Chris Packham sacked by bird charity for becoming ‘too political’

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Chris Packham has been sacked by a bird charity for becoming “too political” and doing no work for the organisation, according to reports. The charity’s chair said some members didn’t like the “political side” of Mr Packham’s activities and it couldn’t support his advice on breaking the law for environmental reasons. “The other reason we decided to remove him was he started to get more and more political in his views and that didn’t sit well with our members either.” open image in gallery Chris Packham was let go by bird charity for becoming “too political” It comes after Mr Packham claimed breaking the law to campaign against climate change policies was “the ethically responsible thing to do” provided it did not hurt anyone. open image in gallery Chris Packham claimed breaking the law to campaign against climate change policies was ‘ethically responsible’ He applied for a judicial review of the government’s decision to ditch the timetable for phasing out petrol- and diesel-powered cars and vans, gas boilers, off-grid fossil fuel domestic heating and minimum energy ratings for homes.