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Tory Lord Mancroft, chairman of the Council of Hunting Associations, said a sizeable majority for Ms May could usher in a new era for fox hunting and a vote on the issue could be scheduled for as early as this year.
Hate to appear to be charitable towards our autocratic unstable leader, but I think you need to read between the lines on this one.
It looks like an astute move by a minority group to push their agenda while they have the chance. It seems to be a given that the Tories will win by a landslide, but I'm sure TM isn't being complacent so now is the time to secure a deal.
hugo7-
Absolutely no doubt about this. But how many fox hunters can there be in seats that are marginal, who would vote Tory because of fox hunting , but who wouldn't already have done so because Brexit / sticking it to the poor people?
Why is it being raised now when there's no need (it could be used later to get those same voters when they don't have Brexit to offer)I'm pretty sure there's an agenda of making the city dwellers look like wreckers / unpatriotic. Fox hunting is a very traditional British thing I guess.
christianSpaceman
I wonder why they even bother to do this. I don't know where you live, but I assume that if there's people there who hunt, and want to do more of it, it's already a pretty secure Tory strong hold. If not your area specifically, I'd bet this is generally the case.
Looking at the result of the 2015 election and Brexit result, it's not like the Tory's actually need to promise legalising animal cruelty to shore up their countryside vote - they already own all the countryside constituencies.
I assume bringing up fox hunting again today is therefore an exercise in MLE / expert bashing.