a record low for mid-August - levels should be 74%. Below is Grimwith reservoir at the weekend - the last reservoir to be built in Yorkshire in 1983.
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Probably entirely naive of me, but why are VPNs legal?
“Of course we need age-verification on VPNs” Children’s Commissioner for England Rachel de Souza says children should not be allowed to use Virtual Private Networks, as they are often used to access pornography. #Newsnight
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