fox hunting

He provided the most satisfying definition of conservative values I’ve ever heard: ‘people who love something actual and want to retain it.’

One of the UK’s leading, celebrity-backed anti-hunting groups is under investigation amid claims they attempted to hack the computer of the leader of the Countryside Alliance, a pro-hunting charity.

An anti-hunting activist got more than he bargained for recently when he grabbed the reins of a woman’s horse to try and stop her from engaging in a hunting outing.

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Theresa May said Tuesday that she’s prepared to allow a vote in Parliament on whether to lift Britain’s ban on fox hunting — reigniting an issue that still raises passions more than a decade after the practice was outlawed.

Sick anti-hunt activists have revelled in the death of a nine year old girl who was killed in a tragic accident while out with the Cotswold Hunt on Saturday. Posting comments online, the activists said her death was “karma”, and

Anti-foxhunting animal right fanatics held a triumphalist demonstration outside parliament today, despite plans to vote on relaxing the hunting ban being shelved this morning because of SNP interference in this solely English matter. The demo was lead by Angus Robertson

The government has suspended a vote on relaxing the hunting ban in England, which would have brought the law in line with Scotland, after the SNP broke their commitment to not interfere with solely English laws. An official SNP statement

News that the government will next week attempt to relax the controversial hunting ban has been welcomed by countryside campaigners in Britain. MPs will get a free vote on whether to scrap a restriction that says only two dog may

378 people have convicted under the Hunting Act over the last ten years, it has been revealed; a figure which equates to one person every fortnight being handed a criminal record for hunting with dogs. Those convicted faced fines of up to

The Countryside Alliance has launched a new e-lobbying drive as part of it’s campaign to secure the repeal of the fox-hunting ban. The ban on hunting with dogs, which encompasses both fox hunting and hare coursing, has arguably been the most visible

The 10-year hunting ban may be repealed within 12 months with confident lobbyists claiming they have the numbers to win any open vote at Westminster. David Cameron is under pressure from Tory MPs to honour the party’s election manifesto pledge

Suppose you were a right-thinking BBC journalist, understandably anxious to foment the approved Labour narrative that the Conservatives are the party of rich, out-of-touch toffs, and you were presented with a rare opportunity to interview David Cameron. Which telling question

A decade on, and the Tories have finally brought fox hunting back into public discussion. Whether to appease rural voters, tempt back Ukippers or “pay the mercenaries” who fought for them at the last election, it isn’t clear. Either way,