Spring of discontent
Reluctantly, I couldn’t write of my reactions to the general licence (GL) fiasco before now. Every week brought another disastrous chapter, and for a monthly magazine one writes eight weeks ahead so there was no way of keeping up.
The irresponsibly timed action by Natural England (NE) to revoke the original GL in response to a legal challenge by Wild Justice, promoted by Messrs Packham and Avery, could not have been worse. The GL
