The ICR and the refusal of donations from a member of the shooting sports

Regarding this issue. I have recently been informed that the response I received was likely a standard one. The same reply has been received by a number of people I have been in contact with. On this kind of issue it is not acceptable. Certainly not to me. I have sent out the following:

To: Philip DOT Black AT icr DOT ac DOT uk

Dear Mr. Black,

It has come to my attention that the above response you sent me has also been sent to other members of the shooting sports. I trust that it is not a standard reply sent to all enquiries about the ICR's refusal to accept Mr. Atkinson's request to donate £30,000?

I would be very interested to know in what manner my comments have been carefully noted as standard replies do not build the necessary confidence that they have been.

I would also like to receive answers to the questions that I asked in my previous email (I understand that you are on holiday on the date I sent this and my previous email in which my questions were asked and that you will return on the 11th April).

To aid you in this process I will include the content of my previous email here:

Yes, but what were the circumstances? Did you refuse this donation simply because the donation came from an aspect of the shooting sports? If so, does your refusal to accept donations go for the whole of the shooting community or just parts of it? If so, which parts?

Would you also refuse donations from industries that exploit animals for profit, such as various parts of the food industry? If not, why not?

I have a number of readers who are waiting expectantly and with some distress for some clarification on this issue.

Currently the fact that the situation is cloudy is resulting in further donations tragically being held back and this situation will only get worse as time goes by without clarification.

Sir, do not misunderstand my intentions. I would like nothing better than to receive from you a compelling (and consistently applied) reason why the ICR refused this particular donation. I could then explain to the people I have talked to that their looks of shock and their remarks of utter disgust were misplaced. It would make us all feel a great deal better.

Copied: Julie Mills, PA to Mr. Philip Black.