Quotation Station

NUMBER ONE ; JUDGE CHRISTOPHER HODSON

`I quote the words of a Lord Justice of Appeal when he says ; "Environmental crime , if established, strikes not only at a locality and it`s population but in some measure to the planet and it`s future." Nobody should be allowed to doubt it`s seriousness.`

Judge Christopher Hodson quoted Lord Justice Sedley when sentencing a man to 30 months imprisonment for taking the eggs of peregrine falcons, a protected species, from the wild and attempting to smuggle them out of the country.

 The case was widely reported in the UK press, this quote came from the free paper, Metro, dated Friday August 2010.

I would hope that most people would agree with the views of the two judges. If this sort of thing interests you, you may like to read my article Poisons and Pesticides Provoke Perturbation (1 Sept 2010), online at  Angel Pavement.

Save Our Valley Update

Unexpected developments in the Save our Valley campaign (see previous articles).

The IPC has now advised National Grid that they feel the consultation process was not conducted adequately.

They have written to MP Dr Fox suggesting a meeting of concerned parties. He has quite rightly replied that he will attend if required, but meetings are no substitute for proper consultation of his constituents.

Potentially, this could put the whole project back considerably. It will be interesting to see what transpires.