on May 28, 2013
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© Matthew Buck Hack Cartoons for Hampshire Chronicle
Plans to develop gas extraction in Hampshire have been announced based on the distribution of exploratory licences which you can see in a map here, courtesy of the lobby group Frack-Off. The Liberal Democrat councillors in the County Council have chosen to ask for a blanket ban on ‘Fracking’ developments across the county – not too helpful really and, hence, the cartoon.
Updated 29th July 2013: Attempts to start the first active exploratory drilling at the village of Balcombe in Sussex have proved predictably controversial.
There is a fine explainer of about the process of Fracking here.
And this appears to be the present government position as outlined by Energy Minister Michael Fallon.
on May 28, 2013
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© Matthew Buck Hack Cartoons for Hampshire Chronicle in 2013
Plans for development of a solar farm in the Itchen valley north of Winchester may offer opportunity for the local inhabitants.
on May 21, 2013
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The ‘swivel-eyed lunatics’ of popular political conversation appear to have taken over in the Conservative party and the Prime Minister appears too weak to face them down while they fret in public about the ‘electoral threat’ of Nigel Farage’s UKIP.
The two greatest sources of discontent are Europe and ‘moral’ debate over the legalisation of same sex marriage but, seen from here, the real problem remains the PM’s failure to win the last election outright.
To add to this happy situation, Mayor of London, Boris Johnson (and another would-be Conservative Prime Minister) has lost his long legal fight to cover up the existence of a child born from an extra marital affair. It all reminds of the Cecil Parkinson-Sarah Keays affair from the recent political past.
To Johnson’s credit he has never (wisely) been one to preach morals for political advantage. However, he may have been depending on some of the loons and the accompanying moral minority to vote for him come the next Conservative party leadership contest.
on May 20, 2013
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A modest proposal to alleviate dispute between the developers of a wind farm and the Ministry of Defence near my home town of Winchester.
on May 14, 2013
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A political mouldy-oldie has popped up again – the Tories and Europe. You might think in the middle of the longest economic recession since the 1930s there might be more important things our leaders could be doing for the country. But, clearly prancing about arguing over philosophical hypotheticals and attempting to undress one another is the collective priority.
The reference for those bemused is to a Eurovision winning song of yesteryear – Making your mind up – by a band called Buck’s Fizz.
on May 13, 2013
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The Secretary of State of Education, Michael Gove, and his colleague at the department of Defence, Philip Hammond, have indicated their enthusiasm for the job as the next leader of the Conservative party. Their opportunity provided by the traditional and interminable niggling Tory debates about Europe.
on May 7, 2013
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A nice, messy afternoon at the paints.
on May 1, 2013
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A drawing about a big change to The Hampshire Chronicle which is changing format from broadsheet to tabloid. They like to do things at a gentle pace around here.
on April 26, 2013
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Listening: Back to Black by the late Amy Winehouse.
Watching: Video cartoon of Amy Winehouse.
