Re: Foxhunting.

"usual suspect" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Ray wrote:
> > Basically, "The Queen's Speech", stated that the matter would once
again be
> > put to an open vote.
> >
> > Is this the breaking news be expected?
> > Is it good enough?
> >
> > I think not.
>
> Of course you don't. You're a totalitarian.
>
> > The Labour Party has broken its promises to outlaw "Hunting With
Hounds"
>
> No, and to be fair, Labour followed through with their end of the deal.
> They set it for a vote, received a majority, and sent it to the Lords
> where it's lingered. Labour is now set to override the Lords by using
> the Parliament Act.

Far too simplistic.  The Parliament Act is a rarely used instrument and
quite possibly can only be used effectively for a government bill.  So the
government will have to choose to submit a bill - the last government bill
was rejected by the commons and replaced with a proposed outright ban.  So
will the government give in to backbench pressure and submit a government
bill for a complete ban, or will the Commons enter new terriotory and try
to push a members bill through the Lords?  Remember the UK doesn't have a
written constitution so whenever something new is tried it can be subject
to legal review.

>
> > Until this matter is resolved, they should be treated as liars and
> > hypocrites.
>
> Why? They've done what they said they would. You have a legal process
> there, and it's been followed.

And so far it's failed to get through that process.   Remember the
anti-hunt types have been campaining for a ban since the 1920s so this has
nothing to do with the will of the majority of the population, nor even the
majority of MPs, but everything to do with the persistence of a bunch of
extremists.  Even the IRA has won considerable ground in the UK in recent
years, and they too have very little real support, it's just that most
people want the nonsense to end, soon.

Michael Saunby