Why I Became a Conscientious Defector

Why I Became a Conscientious Defector

Blog for the Huffington Post, September 2017 Have you ever done anything that’s difficult but absolutely necessary because your conscience requires it? Last week I did just that. As a serving councillor, I switched from The Green Party to Animal Welfare Party,...
Badgers: Ice Age Survivors, and Now Political Scapegoats

Badgers: Ice Age Survivors, and Now Political Scapegoats

Next Thursday I’ll be addressing a full meeting of our borough council (Cheshire East) to voice my opposition to the government’s planned extension of the badger cull. The cull will come within a few miles of my home, and perilously near some of the setts...