Ablaze with anger! Wildlife presenter Chris Packham accuses 'right-wing Press' of 'sickening behaviour'

 

Shouty - Chris Packham at a recent demonstration in central London

FIRE-in-his-belly broadcaster Chris Packham has issued his latest tirade against the "right-wing Press".

Writing in the newsletter of Wild Justice, the campaign group of which he he is a director, he accuses it of "sickening behaviour".

He states: "They pervert, they lie and they demonise - and their readers believe it."

The TV presenter also gives short shrift to politicians including prospective parliamentarians currently knocking on a front doors near you.

"Do they know anything about the parlous state of the planet?" he demands. "Do they really give a monkey's about wildlife? 

"Do  they actually care or are they just a power-hungry primates who could be more of a problem than part of the solution?"

The BBC-TV Springwatch frontman's fellow-directors at Wild Justice are fellow conservation campaigners Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery.

In a swipe at other organisations (possibly including the RSPB of which he is a vice-president), he continues: "We lead on some issues which others can’t seem to find the gumption to confront. 

"Maybe Wild Justice is the Just Stop Oil of the conservation movement. Or if not, maybe the conservation movement needs a Just Stop Oil type of team,

"Now that's got me thinking . . .  I am ready to embrace whatever it takes."

The Wryneck says: Given his stellar career and the public adulation he enjoys, it is one of life's mysteries why TV presenter Chris Packham has such a chip on his shoulder. The Press and politicians are easy and all-too-familiar targets, but to condemn and insult them is just lazy and counter-productive commentary. It is entirely to Chris Packham's credit that he  bangs the drum for nature, but the coarse and divisive way he goes about things has an alienating effect. If he is to win over hearts and minds, he needs to adopt a cuter and more positive strategy.