Views from Somerset
The Picturesque, the Political and the Past.
Sunday, 27 March 2016
Shudrick Valley on the eastern fringe of Ilminster, South Somerset. Soon to vanish under concrete and tarmac?
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The undisturbed agrarian landscape of the Shudrick Valley on the eastern fringe of Ilminster might soon vanish under concrete and tarmac if ...
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Tuesday, 22 March 2016
A public holiday for England's patron saint? St George or St Edmund - or both? Letters in the Western Daily Press.
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Should there be a public holiday for England's patron saint St George, a Christian from Palestine who rose to the rank of Tribune in the...
Wednesday, 16 March 2016
A view from the English Democrats Party Spring Conference in Huntingdon.
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My recent holiday in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, coincided with the English Democrats Party Spring Conference in Huntingdon so I had plann...
Tuesday, 15 March 2016
A view of "Air Power", past and present, while on holiday in Lincolnshire.
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My wife and I have just returned from one of our periodic holidays in Lincolnshire during which we aim to visit as many of the historic Wo...
Thursday, 10 March 2016
English devolution can't come too soon.
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A letter from R.A. Hopkins in the Western Daily Press on March 9th pointing out that it is for the English and their political representativ...
Friday, 4 March 2016
Hampshire schoolboy questioned by police after school staff report him for looking at UKIP website. What next, exile for Farage and Carswell?
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A schoolboy was reported to police by his school’s staff for showing an interest in a political party opposed to the government. Did this ...
Tuesday, 1 March 2016
John Denham, former Labour MP and Cabinet Minister, points out: "National identities are fine . . . but we English are British, and thats all you need to know."
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John Denham, former Labour MP and Cabinet Minister, is now the director of the Centre for English Identity and Politics at Winchester Univer...
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