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Originally Posted by foreverwar
Ahem - some examples of non-classist rational objections against fox-hunting used in this thread (btw, I do not support fox-hunting).
Chinless Inbred-Tory gets hunted by a load of foxes
i hope that someday you will have a pack of hounds chewing at your nuts
hope the toffs have a painfull/fatal accidents
the hunters should be chased and attacked and ripped apart by the dogs, that would be fun for me to watch.
a load of psychos in red coats
And that was just in the first couple of pages, not counting on this page
rich tory *******s
red coated pricks on horse back
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Obviously the above are mostly over the top stereotypes of fox hunters, and as you say 70% of Tory voters are against fox hunting and are satisfied with the status quo.
The above are not helped by the type of people generally sympathetic to hunting, Otis Ferry for example, in any bodies book a fine example of a chinless wonder
who comes across as completely obsessed by hunting with hounds.
As for the current batch of Tory MP's the vast majority want to repeal the ban, and for the first time in decades their is now a minister responsible for "hunting and shooting"...if this isn't a sop to the countryside alliance then I don't know what is.
So with most voters, up to 75%, against repealing the current legislation against fox hunting, irrespective of which party they voted for, many of the above comments having a dig at chinless tories are well justified seeing as Tory MP's are quite content to go against what the majority of their constituents and the country think.
So much for the new tory party...what was it Ken Clarke said the other day? "if we ignore what middle England wants we are finished"
I know you have no great love of fox hunting foreverwar, but now your in that insidious position of defending your party against the indefensible...I remember it well
Iraq war, foundation hospitals, tuition fees and many more.
I imagined it would be a good few months down the line before you'd have to do it though.