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Brexit Britain can't feed itself or pick its own fruit and veg. 'Project Fear' was right.https://archive.ph/AxVCA

Brexit Britain can't feed itself or pick its own fruit and veg. 'Project Fear' was right.
https://archive.ph/AxVCA

“Nothing less than a climate crime against humanity,” says Caroline Lucas on #C4News about government approval of the new coal mine in...

“Nothing less than a climate crime against humanity,” says Caroline Lucas on #C4News about government approval of the new coal mine in Cumbria.

Incredible statistic: the mine will produce an estimated 400,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions a year, the equivalent of putting...

Incredible statistic: the mine will produce an estimated 400,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions a year, the equivalent of putting 200,000 more cars on Britain’s roads.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/07/uk-first-new-coalmine-for-30-years-gets-go-ahead-in-cumbria

If you’re disgusted with your water provider’s environmental protection record, you can’t switch to a different supplier. Privatising...

If you’re disgusted with your water provider’s environmental protection record, you can’t switch to a different supplier. Privatising water in 1989 didn’t even break the monopoly: you’re tied to your regional company.

-- Jenny Rhodes on sewage pollution

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/anglian-water-fined-for-huge-sewage-discharge-in-essex-river/

While the EU have committed to one hydrogen refuelling station every 100km, in the UK, Shell have recently closed all of its hydrogen...

While the EU have committed to one hydrogen refuelling station every 100km, in the UK, Shell have recently closed all of its hydrogen refuelling stations. Toyota and Hyundai sold just 12 hydrogen cars in the country in 2021.

-- Tom Stacey and Chris Ivory report in The conversation -- thanks.

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/the-days-of-the-hydrogen-car-are-already-over/

In the next round of quantitative easing, the money should be paid to everyone. The money government gave to the banks, and through them to...

In the next round of quantitative easing, the money should be paid to everyone. The money government gave to the banks, and through them to people like me, could have funded a universal basic income for all.

-- A gentleman makes a modest proposal

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/inequality-personal-windfall-tax/

Royston’s a border town. It’s on the edge of the chalk escarpment, and it goes down to what used to be fenland. It’s not a settled...

Royston’s a border town. It’s on the edge of the chalk escarpment, and it goes down to what used to be fenland. It’s not a settled place, and lots of things are going on under the surface.

-- Aidan Baker hears from Hertfordshire poet Graham Palmer

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/beyond-the-cracked-voices/

Our @eastangliabylines team would love to hear from anyone interested in writing or editing for us.You may have just one story which you...

Our @eastangliabylines team would love to hear from anyone interested in writing or editing for us.

You may have just one story which you would like to share with people. You might like to write regularly, or help research local stories with colleagues. And keen photographers are also welcome.

We particularly seek volunteers from Herts or Beds! But also, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Cambs.

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/a-voice-for-the-east/

Matt Hancock gets increasingly boring. Oliver Dowden is rather off the pace at trousering money. Therese Coffey tells the Commons of 140...

Matt Hancock gets increasingly boring. Oliver Dowden is rather off the pace at trousering money. Therese Coffey tells the Commons of 140 environmental rules scrapped. Tory MPs try to sound electable. And the story in our previous.

-- Pecksniff's Diary

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/pecksniffs-diary-02-12-22/

LibDems win Gaywood North and Central (Norfolk) council by-election -- and hospital building campaigners scent victory too as a result.--...

LibDems win Gaywood North and Central (Norfolk) council by-election -- and hospital building campaigners scent victory too as a result.

-- Anna Damski reports

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/libdems-defeat-tories-in-kings-lynn-by-election/

Over the past 20 years, I have planted 6m and 2m borders around the edges of our fields next to water courses. Many farmers like me take our...

Over the past 20 years, I have planted 6m and 2m borders around the edges of our fields next to water courses. Many farmers like me take our environmental management very seriously.

-- Oliver Knowland
on land management, environment, and sustainability

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/a-farmers-response-to-water-pollution/

A council's deficit raises questions -- the ease with which it accessed money from other public bodies, the failure of auditors to spot...

A council's deficit raises questions -- the ease with which it accessed money from other public bodies, the failure of auditors to spot problems, the lack of central funding.

-- Gareth Davies on problems in Thurrock. From the Bureau of Investigative Journalism -- thanks
-- thankshttps://eastangliabylines.co.uk/thurrocks-disastrous-financial-black-hole/

Initially 7 people; in the 2nd week 15. Success & enthusiasm encouraged Burston Community Kitchen to think bigger, & plan to support...

Initially 7 people; in the 2nd week 15. Success & enthusiasm encouraged Burston Community Kitchen to think bigger, & plan to support people through the winter.

-- Elana Katz on a thriving community kitchen

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/an-east-anglian-village-rediscovers-its-community-spirit/

The main topic on the doorstep remains the fate of the crumbling 42-year-old Queen Elizabeth Hospital, which now has over 3300 struts...

The main topic on the doorstep remains the fate of the crumbling 42-year-old Queen Elizabeth Hospital, which now has over 3300 struts holding up a roof built to last only 30 years.

-- Our view of a local election that may have significance beyond the hospital

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/all-change-in-british-politics-what-message-from-local-election-results/

The USA deal is dead, China is a bad smell, the NZ deal is now seen to be a failure and immigration is higher now than before Brexit (albeit...

The USA deal is dead, China is a bad smell, the NZ deal is now seen to be a failure and immigration is higher now than before Brexit (albeit with non-EU immigrants).

-- Colin Hopkins in a letter to the editor on what might come next.

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/gravitational-pull-of-europe/

Post-Brexit politicians are free to talk about the idea of a points-based immigration control system without the drawbacks of genuinely...

Post-Brexit politicians are free to talk about the idea of a points-based immigration control system without the drawbacks of genuinely having one.

-- Madeleine Sumption & Peter William Walsh analyse Keir Starmer's proposal. From Open Democracy -- thanks

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/why-keir-starmer-is-embracing-a-points-based-immigration-system/