British democracy, don't make me laugh

Democracy? What democracy? Tories ride rough shod over us all.

The worst possible scenario for UK wild animals has played out for real. With the Tories back in power we will see the repeal of the hunting Act, a roll out of the disastrous badger cull and our grey squirrel population decimated simply for being the wrong colour.

The Conservatives formed a majority government last Thursday, and in spite of the many pressing problems the UK faces because of their policies over the last five years, one of the first things they did was to assure the hunters that fox hunting would be coming back. Jeremy Hunt confirmed that they would overturn Labour’s hunting ban. Cameron had this to say pre-election, “It is my firm belief that people should have the freedom to hunt, so I share the frustration that many people feel about the Hunting Act”.

He may share the frustration of a tiny minority for not being allowed to rip an animal apart for fun, but his frustration is nothing to the frustration of three quarters of the country who don’t want to see our wildlife chased, traumatised and slaughtered by packs of dogs egged on by a vicious collection of two legged jackals in red jackets.

The idea of repealing the ban put in place by a Labour government ten years ago so that people like Cameron can hunt and kill helpless creatures is untenable, and the fact that our government refuses to listen to the majority voice of the people is despicable.

Hunting is barbaric, antiquated cruelty to defenceless animals. The repeal vote is undemocratic and disrespectful. In effect Cameron is putting his own bloodthirsty hobbies and those of his friends before the majority of the decent people in the UK. Over three quarters of us want the ban to stay but that holds no sway with our Prime Minister.

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The free vote will happen soon, and it will happen when MPs against hunting are away from Westminster. The protests have already begun, and a petition started four days ago has already garnered over 150,000 signatures and rising. Will it make any difference? I doubt it. The disastrous badger cull petition had 300,000 signatures and Cameron ignored every single one who signed.

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Every single poll to date, be it a scientific poll like the ones commissioned by the League Against Cruel Sports or IFAW, or the newspaper polls that invite people to answer yes or no questions, have come back with a resounding NO we don’t want repeal of the hunting Act. It all falls on deaf ears. The hunters of course are cock a hoop, they thought their nasty pastime was about to be snatched away permanently with a Labour win, and indeed if that had been the case, protection for many other animals, not just foxes would have been on the table.

The skulduggery and sneaky tricks started long before the general election, with pro hunting Vote OK people canvassing but not declaring an interest in hunting whilst visiting potential Tory voters in their homes. Vote OK claimed after the last election in 2010 that their dedication and commitment to bringing back hunting gained the Tories 20 extra seats in marginal areas.

Lord Mancroft back in 2008 wrote in a hunting journal four years after the ban,

"The reason that we shall win the battle to preserve hunting and our way of life for future generations is simple. We will outlast our enemies. We will keep our hounds and horses, keep our wonderful staff, keep our communities together, keep our farmers' and landowners' support, and we shall put together the necessary resources, both financial and otherwise, to achieve all of this, and we shall continue to do this until this Labour Government falls."

And indeed this is what they have done by killing fox cubs in secret to train their dogs and carrying on illegal hunting with the protection of the police and the Courts. It is a disgraceful state of affairs and one which has opened many an eye to the corruption and collusion in UK politics.

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Hunters don’t claim hunting is sport these days. They call it humane animal management. This was not the case pre ban, however. In 1998 on TV’s Face the Public, Chris Ogilvy, Master of the Coniston Foxhounds was happy to admit when asked, that hunting is not fox control, its sport, carried out for pure enjoyment. Difficult to see what enjoyment one can derive from pulling apart a helpless animal for the fun of it.

(Watch the 3 videos posted at the end of this article. A Minority Pastime Parts 1, 2, 3.)

Since the election four days ago, the whole dynamics of the United Kingdom has changed. Five more years of this uncaring, compassionless government will see the land run red with the blood of tormented animals. England’s green and pleasant land will not seem so pleasant, nor will it be a safe place to visit if you object to the killing of its wildlife for sport. The hunters, and their thugs the terrier men, will rule in rural areas and once the ban is lifted they will take it as a red light to maim and insult the saboteurs who will be the only protection our poor animals will be able to rely on.

What can we do? We certainly won’t roll over and give up. There is a very slim chance that with public pressure and overwhelming objection to hunting becoming legal once again, we may be able to salvage some kind of deal from the wreckage.  

Please sign this important petition and join the marches and Internet protests that are sure to follow on.

People are still in shock at the re-election of the worst Tory government in living memory; they need a little time to regroup. One thing is for sure, if the nasty party is not for turning and repeal of the hunting Act goes ahead, we will not get another chance to revisit any anti-hunting legislation for maybe 30 or 40 years. The psychopaths will indeed rule the asylum

http://www.league.org.uk/huntingact
https://www.change.org/p/david-cameron-mp-keep-the-ban-on-fox-hunting-2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaQ3yl8R-cM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWC8P-H-pL8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjWMg81-moM

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