Please don&#x27;t interpret this as an ad hominem, but advice to find more sources on this issue, as the author is basically as Establishment as it is possible to be in the UK without actually being a member of the Royal family.<p>He&#x27;s a Viscount, Conservative, member of the House of Lords, with a column in the Times. He is <i>literally</i> a coal baron (Baron Wensleydale). He was chairman of Northern Rock at the time when it was the first bank to collapse in the UK in the recent crisis.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.independent.co.uk&#x2F;news&#x2F;uk&#x2F;home-news&#x2F;viscount-matt-ridley-protesters-storm-coalmine-on-prominent-climate-change-sceptics-estate-in-a6709541.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.independent.co.uk&#x2F;news&#x2F;uk&#x2F;home-news&#x2F;viscount-matt...</a><p>What I&#x27;m saying is <i>of course</i> he&#x27;s in favour of shooting badgers. Find some more sources with vetinary backgrounds.