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- BBC: Forum - Video of Darren Hughes from the Countryside Alliance and Phyllis Campbell-McRae, UK Director of the International Fund For Animal Welfare.
newsvote.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/talking_point/forum/newsid_1879000/1879323.stm
- BBC: Here we go again - Nick Assinder, political correspondent. What Alun Michael really said, and how he managed to satisfy no one and anger everyone.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk_politics/newsid_1885000/1885535.stm
- BBC: Hunting with dogs in the Commons and Lords - Interviews with two MPs, Bob Marshall Andrews and Boris Johnson, and then two members of the House of Lords, Lord Mancroft and Lord Cranborne.
www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin//radio4/today/listen/audiosearch.pl?ProgID=1016543629
- BBC: MPs vote today on fox hunting - Speaking first to the Essex and Suffolk Foxhounds and League Against Cruel Sports, and then to Tony Banks, MP and Baroness Mallalieu, House of Lords and President of the Countryside Alliance.
www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin//radio4/today/listen/audiosearch.pl?ProgID=1016446682
- BBC: Rural Affairs minister Alun Michael - Interview about the government's promise to have a free vote and to enable parliament to reach a conclusion, both of which Michael has taken on as his responsibility.
www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/radio4/today/listen/audiosearch.pl?ProgID=1016458285
- BBC: What lessons can be learnt from the Scottish legislation that bans hunting? - Interviews with Allan Murray from the Scottish Countryside Alliance and Phyllis Campbell-McRae from the IFAW.
www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/radio4/today/listen/audiosearch.pl?ProgID=1014981557
- Farmers Weekly: Alliance plans London march - Isabel Davies and Adrienne Francis. The CA will call for a Liberty and Livelihood march if the government consultation turns out to be smoke and mirrors. Includes links to related stories and websites.
www.fwi.co.uk/article.asp?con=1946&sec=21&hier=21
- Guardian: Closing in for the kill - Gerald Kaufman, Labour MP for Manchester Gorton. Describes his 32-year career in Commons fervently dedicated to banning hunting.
www.guardian.co.uk/hunt/Story/0,2763,671953,00.html
- Guardian: Furious peers lose last chance to veto hunt ban - Patrick Wintour, chief political correspondent. Alun Michael agrees to use the Parliament Act even in Commons overrides the new Bill with a total ban.
www.guardian.co.uk/hunt/Story/0,2763,672075,00.html
- Guardian: Hunt supporters offer an olive branch - Patrick Wintour. Clips from speeches in Lords.
www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4377561,00.html
- Guardian: Ministers seek compromise on hunting - Anne Perkins, political correspondent. Clarifications from the rural affairs minister, Alun Michael, about what the consultation period is to achieve.
www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,3605,676195,00.html
- Guardian: Square deal for the fox - Leader. Recommendation for a principled compromise.
www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4365475,00.html
- Guardian: They think it's all over - David Cameron, Conservative MP for Witney. Explains his thoughts and reactions to the debate, vote and Alun Michael's announcement about hunting.
www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4379512,00.html
- Independent: A bad day for foxes and our 'straight-talking' PM - Leader. A reminder to Mr Blair of his slogan in opposition: "Say what you mean and mean what you say."
www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=275224
- Independent: A law-making process so twisted and devious that no one can be satisfied - Simon Carr. Parliament sketch about the thinking behind the attempt to ban hunting with dogs.
argument.independent.co.uk/regular_columnists/simon_carr/story.jsp?story=277143
- Independent: Fury after anti-hunt Bill is delayed another six months - Ben Russell, political correspondent. The reaction in Commons to the consultation period.
news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=277103
- Lincolnshire Echo: Fox-hunting ban 'a mob rule victory' - MP Douglas Hogg warned, "In a democracy, majorities, even elected majorities, can be quite as tyrannical as individual dictators. When you come to frame the legislation, you should bear in mind that your fellow citizens should be as free to go fox- hunting as they are to go fishing and shooting, as do many of your colleagues on these benches. If you do not allow these principles, he will have to accept that his legislation will be perceived to be but a form of mob rule."
www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=57685&command=displayContent&sourceNode=57237&contentPK=1312362
- Observer: A fox isn't a chicken. Is it? - Terry Jones. How fox-hunting would be 'improved' by treating the foxes like battery chickens.
www.observer.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,669027,00.html
- Observer: Shabby deal over hunting - Cristina Odone. Why the Stephen Byers-for-fox trade shouldn't be done.
www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4366607,00.html
- Observer: The only thing sillier than this would be banning it - Euan Ferguson. Discussion of what hunting is and isn't, and the effect of a hunting ban being the most memorable legislation of two terms.
www.observer.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,668841,00.html
- Spectator: Foxy Tony - Kevin Maguire. Discusses the promises made by Labour to each side of the hunting debate, the donations and promises made in return, and the Scottish fiasco.
www.spectator.co.uk/article.php3?table=old§ion=current&issue=2002-03-16&id=1672
- Spiked: Rambling on - Jennie Bristow. New Labour's countryside vision compared to the reality.
www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000006D850.htm
- Star Tribune: Outfoxed in Scotland - Dennis Anderson. Discusses the impact of the possible UK hunt bans on the people associated with hunting. Minnesota, USA.
www.startribune.com/stories/533/2102879.html
- Sunday Telegraph: Style Victims - Leader. Gives suggestions for the Third Way of foxhunting.
www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2002/03/17/dl1702.xml
- Telegraph: 'We are fed up and want to be left in peace' - Michael Kallenbach. Thoughts of the members and followers of the Royal Artillery Hunt on the Middle Way.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/03/18/nhunt118.xml
- Telegraph: 'Why is this minority being picked on?' - Michael Kallenbach. Clips from nine MPs from the debates in Commons.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/03/19/nhunt119.xml
- Telegraph: Alliance plans London march - Charles Clover, environment editor. Describes the anger of the members of the House of Lords at the threat of using the Parliament Act on a supposed vote of conscience.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/03/28/nhunt28.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/03/28/ixhome.html
- Telegraph: Ban on foxhunting would be a triumph for the mob - Brian Walden. Why prohibition of hunting is not the answer.
www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2002/03/15/do1501.xml
- Telegraph: Blair, not votes, will decide hunting's fate - Charles Clover. Analysis of the expected negotiated compromise on hunting.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/03/16/nhunt16.xml
- Telegraph: Clergymen tell MPs and peers that field sports are moral pursuits - The Rev Robert Block of Clergy in Field Sports explains the symbiotic relationship of everything in creation.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/03/16/nhunt116.xml
- Telegraph: Countryside threatens a rebellion - Richard Savill. Reaction of the hunters, farmers and their supporters.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/03/22/nhunt222.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/03/22/ixnewstop.html
- Telegraph: Defender of the countryside - Sandy Mitchell. Interview with Ann Mallalieu QC, president of the Countryside Alliance and a Labour peer.
www.telegraph.co.uk/outdoors/main.jhtml?xml=/outdoors/2002/03/09/ohunt09.xml
- Telegraph: Don't give an inch on hunting - Leader. Explains why MPs and peers should vote for both self-regulation and the Middle Way.
www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2002/03/16/dl1601.xml
- Telegraph: Drag hunts in the New Forest end in fiasco - Daniel Foggo. The joint-master of the New Forest Draghounds has withdrawn their application for a licence to hunt as they could not be prevented from hunting live deer. The group had been sponsored by the RSPCA and backed by Elliot Morley, the agriculture minister.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/03/24/nhunt24.xml
- Telegraph: Hunting for a reason - Kylie O'Brien. A meet of the Devon and Somerset Staghounds.
www.telegraph.co.uk/outdoors/main.jhtml?xml=/outdoors/2002/03/09/ostag09.xml
- Telegraph: Hunts prepare for the marching season - By Charles Clover, Environment Editor. Analysis of Alun Michael's announcement on the future of hunting.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/03/22/nhunt122.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/03/22/ixnewstop.html
- Telegraph: Parliamentary sketch - Frank Johnson. Humourous look at 'toffhunting' in the House of Lords debates.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/03/20/nhunt220.xml
- Telegraph: Peer warns of a war with countryside - Michael Kallenbach, parliamentary correspondent. Comments from eighteen members of the House of Lords.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/03/20/nhunt120.xml
- Telegraph: Speak up for hunting - Leader. Reviews the use and misuse of various tactics: lobbying, protesting, alienating and complacency.
www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2002/03/09/dl0902.xml
- Telegraph: Supporters will have to fight in European court - Joshua Rozenberg, legal editor. Discussion of legal options available for both the UK and Scotland bills.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/03/22/nhunt322.xml
- Telegraph: The hounding of liberty - Leader. Analysis of the DEFRA announcement and comparison of the debates in the Lords and Commons.
www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2002/03/22/dl2201.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/03/22/ixnewstop.html
- The Times: Obstacle course: The latest attempt to secure a compromise on hunting - Leader. Discussion of the Middle Way possibilities.
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,542-237209,00.html
- Times: Pro-hunt march to pull in 500,000 protesters - Valerie Elliott, countryside editor. Angry statements from both the Countryside Alliance and the Government (DEFRA).
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2-250320,00.html
- Times: This is why I will not vote to ban hunting - William Rees-Mogg. Wide-ranging commentary.
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2-239775,00.html
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