Voices of the Countryside

Charlie Jacoby: What are we to Expect for our Wildlife from the Labour Government? [15 min listen]


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Fieldsports, along with Israel and private schools, are red meat for the rabble of Labour backbenchers. As a public-school-educated trophy-hunter with a Jewish surname, I'm off to an internment camp.

Good intentions are wonderful things. In June 2024, they paved the way for 60,000 people to march in London alongside Chris Packham, Extinction Rebellion, Just Stop Oil and the National Trust. They enjoyed a minestrone of competing ambitions and differing ideas on how to achieve them. Prior to the march, both the RSPB and National Trust defended their decisions to share a platform with organisations such as Extinction Rebellion, which is listed on the counter-terrorism police ‘Prevent’ programme of extremist ideologies.

 

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