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When Donald Trump is apoplectic with Boris Johnson in a phone call it’s a bit difficult to know where one’s sympathies lie. I guess that we know that Donald Trump is pretty certainly irredeemably bad whereas Boris Johnson has time to amaze us with good things in future. But it did mean that for a…

How we are described

I was very glad to see that my friend, and co-founder of Wild Justice, Ruth Tingay, got the Daily Mail to change their words and apologise for describing her as an anti-hunt extremist. I’ve known Ruth for years, and have spent what sometimes seem like years in a car with her, and I don’t recall…

Press release from Leigh Day

Cumbrian campaign group granted permission for judicial review of County Council’s approval of coal mine Campaign Group, Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole, have been granted permission for a judicial review of Cumbria County Council’s decision to allow the first deep coal mine in 30 years in the UK to be built. Keep Cumbrian Coal…

Paul Andrew, 1953-2020

Mark writes: Paul Andrew was a birder and conservationist who went to the same school that I did; Bristol Grammar School. Paul was about to leave BGS when I arrived and so I can’t say I knew him well – he was one of those god-like older boys who could identify all birds. But I…