New Environment Minister

[boatone]

Michael Gove is returning to government as Environment Secretary, replacing Andrea Leadsom who becomes Leader of the House.
Anyone like to gamble on a new approach to waterways from DEFRA ?

 

[LittleSister]

I can't see much happening on the waterways front. They've got their hands rather full with one or two other matters, and I'm not aware that Gove has ever taken much interest in Defra matters at all.

 

[Actionmat]

Margaret Becket was a touring caravan enthusiast, what a shame we can't have a minister with an interest in the Thames, let alone boating. I hope he gets bored and brings in CART before he gets sacked.

 

[oldgit]

Or throwing out the bowl with the Bathwater.

A climate denier from the Oaf skool of Trump Towers.
Knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.


On more important matters now have working bog. Pumped out but refused to suck in water.
After some considerable ponderations about the dire state of OGs finances at the moment.
The following was considered........
A Hard Textit. Brand new electric bog. Going to cost a fortune
A Semi hard. Textit. New manual bog. Going to mean lots of work for not much.
A Semi soft Textit. A complete new pump system...and the problem might still be there.
A Soft Textit. Over haul kit. See above.
A Remainers Reality Fix. Whip the six screws off the top. Poke around for bit. Scrape a bit of crusty accretion from the funny little lump of brass the size of a tap washer stopping things from working...and bung it all back together.
and ............Hey presto.


Walked up the pontoon today and noted two boats were changing their sanitory equipment.
Wonder if it was because of 5p bit of metal.

 

[boatone]

Complete(?) .gov.uk here:‪
https://www.gov.uk/government/people/michael-gove‬
Note that responsibility for EA doesn't even get a mention, let alone waterways.

 

[boatone]

Re: Or throwing out the bowl with the Bathwater.

Walked up the pontoon today and noted two boats were changing their sanitory equipment.
Wonder if it was because of 5p bit of metal.

Sounds like a normal day on the Merdeway !

 

[AuntyRinum]

Michael Gove is returning to government as Environment Secretary, replacing Andrea Leadsom who becomes Leader of the House.
Anyone like to gamble on a new approach to waterways from DEFRA ?

It depends on whatever his wife tells him to do.

 

[boatone]

Therese Coffey returns to DEFRAs ministerial team as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Environment and Rural Life Opportunities, her previous government role, with continuing responsibility for, amongst other things, waterways.Some continuity there, then.
From .gov.uk .......
Thérèse Coffey MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Environment and Rural Life Opportunities
Responsibilities include:
natural environment, including biodiversity, the marine environment, and international wildlife trafficking
rural life opportunities, covering rural childcare, education and skills, and health
floods, water and waterways
air quality
resource and environment management"

 

[LittleSister]

Surely it's an outrage than anyone responsible for international wildlife trafficking should be appointed to public office?

 

[oldgit]

Therese Coffey returns to DEFRAs ministerial team as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Environment and Rural Life Opportunities, her previous government role, with continuing responsibility for, amongst other things, waterways.Some continuity there, then.
From .gov.uk .......
Thérèse Coffey MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Environment and Rural Life Opportunities
Responsibilities include:
natural environment, including biodiversity, the marine environment, and international wildlife trafficking
rural life opportunities, covering rural childcare, education and skills, and health
floods, water and waterways
air quality
resource and environment management"

Ridiculous to even think that one minister could keep an eye on that many important areas.
An indication of the importance that this particular administration places on our guardianship of the natural world. ?
A result of several individual government authorities being culled to save a few quid no doubt, still the public get what the public wants.
The air quality fiasco in cities being classic example and as for the outrageous EU demand of clean air we can breathe, .....good job we left innit

 

[boatone]

Surely it's an outrage than anyone responsible for international wildlife trafficking should be appointed to public office?

i noticed that too, but I wouldn't worry - she'll probably spend even less time doing that than she does looking after waterways ....