BASC bailing out GWCT

BASC is leaping to prop up GWCT in these difficult times – it seems that the ordinary shooter has to bail out the organisation which probably has more millionaire donors than almost any other in the rural area. Meanwhile, GWCT is relying on selling snoods to escape financial difficulties – click here.

NE and BASC are friends

In the database there are 82 agreements listed. I’m not copying a spreadsheet for you here but I’m sure that Natural England would be happy to provide information to you as they have to me. One wonders why they don’t list them somewhere – 82 in two and a bit years isn’t so many. But…

BASC and NE – cosiness

Natural England has a range of memoranda of understanding and partnership agreements with a range of organisations. That’s not unusual (although my experience is that it is only the shakiest of professional relationships that need such generalised written agreements). I’ve asked Natural England about some of these and heard back from them about their agreement…

BASC fighting fund

BASC say they are launching a 7-figure Fighting Fund for ‘proactive legal initiatives to secure the future of shooting’ whatever that means. Quite what this will do for BASC’s membership is difficult to see – they will have to decide whether their membership subscriptions are being well spent. At the moment BASC isn’t asking for…