Fox Hunting
 

What is the status of fox hunting in Great Britain? In it's attempt to destroy all unfashionable relics of the past, Labor has declared war on fox hunting. Has it been banned?

For starters, dear, it's Labour. If you are going to use a capital "L" as in a proper noun, at least spell it correctly.

Labour promised to ban "hunting with dogs" when elected in 1997, however, this was more of an election ploy to win over those opposed to blood sports. As yet, it has not been banned, and doesn't look set to be.

However, what is the relevance of this in a travel forum? Any new website would have all the details on this story. It's not a relic, as it still happens. You really seem most confused.

Fox hunting has been banned in Scotland, where the issue has been delegated to the province's parliament.

When not discussing how much they should spend on giving each of themselves a fridge, the Members of the Scottish Parliament did find time to ban hunting.

As M Kingdom says, the ban is proving tougher to navigate through the UK Parliament (this is one of these occasions where the UK/Britain/England thing matters), so it remains legal in England, Wales (as I understand it, the issue hasn't been delegated to the Welsh Assembly) and Northern Ireland (where my understanding is, it would be delegated to the NI Assembly, but the NI Assembly doesn't meet).

It really is pretty unlikely the ban will come up for debate before the next election.

And for once, M Kingdom is right about spelling. Although we are exceptionally generous in allowing Australians into our government (our appalling Trade Secretary was born there), we have not yet got to a stage where the Australian Labor party is allowed into government here.

Sorry about misspelling labor. I don't harbor any illusions about knowing all the correct British English spellings of word.

You certainly "don't harbor any illusions about knowing all the correct British English spellings of word" as you demonstrate there.

why wouldnt a question about fox hunting be relevant to a travel forum? I like the equestrian sports and would like to know whether or not fox hunting would be something I could do while on my next trip to the british isles. Yes I understand I could read the newspapers.. I just dont understand your condescending tone as to why or why not it would be on a travel site.. afterall it is a sport

I used to do a lot of fox hunting when I was single and traveling to Europe, expecially on those long, 6-month Mediterranean deployments. They say that gentleman prefer blonds, but I ended up happily married to a redhead. ((a)) ((b))

m_kingdom

Try to answer someones question without an attitude. There are many typos in your message, as well. Shanes question is legit since it pertains to travel and there are companies that deal with hunts abroad.

Is this post from the same person who wants to see bullfighting in Spain? Perhaps we can bring back dog fighting and bear baiting for these people to enjoy. And them we can return to hanging criminals at the crossorads for minor offenses. Perhaps they would find that amusing too. I can't believe that people (?) still want to take part in such grotesque, hideous violence and cruelty!

Oscar Wilde said it most succinctly: "The
unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable".

While we're nitpicking, even a Londoner like me can recognise flanner's little bit of coat-trailing - Scotland a 'province', forsooth!..

This issue, I suspect, is one of those things Tony Blair can use to make himself seem OK to people in the party who are increasingly suspicious of him, while never putting it so high on the list of legislative priorities that it stands a chance of getting anywhere.

So expect to see it talked of as we get closer to the election, but don't expect to see it into law any time soon.

See, I missed that bit. I was soooo busy not being diverted by his coat-tailing of the politics themselves.

Putting aside ethics and politics, it is unlikely that Marcellus would be able to go fox hunting when he is in the UK. It is a winter sport. I believe that it starts in November with "cubbing" and goes on to April.

Debate regarding this subject is rife in Britain at the moment. A member of the forum questioned why this topic has been brought up on here. Why not? It's regarding the culture of a foreign country. More than suitable l think.

As it stands, a MP in the Houses of Parliament has brought about a bill to ban fox hunting altogether in England and Wales. However, this has gone to the House of Lords twice l belive, both times it has been rejected.

The problem being that the House of Lords consists of mainly middle class English men who live in the country, most of which fox hunt themselves. It is almost impossible for this bill to be passed since this is the case.

Scotland has banned the sport, and l believe that the Welsh Assembly are due to debate the topic shortly, when they are given the powers to do so from Westminster, at the same time they will also be given the power to ban smoking in public places if they feel this is appropiate.

Hope this gives you a bit of background information on the topic.

By it's very nature the House of Lords is made up of the upper classes (as well as newly created middle class peers).

Yes "it's" should be "its", what happens when one multi-tasks.

Since when is the House of Lords middle class? I agree its mostly conservative old men but thought it was all aristos - either hereditary or newly made based on fairly extravagent wealth. Middle class - at least here - is the average person - teachers, doctors, lawyers, businees people, small shop owners etc - how many of those are there in the House of Lords?

The thread is titled "Fox Hunting" and the OP's post makes no mention of travel whatsoever:

Author: Shane
Date: 03/26/2004, 10:24 am
Message: What is the status of fox hunting in Great Britain? In it's attempt to destroy all unfashionable relics of the past, Labor has declared war on fox hunting. Has it been banned?


I suggest that this kind of thread belongs in the OTHER TOPICS section, not the Europe TRAVEL section.

so you chew gum too, m_kingdom?

uuhhhh =D> LOL