Yes, I read that and would suggest it was perfectly true. It's just what's happening. It was sad watching the stuff get dismantled under the Labour government and it has just continued under the Coalition. There is sufficient propaganda to cloud the issue - salmon returning to the northern rivers, for instance - but the Sixth Great Extinction continues apace.

And I'd say 'lock it'. A big turning point came when Cope admitted that he didn't follow the forums - it wasn't in those words, mind - in the interview with Mark Radcliffe. My bugbear has been a moderator that will not follow the site guidelines - that makes it cowboy town. An interesting aside is the crop circle forum - not Facebook - where members log in during the springtime and then, at the end of the summer, stop posting. It's still open during the winter but there's nobody posting there.