FOX HUNTING & JEREMY HUNTS STUPID IDEA TO LFT THE BAN

It's got to be a Tory Party leadership hopeful’s gimmick and does it show ignorance in the mind of Jeremy Hunt, the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland’s Foreign Secretary? In a period of our history where we are divided, almost down the middle, on what is best for our nation, a politician has the stupidly to mention ‘fox hunting’.

There is civil unrest, open defiance of democratic authority and regions of the world where populations are being slain and we have a Government Minister bothering to allow the possibility of repealing Blair’s Socialist sop to the labour voting urbanites. Cynically there is only about 4% of the vote so did he care if they did not vote for him?

Mind you, Hunt has seemingly been a tad wily, in that he has said that he would only do it when the will of Parliament could enable it. In other words, a gimmick, and it shows that he could not give a damn for our countryside and all that is good out there.

I don't give a hoot whether it is a gimmick or not, but it sends the wrong message that killing of our wildlife is okay. Well, it shouldn't be and with daily report of of birds of prey being shot I deplore any suggestion that a hunting ban should be rescinded when many activists are fighting hard to maintain habitats, re-introduce species and campaign to allow wildlife to flourish again.

I will balance my disdain of Hunt’s idea with the comment that in our parliamentary world of mistakes being punished with screams to resign by the ‘opposition’ I would remind everyone that no one is perfect; everyone has a right to an opinion and feel free to articulate it. I know that is not the way Westminster works, but certain past leaders made mistakes, made amends and we still live in a free democracy. Well sort of! Remember Sir Winston Churchill.

Come on Jeremy Hunt, deal with what is important and don't mess with what some of your chums might want! We need more bans to stop killing of wildlife, not one less. Get real and stick with mainstream ideas while activists fight for the rights of wildlife.