Exactly ten years ago I started my new job in London. Freshly arrived from the Netherlands on the 14th of October, I immediately left the next day for a conference in Austria, which was still part of my previous job. So I celebrate my 10th anniversary in the UK today. I was thrilled to be […]
The shredding of chicks
On the 10th of October Dutch MP Marianne Thieme of the Party for the Animals submitted a Parliamentary motion for debate on the 14th of October to ban the culling (i.e. shredding) of one day old chicks. Unsurprisingly, the motion was lost, as politicians from the mainstream parties voted against, including Labour, the Christian Union […]