Which Totally Useless Bunch Could be Meant?

Bloomsbury Pete of Great Russell
Street, more vociferous advocate for
the preservation of the past than
most of his neighbours.

David Gill can be so opaque at times. I really cannot think which group of people present at the  the Heritage Crime conference held at the British Library he could mean:

It is worth noting that the two representatives from a certain national museum were remarkably silent on the subject, while some of us were drawing attention to examples of damage in various counties across East Anglia.

Maybe readers have a better idea.