Open thread: A couple have been told by their council to stop feeding birds in their own garden. But is feeding birds a human right?

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is backing a couple living in rural Northumberland after they received an unusual cease and desist letter from their council, asking them to stop feeding the birds in their garden. Mick Dunny says he would be willing to go to prison rather than give up his "human right" to feed the birds - something Ken Livingstone would probably disagree with.

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