Monthly Archives: September 2011

Irresponsible, short-sighted but consistent

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Lucy

Last week I did a day of motorway driving – taking our youngest to Exeter for the start of his university career.  The M5 was not too busy, and the traffic flowed easily.  However there was still bad driving. My … Continue reading →

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Making progress on combating climate change?

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Lucy

We’ve come a long way since 2006 and the launch of ‘An Inconvenient Truth’, the documentary film fronted by former US vice-president Al Gore, explaining the reality of climate change.  Despite the nay-sayers, the scientific evidence is irreputable – and still inconvenient. … Continue reading →

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Updates…

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Lucy

There have been developments to several of the articles over the last few weeks and I thought a quick update could cover them together… The Government has reviewed the situation on the Gay Blood Ban, and relaxed it a bit.  … Continue reading →

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Our economy… and the global one.

Posted on September 9, 2011 by admin

Yesterday’s news was full of gloomy predictions of virtually no economic growth both globally and within the UK. Commentators, and ‘experts’ alike seemed at a loss to know why this is happening, especially when countries like the UK are following … Continue reading →

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