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My comment piece in @thetimes ‘Labour is losing the countryside all over again’
thetimes.com/uk/environment…
thetimes.com/uk/environment…
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The Countryside Alliance has spearheaded the calls for a centralised approach to licensing. It is right other orgs and politicians are backing this important campaign.
A ‘DVLA for guns’?
Plymouth MP @LukePollard is backing a National Firearms Licensing Authority – a move towards centralised licensing that shooting organisations have long called for.
Could a national system end the postcode lottery faced by certificate holders?
▶ Watch this ain:
FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbri…
#FirearmsLicensing #FieldsportsNews #FieldsportsBritain
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It wouldn't be Colin Parker day without the hounds taking centre stage!
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The Family Farm Tax, a proposed trail hunting ban, and now plans to restrict game shooting? thecritic.co.uk/121511-2/
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Labour’s manifesto said nothing about game shooting, writes @CA_TimB, yet ministers appear to be giving into the anti-shooting lobby
thecritic.co.uk/121511-2/
thecritic.co.uk/121511-2/
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“I think there is something fundamentally a bit strange about some very rich people, mostly in California apparently, funding campaigns against farming in the UK”
Me on vegan campaign Project Slingshot telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/…
Me on vegan campaign Project Slingshot telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/…
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I wrote this article about how the Goldsmiths, Carrie Johnson and their friends in the animal rights movement destroyed the Tory rural vote. Ben never learns thecritic.co.uk/the-tory-rural…
Going out with friends to shoot (humanely and sustainably) a few birds such as pheasants, partridges or wood pigeons for the sport and the pot is just fine. The ritual around it can be a lovely thing.
But the industrial rearing of fat, antibiotic-soaked pheasants for mass release and shooting in batches of hundreds or thousands on blokey hospitality days is really very gross.
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The government have launched a call for evidence on the rearing, release and shooting of gamebirds in England, which closes on Sunday 1 November.
GB News’ Yorkshire and Humberside Reporter, Anna Riley, goes to a game shoot in Nottinghamshire to see how changing the rules would itish countryside pursuit.
GB News’ Yorkshire and Humberside Reporter, Anna Riley, goes to a game shoot in Nottinghamshire to see how changing the rules would itish countryside pursuit.
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“If the new administration is not going to do anything for the countryside, will it at least stop doing things to it?”
My piece on the missed opportunity for a rural reset in the Budget.
countryside-alliance.org/features/tim-b…
My piece on the missed opportunity for a rural reset in the Budget.
countryside-alliance.org/features/tim-b…
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Nothing against @WildlifeTrusts but there are loads of private landowners throughout the country who have already delivered nature recovery and sustainable farming on a massive scale. The idea that Rothbury is some unique project and a “new bar” is just nonsense.
Tens of thousand of people have enabled the @WildlifeTrusts to buy the Rothbury Estate. Largest land purchase in a generation brings an area of Northumberland the size of Athens into Nature recovery. Brilliant & bold work that sets a new bar for ambition for Nature in England.
wildlifetrusts.org/news/future-ro…
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The Chancellor delivered just 1 of 10 of the countryside’s Budget asks. ruralreset.org/#budget-bingo
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New analysis from the Countryside Alliance shows that rural people pay almost £500 more a year on petrol than people living in towns and cities.
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In the countryside, driving is a necessity.
Rural residents and businesses cannot always rely on public transport. Rising fuel costs hit household budgets, jobs and local businesses.
This Budget, it’s time for a rural reset. Write to the Prime Minister asking for a rural reset pO
Rural residents and businesses cannot always rely on public transport. Rising fuel costs hit household budgets, jobs and local businesses.
This Budget, it’s time for a rural reset. Write to the Prime Minister asking for a rural reset pO
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“Rural residents have to drive further and pay more for every litre, which is why they are spending nearly £500 a year more than people in towns and cities” me in @TheSun as Treasury signals fuel duty freeze thesun.co.uk/money/40816201…
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In which I dissect Defra’s plans to license game shooting which, in a crowded field, would rank as amongst the most stupid and politically damaging rural policies of recent times @CAupdates
Licensing gamebird shooting means banning it first, writes the Countryside Alliance’s Tim Bonner, and a licence that can be pulled without warning would stop anyone investing in a shoot. shootinguk.co.uk/legislation/ca…
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A huge thank you to those who travelled to No. 10 @downingstreet and No. 10 North to deliver a letter to Prime Minister @andyburnham, signed by over 1,000 people from across greyhound racing 👏
Those 1,000+ names are trainers, kennel staff, vets, caterers, bookmakers, track her they’re the heart of a sport that has brought communities together for 100 years.
Our ask is simple: fairness.
From April 2027, the tax on online bets is set to rise from 15% to 25%. UK horse racing has been exempted. Greyhound racing hasn’t. This exemption is the right thing to do - but it needs to be applied to us as well.
Greyhound racing supports 7,000 jobs, contributes £160m a year to the economy and gives people an affordable night out that’s been part of local life for generations. That’s worth protecting. Our sport is worth protecting.
With the Budget just days away, here’s how you can help:
✅ Write to your MP and ask them to back the same exemption for greyhound racing as horse racing
✅ Share this post
✅ Visit your local track to show your support
Let’s show what our sport means to so many people 🐾
#BackOurTracks #GreyhoundRacing #Budget2026
Those 1,000+ names are trainers, kennel staff, vets, caterers, bookmakers, track her they’re the heart of a sport that has brought communities together for 100 years.
Our ask is simple: fairness.
From April 2027, the tax on online bets is set to rise from 15% to 25%. UK horse racing has been exempted. Greyhound racing hasn’t. This exemption is the right thing to do - but it needs to be applied to us as well.
Greyhound racing supports 7,000 jobs, contributes £160m a year to the economy and gives people an affordable night out that’s been part of local life for generations. That’s worth protecting. Our sport is worth protecting.
With the Budget just days away, here’s how you can help:
✅ Write to your MP and ask them to back the same exemption for greyhound racing as horse racing
✅ Share this post
✅ Visit your local track to show your support
Let’s show what our sport means to so many people 🐾
#BackOurTracks #GreyhoundRacing #Budget2026
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“We like our roast chicken and our bacon sandwiches and are not going to give them up at the whim of tech bros and celebrities”.
Me on the latest vegan anti-farming campaign.
countryside-alliance.org/features/tim-b…
Me on the latest vegan anti-farming campaign.
countryside-alliance.org/features/tim-b…
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Scrap the awful family farm tax. Ditch harmful policies impacting the countryside. Rural reset now!
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Myth or fact?
'The UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world'.
This🧵explains how a scientic finding is wrongly used to lament the UK's biodiversity crisis, especially on farmland.
bbc.co.uk/newsround/5886…
'The UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world'.
This🧵explains how a scientic finding is wrongly used to lament the UK's biodiversity crisis, especially on farmland.
bbc.co.uk/newsround/5886…
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