Tag: UK Politics

On this post, I will list a group of articles on British politics. Unfortunately, there have been quite a lot in recent times, hence this way to deal with them. These are mostly to do with climate and environment, rather than animals, though obviously this is of importance. It should be noted, that while some of these sound like they are contradictory, they are not, though I would argue that some suggest underlying conflict which needs sorting asap. (Given its length, do use ctrl f, which will allow you to jump to any article that specfically interests you

–Rishi Sunak facing renewed pressure over plans to max out North sea oil

–Bottom trawling of fishing nets has been found to release large amounts of carbon – 370 million tonnes each year around the world (a problem in the north sea, but also worldwide)

–4 Electric heaters adverts banned in the UK for suggesting they are cheaper than gas

–UK ‘used to be a leader on climate’, cry EU lawmakers, as the UK backtracks, Northern Ireland ‘dirty corner of Europe, Various environmental protections dropped since Brexit

–Wind power saved Northern Ireland £243 million last year

–Surprise, Surprise: as the government was told, a 10 year study has shown culling is not best way to cut Bovine TB (but are they going to listen?

-Tories (UK conservatives) urged to end idiotic £1.8 billion tax break for UK fishing fleet

–‘Smart’ trap trial raises hopes American mink can be driven from the UK

-UK government refuse to admit idea that nature has rights

–UK finally (earlier this week) quit a treaty -Energy Charter Transition, which allowed fossil fuel firms to sue governments over climate policies

–UK to ban boilers in new homes, and rules out hydrogen as  heating source, but it already makes little sense as a car fuel

–UK government is removing the right to climate protesters defence is feared to erode the right to trial by jury

–A new battery in the UK is to store enough power keep 90,000 homes running through a blackout