Funny how people don't realise that most Arabic people, including Palestinians, are Semitic & that antisemitism is a cornerstone of Zionism & that Israel, by its actions, is the most antisemitic country in the world. Or have they appropriated that term for the "chosen people" as well?

It is just so wrong. It seems our wildlife guardian agencies in England and Scotland are in the pockets of the landed gentry

Actually, my maths is off: it is 0.15% of the suitable Wiltshire woodland but 0.005% of England's broad-leafed woodlands

That's global Capitalism for you

Despite the fact that he did nothing of any use when an MEP. In fact, he did nothing other than fiddle his expenses!

Interesting! Shouldn't that automatically make it a protected species? If Woodpigeon can be Amber-listed because of their contribution to the European population, surely an endemic, that has been struggling in recent years, should be at least Amber, if not Red and schedule 1?

You would think she must be after a snack! Otherwise the local pigeons would need to be nervous!

It seems to me that the biggest destroyers of our uplands, both in Ireland and Great Britain, are sheep. They have been filmed eating eggs of ground nesting birds, the damage they do to vegetation is so well known. Only thing that comes close is grouse moor management and muirburn.

Insanity, corruption, cowardice or all three?

That's the issue: how did his interpretation lead one way and then another. Justice should not be a matter of opinion but of fact.