Game shooting has long had a totemic relationship with the ruling class. Inevitably bird watchers have a different perspective.
I like seeing birds but don't class myself as a bird-watcher and from time to time I rather disagree with some who do. I prefer to be a nature-lover with another strong interest in democratic processes in human affairs. Nevertheless I can heartily recommend this blog post by one bird watcher, Ollie Wright, on the subject of the debate in parliament on Driven Grouse Shooting. He completely nails the astonishing arrogance of the Westminster ruling class and its habit of lying in impeccable accents.
https://olliesbirdingblog.wordpress.com/2016/11/06/the-revenge-of-the-tweed-blob/
The behaviour of the MP who led the debate, Steve Double, has been questioned by many and is now the subject of this letter from the originator of the petition.
http://markavery.info/2016/11/08/dear-double/
Links to the debate and transcript are here:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/125003#debate-threshold
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