A good thing about this narrative, for all its flaws, is that, by focusing on the Forest Charter, it creates a traditional, folk, English basis for protecting t

A good thing about this narrative, for all its flaws, is that, by focusing on the Forest Charter, it creates a traditional, folk, English basis for protecting the environment. If we could make the Right go eco-trad and aspire to regrow the Shire, and if we could make the Left embrace its chill Tibetan-prayer-flag-hippy aspect, with everybody living in cobb houses connected by footpaths and such, then we'd have a sustainable utopia that everyone could live with. Ok, I know, there is no utopia. But surely we can do better than what we have now, where the Right willfully destroys the planet, and the Left turns into a self-devouring ball of tantrums.