TORIES ARE OBSESSED BY HUNTING

TORY frontbencher, Nick Herbert, recently confirmed that the Tories would offer a free vote on repealing Labour's hunting ban.

The League Against Cruel Sports has responded by writing to Parliamentary Standards Commissioner John Lyon, asking him to look into donations made to Mr Herbert.

According to an article published in the Daily Mail, of seven donations totalling £24,500 to the shadow environment secretary’s office, four came from people and organisations with known links to hunting.

They included £1,500 from hunting outfitter William & Sons, £2,000 from grouse moor owner Michael Cannon, £2,000 from the Altnaharra Estate in Sutherland and £5,000 from Johan Christofferson, former master of the Isle of Wight Hunt.

While Labour is focussing on getting the country out of recession, the Conservatives want to waste parliamentary time bringing back an activity that most of their own voters don’t even support.

The Conservatives’ obsession with bloodsports illustrates their warped sense of priorities and is further evidence that they’re still the same old Tories that forced millions into poverty.

I just don’t understand why any government would think that one of the first things to do after a General Election is repeal the ban on fox hunting.

I’m sure that the vast majority of people, whatever their views are about foxhunting, would agree that with all the challenges in the world at the moment, this is completely wrongheaded.