As Starmer desperately clings to power he’s using a ban on trail hunting as some red meat to his disaffected backbenchers.
Sacrificing rural traditions and livelihoods for a few weeks longer as the least popular PM ever.
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The job of government is to improve people’s lives, not to behave like new puritans telling everyone what they can and cannot do — my speech in the @UKHouseofLords on the assault on rural communities
'Without hunting the countryside would be a much, much poorer place.'
GB News National Reporter Will Godley is in Oxfordshire where trail hunting groups are hosting racing events throughout the day. He is joined by Tim Bonner from the Countryside Alliance.
'Hunting has been a massive part of my life since childhood. This sport is incredibly important to a huge amount of people'
Oliver Dale says rural communities feel 'targeted' by Labour and 'will fight' to keep their ability to hunt.
🚨Chris Packham and Wild Justice’s petition to ban grouse shooting has just been annihilated in a debate in Parliament.
The Countryside Alliance has successfully spearheaded the opposition against this harmful petition…(1/3)
Ratters provide a free, humane and effective service. Given the shocking rise in rodents as a result of the Birmingham bins crisis, the services of ratters would seem an ideal solution to a problem that is only going to get worse.
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Thank you for all the lovely messages, more importantly thanks to all the vets at @AintreeRaces . Broadway Boy is getting loaded onto the horse ambulance and coming home. Such a special horse to all of us at Grangehill farm. Big thanks to Laura who has stayed with him all night .
“I don't believe this government hates the countryside but I wish it would stop appearing to”
Matthew Parris brilliant as ever on the High Peak Harriers and Labour’s plans to ban trail hunting in @thetimes
'A lot of this could have been avoided if the treasury had just spoken to Defra and farmers in the first place.'
External Affairs Director for Countryside Alliance, Mo Fisher, brands the Treasury's statistics on inheritance tax changes as 'very dubious'.
Thank you to the F&D for the invitation to their National trail hunting day, hounds went beautifully on trails laid across varied country, trail layers gave both hounds & followers a great run with incredible views.
A message from our Chairman, @nickherbertcbe, on the importance of the upcoming #GeneralElection for our countryside 👇
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Meltdown at @LeagueACS over Labour manifesto commitment.
The head of the League Against Cruel Sports has quit over Labour’s “betrayal” on their pledge to ban hunting.
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🐶 We were joined by hounds in Parliament Square this morning, ahead of Labour’s manifesto launch.
Does Keir Starmer really want to launch a toxic culture war against the countryside by putting hunting back on the agenda?