RSPB chief apologises after charity calls ministers ‘liars’ over green policy
Beccy Speight says frustration at ‘weaker protections’ prompted criticism of Sunak, Gove and Coffey
The head of the RSPB has apologised after the wildlife charity called Rishi Sunak and other ministers “liars” in a social media post.
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“The reason that we issued our apology is that we do believe that the nature of public discourse does matter and that we have a role to play in that, and that we campaign on policy, not on people.
“So, the framing of that tweet, where we called out individual people, we felt was incorrect and inappropriate, and we apologise for that.”
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*Royal Society for the Protection of Birds