Shooting organisation goes all regional

I've just noticed the following in my recent copy of the British Association for Shooting & Conservation magazine (scanned in using OCR software, but hopefully there are no errors):

BASC is creating a new region in the south of England and re-structuring others to match the boundaries of the new local government areas. From January 1 there will be five regions: Northern, Midland, South-West, London & East of England, and South-East. The largest single change involves splitting the existing East & South-East region into two and moving Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire and the Isle of Weight from the South-West to the new South-east region.

Other changes involve moving Cheshire and North Lincolnshire into the Northern region while the rest of Lincolnshire moves to the Midland region.

The changes are being made to align the boundaries of BASC’s English regions with those of the nine Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) which in many ways are assuming the powers of regional assemblies.

This means we can work with the RDAs -and regional assemblies if they are created -in the key areas of politics, economic planning and partnership development.

We will now be better placed to exploit the opportunities presented by the regional economic strategies, work more closely with local government and gain access to new funding. Much of BASC's work already involves co-operation with statutory agencies and NGOs who are also developing their approach to regional working.

Here is their map which matches this one on the Campaign for an English Parliament web log.

My beef with this is that it adds to the weight of legitimacy of these new and highly artificial EU inspired servings of England and it also does the same for the unelected regional assemblies in those regions.

Now, the BASC is a private organisation that can do what the hell it likes but, as a member, this frustrates me no end.

Those of you who are of a mind might like to advise the BASC of their complicity in the carving up of our country.