Editor

As a young teenager I shot anything that moved with my air rifle, and although I believe in the power of forgiveness, my heart will always be heavy.

To now discover that Johnson intends to seriously weaken the legal protections of many of our threatened species, to remove ‘the newt counting delays in our economy’ as he so glibly puts it, fills me with great anger.

In the midst of climate breakdown, widespread species extinction and ecological degradation, the man now wants to throw another spanner in the works.

The Silent Spring by Rachel Carson was published 50 years ago, and for decades I have walked the land feeling increasingly guilty that I, too, have been a silent witness to the destruction of our amazing wildlife.

I would plead with the Senedd that just as it has shown humanity to asylum seekers, can it also show Westminster that we value our wildlife.

Dylan Hughes would make an exceptional diplomat, he pleads for the eagles of Snowdon in an extraordinary and powerful way.

As the Commons speaker might say, if ever the matter was debated, ‘The eagles (ayes) have it’.

Roger Louvet Porthmadog

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