Born in East Anglia, but raised in the Arabian Gulf, Ed Hutchings was always going to have two things – itchy feet and an inquisitive mind. After leaving university with a degree in hospitality, he embarked on a career as a sommelier for a decade, working at various Michelin-star restaurants; in the process winning the…
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It’s becoming clearer to me who is behind the surge in signatures for the ‘protect grouse shooting’ e-petition, and exactly why its support is centred on the richer parts of central London and places such as the Cotswolds. If you have been sent an email asking you to sign the e-petition on behalf of grouse…
Grouse petitions – they’re just like buses
There are now three e-petitions about grouse shooting on the Westminster parliament website: Gavin Gamble’s e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting, ends 2 April, currently on 19,700 signatures Jane Griggs’s e-petition in support of grouse shooting, ends 24 May, currently on 7,600 signatures Ed Hutchings’s e-petition in support of licensing, the third option, the…
16, 419 ahead
It’s fitting, in a way, that on the day when Gavin Gamble writes here, movingly, about why he set up his e-petition, the rival e-petition which emanates from nineteenth century thinking makes a big leap forward. It’s now only 16,419 signatures behind Gavin’s and there’s a long time to go – longer for the rival…
18,847 ahead
Yesterday was the last day of the grouse shooting season for 2017 – Gavin Gamble’s e-petition seeks to make that cessation a permanent one and following yesterday’s thunderclap his e-petition is approaching 19,000 signatures and the list of ’50-signature’ constituencies has reached 64 constituencies (last week – 51). Each of these constituencies has more signatures…