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Originally Posted by Chris
Why would they commit not to raise the issue again, when they are already committed to a free vote to repeal? You seem to think this is some sort of half-baked attempt to make the anti-hunt lobby think they have backed down. It is nothing of the sort.
It is postponed because Parliamentary time is currently required for more pressing issues. Incidentally, had Tony Blair not allocated vast, wasteful swathes of Parliamentary time to the issue in the first place, this highly illiberal, ineffective and vindictive piece of legislation would never even have made it on to the statute book.
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I am quite happy for this law to stay in place as the hunting a wild animal with a pack of animals has no place in a modern society and is actually quite sick.