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John Nash responded with a well-thought out article to Lord Ashcroft's attempt to ban the importation of hunting trophies to the UK. It appeared in Country Squire Magazine on June 13, 2022.
He begins:
Earlier in May, The Mail published a piece by Graham Boynton explaining that our beloved government’s proposed Ban on the Importation of Hunting Trophies would be very, very bad for the remote people and wild animals of southern Africa. He wrote that supporters of the ban, including Lord Ashcroft, “have good intentions no doubt but, according to many Africans, their proposals are driven by emotion rather than science”. That upset Lord A.
On 24th May, The Mail published Lord A’s reply. Michael Ashcroft is, of course, the Auric Goldfinger of British conservative politics, so I shall be polite and not upset the owners of this publication – Ashcroft admirers – whose blood is as blue as the soft azure surface of the southern sea.
Ashcroft in his reply was not very polite about trophy hunting or Mr Boynton and used lions, or at least lion farming in South Africa, to roast both of them, even though Mr Boynton and trophy hunting in general are not connected with lion farming in any significant way. This common logical fallacy has become a cliché, a firehose of falsehood for UK slebs, politicians and all eco-chuggers seeking greenwash clicks, donations or piety. (I am not suggesting that Lord A cares about any of the above).
The article discusses "lion farming" in South Africa among other things. Nash notes that the decline in lions has nothing to do with "lion farming".
It is a well-written article with a good deal of snark in it. It makes for good reading.
https://countrysquire.co.uk/2022/06/13/lord-ashcroft-is-wrong-about-trophy-hunting/
He begins:
Earlier in May, The Mail published a piece by Graham Boynton explaining that our beloved government’s proposed Ban on the Importation of Hunting Trophies would be very, very bad for the remote people and wild animals of southern Africa. He wrote that supporters of the ban, including Lord Ashcroft, “have good intentions no doubt but, according to many Africans, their proposals are driven by emotion rather than science”. That upset Lord A.
On 24th May, The Mail published Lord A’s reply. Michael Ashcroft is, of course, the Auric Goldfinger of British conservative politics, so I shall be polite and not upset the owners of this publication – Ashcroft admirers – whose blood is as blue as the soft azure surface of the southern sea.
Ashcroft in his reply was not very polite about trophy hunting or Mr Boynton and used lions, or at least lion farming in South Africa, to roast both of them, even though Mr Boynton and trophy hunting in general are not connected with lion farming in any significant way. This common logical fallacy has become a cliché, a firehose of falsehood for UK slebs, politicians and all eco-chuggers seeking greenwash clicks, donations or piety. (I am not suggesting that Lord A cares about any of the above).
The article discusses "lion farming" in South Africa among other things. Nash notes that the decline in lions has nothing to do with "lion farming".
It is a well-written article with a good deal of snark in it. It makes for good reading.
https://countrysquire.co.uk/2022/06/13/lord-ashcroft-is-wrong-about-trophy-hunting/
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