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We should be doing nothing to save the planet

4th May, 20225th May, 2022 Matthew Chatfield 1 Comment carbon, green, iwcp, planting, trees, volunteers

Planting trees has become a barometer for public greenness. During the last general election campaign, Labour pledged to plant two

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Boris Johnson and Priti Patel
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Saying sorry is easy. Being sorry is hard

14th November, 2021 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments Boris Johnson

There’s a tendency to look to the past and imagine some golden age of perfection. But the world was not

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Cake competition
County Press articles Isle of Wight Ranger Rants 

Should we behave more like an imaginary vicar?

20th February, 202030th March, 2020 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments isle of wight, iwcp, politics

I wrote a few years back about how we Island dwellers have an all too apt reputation as miserable, whining

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Underground tunnel
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Is the fixed link the the Isle of Wight’s Brexit taboo topic?

7th December, 20197th December, 2019 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments isle of wight, iwcp, planning, politics

I often dine in company. This is less a claim of social indispensability, and more an admission of my inability

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A cup of tea
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Wellness tea – a national disgrace

22nd April, 201922nd April, 2019 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments iwcp, tea, wellness

Like it or not we’re all having to give some thought right now to the question of what makes us

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Modern chain gang, US, 2006
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Unemployed will have to do community work under Tories, says Cameron

17th February, 201517th February, 2015 Matthew Chatfield 2 Comments chain gangs, politics, unemployment

All 18- to 21-year-olds who have failed to find a job or a place in training would no longer be

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Enough with feeding the ducks.

9th March, 2014 Matthew Chatfield 1 Comment birds, bread, ducks, feeding, hampshire, rspb, wwt

Look, we have to talk about this feeding the birds lark. I know the RSPB tell you to do it,

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Government set to create massive new heritage charity to compete with National Trust, Wildlife Trusts

26th June, 201313th February, 2014 Matthew Chatfield 3 Comments charity, cuts, english heritage, funding, politics, rspb, spending review, wildlife trusts

Today’s the day Chancellor George Osborne revealed the latest government spending cuts. As usual, we were softened up by horror stories, and as

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Environmental infrastructure: what it could really cost

26th May, 201313th February, 2014 Matthew Chatfield 2 Comments environment agency, flooding, government, planning, politics, sewage, sustainability

Drains, water, sewage works, landfill sites… usually best left to somebody else to sort out. Well, maybe once this was

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Blogger who falsely accused council officers of corruption ordered to pay £25K damages.

16th March, 201313th February, 2014 Matthew Chatfield 7 Comments blogging, carmarthenshire, council, libel

As a council officer and as a writer on the internet, I’ve been following the story of Jacqui Thompson and

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