Dr Coffey – what a charmer! What an advocate for wildlife she is as biodiversity minister!
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Gilruth in The Field
There is a ridiculous article in The Field, penned by Andrew Gilruth of GWCT, which starts with the sentence ‘Our raptors arguably live in a golden age’ which sets a new standard for nonsense, even from the once rather impressive, and now rather irrelevant folk in Fordingbridge. Chipping in, in the race for the most…
Today, I am in court
Today is the third and final day of the hearing of our legal challenge to NE’s licensing of brood meddling. I may be able to write a few words about it for publication here on Friday afternoon – I’ll try.
Guy Shorrock – Capercaillie
Guy writes: The Capercaillie – still not out of the woods Capercaillies, the world’s largest grouse, are impressive birds. Their name derives from the Scottish Gaelic ‘capull coille’ meaning horse of the woods. I’ve only seen them a few times in Scotland, but had great views in Sweden on several occasions. I’ve also been fortunate…
A letter to my MP
Brexit and EDM1963 Dear Mr Pursglove I see you voted against the government’s Brexit deal yesterday evening. I assume that you will be voting against the No Confidence motion today. I think you will be on the winning side again. But just for the record, your views on Brexit and mine are poles apart. I…
A year ago
It is appropriate, perhaps, that a year ago today Natural England issued a licence for the brood meddling of Hen Harriers. Tomorrow will see the third and final day of the court hearing of my legal challenge, and a similar but separate one by the RSPB, against that decision. We will not hear the judge’s…
Guest blog – Ban Lead Ammunition by Caroline Lucas MP
Lead is a highly toxic substance. It poses huge risks to human and animal health. That’s why it has been banned from petrol, paints, and various household items in many countries across the world, including in the UK. There is however still a glaring omission in these prohibitions: lead is still widely used in ammunition…
A meaningful vote?
This evening, probably, MPs will vote on what is almost always called Mrs May’s agreement with the EU – it’s interesting that it is less often called the government’s agreement, probably because the government keeps losing members over it. It seems unlikely that TM the PM will win her vote. But if she does we…
EDM #1963
Early Day Motions are used to highlight issues. Well done to Caroline Lucas and her four cosignatories for raising the issue of lead ammunition in this way. The text of their EDM is as follows: That this House notes that even low levels of lead are toxic to humans and other animals and that in…
Let’s give this a push in the next three weeks
I’d like to see Les Wallace’s e-petition for a proper economic study of grouse shooting get a response from Defra. To do so it needs to acquire 5,520 signatures in 19 days – that’s 291 signatures each day. That’s a very big ask but it is certainly possible. See Les’s guest blog on the subject…