{"id":71547,"date":"2023-08-31T07:55:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T06:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=71547"},"modified":"2023-08-31T07:55:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T06:55:23","slug":"good-for-the-rspb-for-saying-that-the-government-were-liars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2023\/08\/31\/good-for-the-rspb-for-saying-that-the-government-were-liars\/","title":{"rendered":"Good for the RSPB &#8211; for saying that the government were liars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RSPBEngland\/status\/1696845799383003180\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RSPB posted this<\/a> on Twitter yesterday:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-71548\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-31-at-07.46.45-550x560.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-31-at-07.46.45-550x560.png 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-31-at-07.46.45-295x300.png 295w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-31-at-07.46.45-768x781.png 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-31-at-07.46.45-393x400.png 393w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-31-at-07.46.45.png 1040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The thread of which this was the lead post repeated the claim time and again that the government had lied about its environmental policy.<\/p>\n<p>It is something I agree about.<\/p>\n<p>The latest issue is the reversal on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2023\/aug\/30\/scrapping-housebuilder-pollution-rules-is-a-regression-watchdog-tells-coffey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">permitting pollution in rivers from new-build housing<\/a> but the RSPB has made many other accusations.<\/p>\n<p>Having had a reputation as a timid campaigner, the RSPB has suddenly found its mojo.<\/p>\n<p>I welcome that. As a member, I am also quite sure that the RSPB is safe in making its claim: the government has lied on this issue in the way that the RSPB suggests. The government's own watchdog confirms the fact that this is a policy reversal.<\/p>\n<p>So, this is a step forward, and it is now middle England versus the government.<\/p>\n<p>Or rather, middle England vs. whatever government might be in office because I note that Labour has been remarkably quiet about this, as ever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The RSPB posted this on Twitter yesterday: The thread of which this was the lead post repeated the claim time and again that the government<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2023\/08\/31\/good-for-the-rspb-for-saying-that-the-government-were-liars\/\"><em> Read the full article&#8230;<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96,108,16,106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conservatives","category-environment","category-ethics","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71549,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71547\/revisions\/71549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}