Feb 20
Well, so much for THAT brilliant idea……..
The “great hunting ban” has started off with a huge and pathetic whimper, not the politically successful bang that nu-labour had hoped for. Those “dyed-in-the-wool Labour” MP’s yelled ‘down with animal cruelty’ but admitted not so privately it was ALL about ‘getting the toffs’, and the public will have found out it was not just the toffs who had the courage to do what they’ve always done but also the many more who have also been an integral part of the Hunt and whose livelihood depends in great measure on that Hunt – and can hardly be classed as toffs!
In this case, class warfare hit the ‘class’ who are anything but toffs harder than anyone else.
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