I should like to thankyou for bringing this to the attention of the forum. As you were the OP, I was very surprised that you did not know what CLA stood for.
So I just have to ask. What the heck his the CLA? Or do I need to be read in before anyone can tell me.
It is perhaps unfortunate that many walkers, mountaineers and other outdoor users are not aware of this the aims of this organization and their utterances, I was only privy to them for a short time, when my brother in law got duped into becoming a member and I had the chance to read their monthly rag, Land and Business. this was at the time I was a member of my counties LAF and in a position to witness the influence the landowner lobby had on the this body that later became the Great Outdoors Strategy Group.
Unlike many pressure groups today, who respond to knee jerk responses to public opinion, and quickly lose the attention of the popular press and the public support. The CLA has embedded opposition to sharing the countryside as a core instinct and policy.
I saddens me when discussion that should be aimed for our best interests get frittered away into needless party political alienation's. The landowners of this country are a minority, and a very small one at that, their stated aim is to have Coast 2 Coast membership throughout this land and their national policy document strongly suggest that whittling down the access network is Common Sense.
The National Farmers Union have a job on there hands to conserve membership, from this new demand for revenue that is needed to promote the better production of our food.
Where does the sensible discussion of politics lie in this tangle or do we just ignore it?