{"id":7271,"date":"2018-07-02T05:45:50","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T05:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/?p=7271"},"modified":"2018-07-02T05:45:50","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T05:45:50","slug":"sheep-0-1-friends-of-rank-grasses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/2018\/07\/02\/sheep-0-1-friends-of-rank-grasses\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheep 0 \u2013 1 Friends of rank grasses"},"content":{"rendered":"

I see that James Rebanks [note 1] has been hounded [note 2], by the Friends of Rank Grasses [FRG] masquerading as conservationists, off a Govian panel reviewing the future of the national parks.<\/p>\n

The Times said:<\/p>\n

\"Mr Rebanks said that while his relationship with the main conservationist groups was good, he was targeted by \u201cextreme environmentalists\u201d who argue that a farmer has no place on a national parks review. His appointment had prompted criticism from several bodies that the farming interest was over-represented. A Defra spokesman said that the views of farmers were \u201cvitally important\u201d to the review.\"<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Indeed, but this is not a view shared by the FRG who see a future without sheep, shepherds, mutton and lamb. \u00a0But they do love a good bracken ...<\/p>\n

Notes<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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  1. For the sake of openness, pellucidity, transparency, etc, I should say that my late mother-in-law's late sister-in-law (ie, my wife's aunt) was a Rebanks. \u00a0This matters in Cumbria.<\/li>\n
  2. One of my better puns this year, but perhaps better appreciated in Cumbria than in Wiltshire where, as you know, I am now safely quartered.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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