Within a week of taking up his new post as Secretary of State Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Michael Gove, has finally denounced the London 1964 Fisheries Convention. This is a small and welcome step towards Brexit, but one which […]
The letter below, written by our Chairman, Edward Spalton, was recently published in the Derby Telegraph. Sir, Like D.G. Betts (30 June), I am keen to be out of the EU and have been since 1972 when I began to […]
Whereas most on the Leave side are clear about their objectives for the UK to emerge from the impending Brexit negotiations as a fully independent country, there is much foggy talk in the media and amongst the Remain side. This […]
He’s almost old enough to be their grandfather. He’s hardly a charismatic speaker and by all accounts, something of a political anorak who isn’t very good at small talk. Yet the young people seem to love him, treating him to […]
Being a realistic leaver is a difficult line to walk. Some think Brexit is a matter of crisis management. Others think it’s an opportunity to be grasped. I think it is both. In this I really don’t think it helpful […]
(1) A BLAST FROM THE PAST – I mentioned that my father had devised a milk replacer food for baby calves. It was government policy during the war and for a long time afterwards that as much milk as possible […]
