Whenever I am defending toffs one of the main points I like to make is what great conservators they are. Because they have owned vast swathes of Britain, often for many generations, they understand the importance of their role as trustees of the landscape. Certainly, this coincides with their hobbies – hedges and stone walls [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Wind farms’
I don’t need my ice cream to ‘educate’ me about the glories of gay marriage or wind farms
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009Some of my best friends are gay. Suspiciously large numbers, it has sometimes been suggested to me. But that’s OK, I’m cool with that. What my friends get up to in the privacy of their own homes – or, indeed, the scary back room of their local boite – is very much their own affair. [...]
Build Wind Farms in National Parks? Now we’ve REALLY lost the plot
Saturday, July 25th, 2009Did you ever read a madder headline in your life?
Sure, Natural England isn’t nearly as nature-loving as it sounds. It’s just another of those pointless Quangos which David Cameron may yet attempt to justify his existence by banning. Even so, building 300 foot high turbines in what’s left of Britain’s unspoilt landscape does rather go [...]