(posted 7208 days ago)South London Press
'Vindictive and divisive'
Jul 2 2004I BELIEVE neither Douglas Batchelor (Letters, June 25), nor anyone else, has been able to make a logical case for banning hunting - but that does not stop them demanding more time to pursue their petty obsession.
However long a Hunting Bill would spend in the Commons - and his suggestion that it could be dealt with in the same way as emergency terrorism legislation is, to me, clearly absurd - the Government would be prioritising hunting above other far more important issues.
Mr Batchelor knows well that in a recent poll which asked people whether the Government should concentrate on health, immigration, Iraq, hunting or education only one per cent of Labour voters chose hunting.
A Government which wants to reinforce its commitment to public services and re-engage with the electorate would be insane to return to what I say is such vindictive and divisive legislation.
Tim Bonner,
Head of Media
Countryside Alliance
Kennington