No. 10 blocks beaver plans over ‘Tory legacy’ fears

Sir Keir Starmer’s army were adamant that theirs would be a ‘serious’ government of ‘grown ups’ – and yet it seems petty politics is back in vogue. It now transpires that No. 10 has blocked plans to bring the beaver back to Britain because officials view it as an, er, ‘Tory legacy’. Talk about wild insecurities, eh?

Former Conservative prime minister Boris Johnson was perhaps one of the most vocal advocates of the policy – seeking permission for his father to release the animals on his estate before pledging in 2021 to ‘Build Back Beaver!’. But no idea is a good plan if it’s a Tory one, it seems. According to the Guardian‘s sources, No. 10 officials put a halt to the move – which would have allowed conservationists to release beavers into the wild to live freely and repopulate – over concerns about it originating from the Conservative party. How very interesting.