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polticians

Wed, 20 May 2009 10:48:19 +0200

mmm
wasnt going to blog re politicians but as this is one of the biggest democratic crisis in our time, and stuff is changing all the time, it will be interesting(for me) to read later.
Speaker resigned, as he should have. Being in charge of the comittee in charge of expenses and having fought the Freedom of Info Act, he does not have the moral authority or trust to get us out of this mess.
Brown etc announced temporary measures, not looked at the detail. bound to be better but no doubt it can still be abused.
The whole caboodle needs reform. We need a participatory democracy not this rediculous one vote in 5 years job. Everyone feels disempowered thats why everyone is so angry. Politicians have got us into this mess of recession and expenses, and it has got to be the end of this Greed is Good culture.
MPs are WELL PAID. It doesnt matter that others are paid more. Even at £60,000+ they are in an elite bubble. That is why they dont get it. Pay them the median wage and then they will undergo the same experiences and hardship as most people and therefore they might understand and try and change those things rather than this globalisation nonsense which is doing so much harm. We need more localisation and return the power to the people.

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Ducks

Thu, 14 May 2009 19:37:54 +0200

Dull overcast day with some drizzle. Many swifts around flying quite low at tree top level after their flies. A few Mayflies about.The blue tits and great tits in their nestboxes are still eeding their chicks.
One strange thing about this year is that there are very very few female ducks about on the river. At this time of year they are either hiding from the raping of the males, or sitting on eggs but to have seen so few ie 1 on the river for the past 3 weeks is very unusual. That one female manages to hatch about 8 young, i would have to check my videos, which lasted less than a week before succumbing to predators thought to be gulls, mink and pike. This female i know well as in previous years she had a nest on my boat but i had to stop her nesting as the mink found them and was eating all the eggs, such a shame.

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first damselfly of the season

Wed, 13 May 2009 15:11:08 +0200

I am about to start blogging again. I notice it is a year since i last wrote anything, i will try better this year.
It is overcast with light drizzle, and a bit of a cold northeasterly wind. Yesterday i saw my first female damselfly of the season - a banded damselfly in the nettles by the river, where they hide from the males until ready to mate and lay.A solitary male was spotted a couple of days ago.
This year has been quiter on the river - the recession has obviously affected narrowboat holidays and boaters. This has a beneficial effect on the river as less disturbance for wildlife and less bank erosion.
The mayblossom of the hawthorns is still out and leaves are on most trees now- the last being the ash.
The river severn is at last nearly down to near summer levels, just an inch above.
Anyhow enough for now - more later
sabrina

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Blog 1

Wed, 07 May 2008 13:00:53 +0200

Well what an amazing day on the river.
The blackbirds nesting in the hedgerow have just hatched their chicks, they were taking a couple of used eggshells out a couple of days ago, and are feeding occasionally. The blue tits and great tits in the nestboxes are going in and out. The bats were seen flying a few days ago. Insects are proliferating and mayflies dancing over the river at night to mate.
Summer has started!

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