marine conservation zones

[dylanwinter]

I just heard one of the activists moaning to BBC south that they had spent £700,000 collecting evidence about marine conservation zones

and the governement had not accepted the evidence

he suggested that to ignore their £700,000 worth of evidence was equivalent to stealing money from the charity

and the BBC hack let him get away with such an outragous statement

made me a bit ashamed of both the BBC and the conservation movement

Dylan

 

[Searush]

Pity they didn't spend their money wisely.

I would say that the eco-freaks that took the money & can't tell one species of sea grass from another are the real theives.

 

[Grumpybear]

I just heard one of the activists moaning to BBC south that they had spent £700,000 collecting evidence about marine conservation zones

and the governement had not accepted the evidence

he suggested that to ignore their £700,000 worth of evidence was equivalent to stealing money from the charity

and the BBC hack let him get away with such an outragous statement

made me a bit ashamed of both the BBC and the conservation movement

Dylan

Join the club, Dylan. If I could find a legal way of withholding my licence fee I would have done so long ago. The BBC's only valid defence is that the commercial channels are no better; with them I have the choice of not buying the goods and services advertised.

Also, environmental chariti are not alone: see the RSPCA spending £300k on QCs (despite having a large and expert legal dpartment of their own) for a hunting case where the defence spent £35k, lost and were fined £7k - and the RSPCA expected the judge to make the defence pay their costs.

Some charities have lost the moral high ground in a big way, and parts of the media are conspiring to conceal this from the people who fund the charities (those which haven't become tax money junkies).

 

[oldharry]

I wonder where the £700k came from? £120k went in to the Seastar Report at Studland alone, and which was subsequently discredited by Natural England although they helped set it up! The actual overall cost so far of the MCZ process is in the order of £8MILLION.

Consider too that DEFRA have delayed 96 of the 137 proposed MCZs for further investigation due to uncertainty or insufficient data, and dropped 6 proposed areas altogether, one wonders just what sort of value the government has had for its money out of NE?

The Government is now considering merging NE back into DEFRA. I wonder why?

 

[northwind]

and the BBC hack let him get away with such an outragous statement

made me a bit ashamed of both the BBC and the conservation movement

Dylan

BBC biased? Never noticed that

Biased Broadcasting Corporation....

 

[Blueboatman]

NE.
Narcissistic Excess?
Naturally, Excessive
Now, ENOUGH!

 

[Seajet]

Let's not forget the BBC aired that BS from Packham ' yachties are gin swilling wreckers of the environment '; if that's the sort of rubbish he comes out with on a subject I know, I have to assume everything he says about wildlife is also made up on the back of a fag packet !

 

[dylanwinter]

not biased

BBC biased? Never noticed that

Biased Broadcasting Corporation....

not biased

just incompetent journalism

not just the hack, but the producer, researcher and editor

systemic failure at several levels

pretty disgraceful stuff

Dylan

 

[Nicholas123]

If I could find a legal way of withholding my licence fee I would have done so long ago.

Just use the IPlayer.As long AS IT'S NOT BEING WATCHED as it's broadcast that's ok.

 

[Sans Bateau]

Richard Benyon though when interviewed made it clear that the decision taken was based on evidence which had been presented, and that he was no expert and relied on experts to provide the information so a decision could be made.

As far as I am aware, the career conservationists, aiming at protecting their 'jobs', had more than enough exposure to air their case. Its fortunate for the sake of common sense that we had the likes of OldHarry to make a stand and expose the propaganda from these individuals for what it was, in the main sensationalism.

And no one should underestimate the hard work, at his own time and expense that Jon (Old Harry) has put into this campaign, and the work has not stopped yet.

 

[Seajet]

Too true.

Others like Galadriel & the rest of BORG have put a lot in, but Old Harry's efforts have been, are and will continue to be stupendous.

One day the real story will come out, and people will be amazed; we all owe him a great debt.

Andy

 

[Sans Bateau]

Too true.

Others like Galadriel & the rest of BORG have put a lot in, but Old Harry's efforts have been, are and will continue to be stupendous.

One day the real story will come out, and people will be amazed; we all owe him a great debt.

Andy

Woooow! Thanks, but please I have done nothing, its OH who has done the work. Thanks anyway.

 

[Greenheart]

I guess we can at least be glad that most of the unwisely hoped-for MCZs have not been created - £700,000 of anybody's money was worth it, if it established that these loonies shouldn't get government backing for whatever baseless nonsense they'd invented.

Hear hear, for Old Harry and all the Boat Owners' Response Group gents.