Robert Buckland Weblog

Whilst appreciating that weather and climate are not the same thing, the freezing temperatures and snowy landscape that greeted me this morning in Swindon make debate and discussion about global warming seem rather academic, when in fact it is becoming more and more urgent. The chaos of Copenhagen has looked rather like a modern Tower [...]

An unexpected but welcome story to emerge in the national media this week was the twinning of Walt Disney World with Swindon.  As a result of an entertaining video sent in to Disney by a twenty year old Nationwide worker living in Upper Stratton, Swindon beat off a range of competitors to scoop the prize.  [...]

Sian is having a yen for Gilbert and Sullivan so I write this to the strains of “The Pirates of Penzance” (D’Oyly Carte on Decca 1968).  A brief interruption to fix a Lego crocodile mouth and now a few words about yesterday’s Tree  O’Clock event at Blackhorse Farm in Wroughton.  Organised by staff and students [...]

I have been very saddened to see that the Australian Liberal Party is busy tearing itself apart over climate change.  The ousting of the talented (albeit Republican) Malcolm Turnbull as their leader came after six members of his Shadow Cabinet quit over a deal he wanted to do with the Government accepting a package to [...]