I felt I’d been lax

To cut a long story short I’ve just joined the League Against Cruel Sports as a member.  This is largely because they have supported Hen Harrier Day and our e-petition so helpfully. But there are some other reasons, too. First, I have got such a lot of abuse from people on Twitter over this e-petition…

NEWS: M&S drop grouse sales in response to threatened boycott

Ben Webster in The Times: Game Over: M&S takes grouse off the shelves after boycott threat. M&S won’t sell grouse this year and tests new code for grouse moors after boycott threat http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/environment/article4156994.ece … We did that!  Consumer power. Well done M&S!!  I’ll be shopping with you again later today.  And we’ll be watching you carefully…

Vote for Policies

Vote for Policies is a website that allows you to compare the policies of political parties on areas that interest you (eg the environment) without being told which party’s they are, and then lets you see which political party is closest to your own view of the world. I used it in the 2010 general…

Another man’s blog

This is a link to an excellent post on Chris Townsend’s excellent blog. What he describes is the Scottish version of Walshaw Moor and the industrialisation of the north of England’s hills. Sign this e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting in England.   I hope Chris will write a Guest Blog for here soon.