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- BBC Radio 4 Today: Richard Burge and Alun Michael - Live discussion between the chief executive of the Countryside Alliance and the rural affairs minister about the consultation period and the Summer of Discontent. Ten minutes. [RealPlayer]
www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin//radio4/today/listen/audiosearch.pl?ProgID=1018704630
- BBC: 'Summer of discontent' launched - The CA's Richard Burge claims that politically, the countryside is tinder-dry from the scale and depth of distrust and anger rural people feel at this moment.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk_politics/newsid_1925000/1925148.stm
- BBC: Labour MPs back hunting ban move - Labour MPs support the government's decision to use the Parliament Act, if necessary, to force through a law to ban hunting with dogs.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk_politics/newsid_1937000/1937260.stm
- Guardian: Hunt compromise on offer, says minister - Anne Perkins and Patrick Wintour. Alun Michael claims he doesn't want a bill representing the views of one interest group, but a practical and effective piece of legislation.
politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,,677031,00.html
- Independent: Countryside Alliance promises 'summer of discontent' over proposed hunt ban - Nigel Morris, political correspondent. Discussion of what's to come for ministers and MP's, with a new NOP poll showing less than half the public supports a ban.
news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=281042
- Lincolnshire Echo: Anti-hunting laws protest plan - Some of the 10,000 people from Lincolnshire who expect to attend the Countryside Alliance's march through London explain why they are against a hunting ban.
www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=57685&command=displayContent&sourceNode=57237&contentPK=1389451
- Observer: Anger over prince's role in deer cull - Antony Barnett, public affairs editor. Animal rights activists are angry that for the first time animals culled on Forestry Commission land are being sold directly to supermarkets.
www.observer.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,680220,00.html
- Spectator: Appeasement has failed, but the battle for fox-hunting isnt over yet - Peter Oborne. Explains why the Countryside Alliance has suddenly changed tactics by supporting 'a summer of discontent'.
www.spectator.co.uk/article.php3?table=old§ion=current&issue=2002-04-06&id=1744
- Telegraph Country Diary: Truth and morality - RWF Poole. Discussion of morality, cruelty and rights as they apply to hunting.
www.telegraph.co.uk/outdoors/main.jhtml?xml=/outdoors/2002/04/13/opool13.xml&sSheet=/outdoors/2002/04/13/ixoright13.html
- Telegraph: Beckett is barred from conference over hunting ban - Daniel Foggo. The conference itself, intended as a forum for dialogue with government representatives on environmental issues such as housing, animal welfare and the rural economy, has been postponed.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/04/14/ncount14.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/04/14/ixhome.html
- Telegraph: Hunt rebuke by BBC governors - Tom Leonard, media editor. The BBC governors over-rule the BBC's own head of programme complaints.
portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/04/06/nbbc06.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/04/06/ixhome.html
- Telegraph: Hunts 'to sue Government if ban infringes human rights' - Charles Clover, environment editor. Based on European human rights law, the CA may seek punitive as well as compensatory damages from the Scottish Executive.
portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/04/04/nhunt04.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/04/04/ixhome.html
- Telegraph: Hunts show anger at Blair - Nicole Martin and PJ Bonthrone. Members of the Union of Country Sports Workers brought Parliament Square in Westminster to a near standstill.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2002%2F04%2F23%2Fnhunt23.xml
- Telegraph: Huntsmen start 'summer of discontent' - Robert Uhlig, farming correspondent. The nationwide "summer of discontent" campaign was lauched yesterday with the delivery of an open letter to the rural affairs minister and rallies held at Government offices across Britain.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/04/13/nhunt13.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/04/13/ixhome.html
- Telegraph: Nation is evenly split on hunting, says new poll - Andy McSmith, chief political correspondent. How the results of a NOP poll from March 22-24 is encouraging the Countryside Alliance and their plans for a summer of discontent.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/04/03/nhunt03.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/04/03/ixhome.html
- Times: 'Distortion' of rural issues - Richard Burge, Chief Executive of the Countryside Alliance. Reply to a Matthew Parris column.
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,59-277274,00.html
- Times: Hunt campaigners plan mass rallies - Valerie Elliott, countryside editor. European hunting associations are now joining in with the Countryside Alliance March plans.
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2-256640,00.html
- Times: Letters to the Editor: 'Distortion' of rural issues - Reply to Matthew Parris (Comment, April 20) by Richard Burge, Chief Executive of the Countryside Alliance.
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,59-277274,00.html
- Times: The countryside lobby is taking us for a ride - Matthew Parris. Questions about the Countryside Alliance's representation and interests in various countryside issues.
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1-272980,00.html
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