Cllr Mark Haworth-Booth Archives - North Devon

Gaza genocide – White Cross Wind Farm – Local Government Reorganisation – The Men’s Shed – The Palestine Solidarity Campaign North Devon

26/03/2025 / 26/03/2025 by Mark Haworth-Booth

Thank you, Richard Burgon MP, for what you are doing to prevent the Gaza genocide that Israel is carrying out while the world does nothing much – especially our own craven government. This is my latest email to BBC Feedback: Dear Feedback The coverage of the last two weeks, in which Israel has cut off […]

Genocide Local Government reform Men In Sheds North Devon Palestine Solidarity Campaign White Cross

Green Party campaigning – retirement just a phase – bird ID and an otter on the Taw

17/03/2025 / 17/03/2025 by Mark Haworth-Booth

I owe my election as a district councillor in May 2023 to my North Devon Green Party colleagues. They photographed and designed, had printed and then delivered four rounds of leaflets and cards. They also put in hours knocking on doors. That’s why my wife and I help other Green candidates. Here I am with […]

Spring moth, Local Government Reorganisation, BBC Moral Panic, Suffolk, Trump and Kompromat, Lambing time.

10/03/2025 / 10/03/2025 by markhaworthbooth

The moth that appeared on our summerhouse door to announce Spring on 1 March, which featured in Blog 10, is a Dotted Border, Agriopsis marginaria, which flies Feb-April. The female is flightless and the larvae feed on many broadleaved trees and shrubs – info kindly given me by the North Devon moth expert John Breeds. […]

Wild Pages, Waste & Recycling, Local Government reorganisation, Spring, Writing Workshop, Medieval Concert

06/03/2025 / 06/03/2025 by markhaworthbooth

I have read poems from The Thermobaric Playground to the local branch of the Devon Wildlife Trust (DWT) on two occasions. The book, published in 2022, opens with a section on my North Devon habitat. There is another section on birds. The renowned botanist and DWT organiser Mary Breeds asked me to join her in […]

Lies, fields, housing, frogspawn and a living willow tepee / birdwatching hide

24/02/2025 / 24/02/2025 by Mark Haworth-Booth

President Zelensky rightly said that President Trump is trapped inside a bubble of Russian disinformation. This has been widely reported for obvious reasons but I have not seen one mention of the source of Trump’s dangerous misinformation. Fox News, or Fox ‘News’, has been pumping out pro-Russian propaganda for years. This is part of Rupert […]

A Valentine, a memorable public announcement, housing, the corruption league, case work, US hypocrisy, good moves from government, bad faith in our media.

18/02/2025 / 18/02/2025 by Mark Haworth-Booth

Photo: the Valentine I received on Friday My wife has a great gift for creating or finding the soppiest cards to give me on 14 February each year, all of which I treasure. I gave a talk at the Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon last Tuesday to its Friends group. My subject was ‘Great […]