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Enough people might want more of them Peter.

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OK Elton, I'll give you a little bit on that. Perhaps I should phrase it "But I do know one thing for sure. The best way to influence the actions of organisations, or try to, is by being part of them."

 

Incidentally, I heard a snippet on Radio 4 last evening. Can't remember who said it, but it was a piece about apathy in national politics (you know, the politics no-one wants to know about, until their politicians do something they don't like!). Whoever pointed it out, said that the combined paid-up membership of all of the big three political parties, is considerably less than the paid-up membership of the RSPB. I had a quick trawl around, and found the tories at 250 000, Labour 208 000, and nothing quoted for the Liberal party.

 

I reckon this website's getting close to that lot!

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I think, rare, that the Angling Trust should sit down, decide its policies, and put together a comprehensive web site. I don't think that to be unreasonable. But then it needs members with opinions, catch 22, best join it!

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I hope that you will forgive me if I give a view on this subject as I am new to angling and know nothing of its past politics. In fact it appears to me as a newcomer that angling as a pastime would do better if it could avoid politics altogether. However it is true I suppose that in this day and age we are faced with the situation whereby if you don't have a strong voice then you are in danger of being ignored. If the new angling trust is to succeed at all then as many anglers as possible must join, which direction and how influential it will become is yet to be seen but if it fails to get off of the ground because of lack of funding we will never know. I think that as many anglers as it is possible should bite the bullet, spend £20 and at least see how it goes. If in 12 months we are dissatisfied with the way the organisation is going then I'm sure that enough of us will vote with our wallets, and that is something that the angling trust will not be able to ignore.

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There was nothing wrong with angling (all types of) before all the single species/specialist/match groups got involved.

 

They are the ones who have stirred it all up and pushed for it to become politicised. I say we get rid of all of them!

 

Den

"When through the woods and forest glades I wanderAnd hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees;When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur,And hear the brook, and feel the breeze;and see the waves crash on the shore,Then sings my soul..................

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