I totally agree, BN - was just taking the piss. I have signed your petition - in fact I think I may have signed it twice now, you posted it initially a while ago, and then I went back and signed again after your recent posting... doh!
But something does need to be done with regard to wanton destruction of these sites. English Heritage, from what I read here, appears to be just as useless as Historic Scotland (who are absolutely bloody useless).