There's going to be a lot of nanny-stateism and quangocracy coming. Whatever happened to Labour's plan to allow some mega-casinos to be built? The space for one here (created by demolishing… (View Post)

The aquifer is definitely a problem here, and we've had an awful lot of house building recently. Admittedly we won't run of water this year as we've had 175% of normal rainfall - but a… (View Post)

Mrs Flatlander surveyed a brownfield colliery site not long ago. It had about 200 species of plant and some fairly rare butterflies. The 'green field' next to it has less than 10 species an… (View Post)

Another Quango? Who gets to run that? That's almost a Cones Hotline level of policy. This isn't going to go well, is it? (View Post)

"Change" sounds like something from a Yes Minister sketch where the less you are intending to do, the more you have to pretend. Bring on the high-energy wallpaper and abstract paintings. (View Post)