Britain’s wealthy elite think they own the country – the people, the land, the public services, the money – even the wildlife in it.
Evidence of the latter can be seen by a war on Britain’s wildlife which has been waged for a few years now by a small group of wealthy individuals, helped along by their friends in the press.
This is a war which includes the illegal destruction of wildlife for ‘pleasure’ or business:
How wealthy landowners are destroying Britain’s wild birds – and getting away with it
Tory elite and press – fresh from attacking Britain’s wild birds – now turning on bats
Here’s the real reason the Tories are allowing the destruction of robin eggs and nests
… as well as the smearing of animal welfare charities:
League Against Cruel Sports response to ‘malicious and unfounded’ accusations in the Times
Mail on Sunday’s attack on the RSPB
RSPCA rejects Daily Mail allegations of deliberately targeting vulnerable donors
Press attacks against the RSPB rejected
The Tories have put a venture capitalist property developer – who also happens to be a major Tory party donor – in charge of Natural England.
But since the unexpected Tory victory in the last election, all gloves now seem to be off. The police in some rural areas are even now openly assisting illegal hunting:
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Why do voters in England put up with this treatment? Don’t they love their country?
Pride's Purge 
Don’t allow the elite to walk all over us and our wildlife. I have shared this on Facebook
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Excellent piece, and enjoyed all the other pieces you linked to.
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I’d certainly agree with the bulk of this article but it’s not black-and-white in respect of the charities. The mega-charities are guilty of some of the same bullying and empire building we see from big business and government.
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“Why do voters in England put up with this treatment? Don’t they love their country?”
As the late Ronnie Corbett one said “I [/we] know our place”.
The land, and the laws, belong to the rich – not us plebs.
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All of those resources being wasted to stop them going to the illegal hunt – which the police should be stopping in the first place! I am disgusted with the police involved here – this isn’t what you expect of them and all I can say is they are being paid to do things they have no right in doing!
All of those police on tape should lose their jobs as there are good policemen out there who would do their jobs properly. These ones are not police, they are items being bought by the rich and should hang their heads in shame.
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Thanks for another great warning.
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Appalling but no longer unsurprising which is THE worst thing!
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“Britain’s wealthy elite think they own the country – the people, the land, the public services, the money”
With the exception of the people, they do!
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Reblogged this on amnesiaclinic and commented:
Yes, they do think they own the country and everything in it. And they consider themselves above the law.
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The image of Forsinard has nothing whatsoever to do with land ownership
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The dispute about the RSPB’s building and logging operations at Forsinard in fact illustrated the opposite. In this case the RSPB was the wealthy elite.
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The RSPB isn’t a charity, it’s a multi million pound business and it behaves ruthlessly like all big businesses do.
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For example – In 2015, the RSPB was forced to withdraw claims that it “was spending 90 per cent of its income on conservation” by the UK Advertising Standards Authority, which said that the true figure was closer to 26%.
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Excellent article. Please spare a minute or two to check my blog and comment: http://www.blogmythoughtssite.wordpress.com
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Re one of the comments above, I just did a little research and the RSPB weren’t forced to withdraw anything by the UK Advertising Standards Authority. In fact, the whole quote is copied from Wikipedia where the only source is the Daily Mail article attacking them (whose editor owns a grouse shooting estate). A quick search of the internet show’s that as of today, the words “WE SPEND 90% OF NET INCOME ON CONSERVATION, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY” are on the bottom of their front page, backed up by a link to their annual review (showing the same) and independent audit. As this article elaborates, wildlife charities have come under increasing attack in the right wing press and it’s a shame to see people believing what’s written without checking (sadly, that goes for anything in many of our national daily’s).
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Re the comment above – Did your mind inquire enough to actually read their accounts, rather than just the misleading statement on their front page, especially the section detailing their £56 million spend on staff remuneration (from a net income of £99 million) including the 13 people being paid between £60k and £120k?
Perhaps your mind might also inquire into why the RSPB have not had the section on their Wikipedia page entitled “False advertising” removed or edited? Maybe it’s because nobody at the RSPB has read their own Wikipedia page, or maybe because it’s true.
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