Sandringham - a letter to the Daily Mail

I would like to congratulate the education authorities in Norfolk. The letter from school children in Dersingham complaining about pheasant shooting at Sandringham displays a mastery of spelling and grammar far above the level one would expect from children of primary school age. Or perhaps the well-constructed sentence "Lots of us were extremely upset, especially our wildlife teacher, Mrs Bryan" reveals they were engaged in a dictation exercise from a teacher with her own political agenda? I am amazed that a school with such close links to an estate such as Sandringham has failed to point out the benefits which shooting brings for the local economy, the conservation of local wildlife and woodlands, and of course the inescapable link between the death of animals and meat on our plates.

Simon Clarke,
BASC
Press Officer