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…
Guest blog – Ban driven grouse shooting by Gavin Gamble
Gavin Gamble is a thirty-something Naturalist, Environmentalist and occasional ink-slinger currently studying Natural Biology and Environmental Science with the Open University alongside full time employment. He is also the author of the latest petition to ban driven grouse shooting from our uplands. I suspect many of Mark’s regular readers readers will…
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…
Thunderclap imminent
This thunderclap is about to send its message to over 3 million social media accounts and spread the message about why intensive grouse moor management should be no more. It goes out at 3pm. If you are on Facebook or Twitter you can add your voice and spread the word. Thunderous supporters include the Guardian…
We’re 18,132 signatures ahead
‘From Havel, we learn that the true heroes of our time are those who stay the course.’ – Bruce Chatwin Earlier this year an e-petition to support grouse shooting ground to a halt with 25,322 signatures following our very successful e-petition calling for a ban reaching 123, 077 signatures – it was a rout! Now…
The first two months – more than 50 with more than 50 signatures
Gavin Gamble’s e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting keeps making significant progress. On 2 December – that’s two months in and four months to go – it passed 17, 200 signatures and now it’s over 17,600. Highlights: Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey passed 100 signatures. The number of constituencies with 50+ signatures has jumped from…
Other people’s e-petitions – a selection
My attention was drawn to the first of these e-petitions by a fellow Northants resident but then I had a little mooch around the site and came across a few others which relate to more local (or in the penultimate case, national) issues rather than UK ones. It’s a fascinating insight into the minds of…