Repeal this law!
I was staggered to read Karin Fall's defence of the Hunting Act (Mailbox, November 7), which could be repealed should the Conservatives be returned to power. And so it should be! Bad laws need to be repealed.
Never, in the history of Parliament, has so much time been spent on discussing the livelihood of vermin. It was an act of sheer folly that New Labour should devote so much time for something that looks great on a Christmas card but is on this earth for little else.
This was a decision based on prejudice and what Blair saw as "populist" politics – born out of a desire for "change for the sake of change" as so much has since 1997.
Changing long-established traditions of this country (not hobbies, as the writer so disparagingly says) is unjust and unwarranted, particularly, when there are so many other issues of national and international importance. To place this matter above all else defies all logic.
Most agree it was poorly-drafted, hastily-arranged and unenforceable by a police force who are already over-stretched. I wonder where the wretched fox comes in their list of priorities? The status quo is far better than the introduction of a bad law.
David Hankey, Great Easton.
Comments
by Andrew, Leicester
Friday, November 13 2009, 2:01PM
“What the Labour government should have done was to have the guts to stand up to the tiny minority who wanted hunting to continue, and implement a law which effectively stamped out the practice. The length of debate was also mainly due to hunt supporters in parliament - to filibuster and then complain that too much time is being taken over the matter takes some cheek. If hunts were so concerned with stamping out vermin, why did they spend so much time encouraging foxes to breed?”