Please support this thunderclap

Ed Hutchings’s thunderclap goes out on Friday at noon – it currently has a social reach of over 1 million and could reach more people if you add your name to it here. I’ll be interested to see what impact this has on the number of signatures for Ed’s RSPB-supported e-petition to license driven grosue…

You can vote – this is why

It was on this day in 1918 that the Representation of the People Act received Royal Assent.  This act, sometimes called the Fourth Reform Act, followed the previous three in 1832, 1867 and 1884. The Great Reform Act 1832 allowed male rural landowners, shopkeepers and those paying rent of over £10 per annum to vote….

Wuthering Moors (55)

  Rumour has it that Natural England has agreed a highly contentious Moorland Plan with the Walshaw Estate – the famous grouse moor, owned by millionaire businessman Richard Bannister, which sits above Hebden Bridge. I wrote in this blog on 2 October 2017  ‘It remains to be seen whether NE will really dig their heels…

YFTB attacks the RSPB again

Presumably as a result of the RSPB’s strong criticism of Natural England’s decision to license a trial of brood meddling and the RSPB’s support for Ed Hutchings’s e-petition in favour of licensing of driven grouse shooting (other e-petitions are available) YFTB has dusted off its attacks on the RSPB. In a press release issued by…