Possible General Election

So the election could be as early as March. At the last poll the Tories were nine points ahead of Labour, which is well down from the 13 point lead a week or so ago. Labour still have a lot of support, I cannot imagine how or why, but there you go. And remember the Tories need a much larger share of the vote than Labour to win a majority of just one seat. Put simply, a nine point lead will not secure a Repeal we so urgently need.

Let’s just imagine that the election was this week. Labour have been re elected with a slimmer majority. David Cameron and co are all finished, and the Tories are back in the wilderness. How do you feel about that? What do you think will happen to the Hunting Act? Do you think things will stay as they are now? Of course not. Labour are not stupid. All the loopholes will be closed up so tight, hunting will cease. That’s it. That’s your lot. Goodnight Vienna!

And what have you done about it? Can you honestly say that you did all you could? Have you in fact done anything to help with the repeal? Some hunting people still don’t seem to get it. They come out hunting once or twice a week, whether on horse or on foot, and then moan that they haven’t the time to help put leaflets through doors, or to stuff envelopes. They are busy people!

Often the car followers have to hunt four or five days a week with different local packs. They have sandwiches to make and flasks to fill with soup and coffee etc. The mounted members have horses to exercise, and tack to clean ready for the next day’s hunting, and they have businesses and families etc. Hello! Wake up call!!  IF LABOUR GET RE ELECTED THERE WILL BE NO MORE HUNTING. I don’t know how to put it any plainer. 

No time to help now? You will have lots of time when the end is forced upon us. 

Everyone who has no time to help now will have lots and lots of time when we are forced to stop. And we will be. But then it will be too late. We will never ever get another chance like this. Labour know the Hunting Act is a joke, but it can be tightened up without any hassle at all. And if Labour remain in power, it will be.

Ah, I hear you say, but we heard all this before the ban came in, and we’re alright. It will be all fine again…won’t it? Anyone who actually thinks that is out of touch with reality.
Speak to your hunt VOTE OK person. Find out who it is - AND DO IT NOW. And if you have to miss a day or two’s hunting so be it. We all went to London and to Brighton. Spending a couple of hours leaflet dropping in your local area is surely less hassle than that was. Think about it. But don’t think for too long or it will be too late.

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to all of you. And good hunting for the rest of this season and for many, many more seasons to come.

by Harry Stephenson MFH