What people say. . . .

Telegraph View 27th November 2009

...When marginal voters were reminded that their seat could decide the election, the Tory lead rose from six to eight points. Many people assume that their votes do not count - but, told that they can help change the government, they seize the opportunity with alacrity, despite their extremely low opinion of politicians in general, especially after the expenses scandal. That is encouraging. Marginal seats, by definition, are always significant; this time, as in 1979, they will determine our national destiny.

Nick Herbert: There is a compelling case to get the hunting ban off the statute book

People have marched and protested. They have travelled up to Westminster to lobby Parliament. But Ministers are deaf to the countryside. Rural communities have been denied a voice, and power has been taken away from local people.

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Shooting Times 18th November 2009

“Since it came to power in 1997, the Labour Government has passed almost 30 laws that restrict shooting in some way. Just because Vote-OK has hunting at its heart does not mean that shooters can sit back and relax – the same MPs who banned hunting will campaign against shooting, given half the chance.”

 “There is a job for everyone, from addressing envelopes to driving in poster stakes. Any time you can give will add to the impact of Vote-OK. The rewards are potentially great. If we are successful in the next Parliament, bans will be off the agenda and politicians will be talking about what we can do in the countryside, not what we can’t” Oscar Peters

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Johnny Scott, President of the Union of Country Sports Workers

“Campaigning and volunteering our services from now until the General Election, whenever it happens to be, is the single most important thing we can do to help secure repeal and safeguard field sports for future generations.”

Telegraph View: The Hunting Act, which came into force in 2005, deserves to be repealed.

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Charlie Brooks, GQ magazine

Hunts are being monitored and harassed by vigilantes, who killed a hunt supporter this year with a gyrocopter. They film anyone they suspect of breaking the law. Would you be happy if you were filmed whenever you had a drink in a pub on the basis that you own a car, so you might be guilty of drink driving? Well, thats what hunt supporters are being subjected to.

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