RBS chief Stephen Hester at play
After being hounded by the media and politicians alike, RBS chief Stephen Hester has reluctantly waived his £963.000 bonus for 2011. It appears that the fox-hunt fanatic isn’t too keen on hunting when he’s the quarry.
Badger Cull: Shropshire Star misleading its readers
On the day much of the media were reporting on the jailing of four thugs who were caught laughing as their dogs tore badgers to pieces, the Shropshire Star found a wildlife site owner who was happy to denigrate badgers.
Essex Police ignore allegations of illegal hunting
Laughable if it came from a huntsman but staggeringly it’s from Essex Police
Attention-seeking Quentin Letts loses the plot again
Daily Mail hack Quentin Letts can usually be found getting his knickers in a twist over some nonsense that even Theresa May would be embarrassed to mention. This time it concerns the arrest of ‘middle-class pillars.’
James Barrington – Countryside Alliance ‘Animal Welfare Consultant’
Just as predictable as badger baiters claiming they were only ‘hunting rabbits’ are the articles and letters by James Barrington regurgitating his past.
How the Countryside Alliance’s “ground-breaking legal bid” collapsed
From ground breaking legal action to farce within just the space of one year, just how did the Countryside Alliance waste £100,000.
Henry David Thoreau and the Countryside Alliance
John Jackson, head of the Countryside Alliance, has a new inspiration in the form of the late American naturalist Henry David Thoreau
The Ethics of Hunting – The Failings of the Burns Report
Public discussion concerning the future of hunting in the United Kingdom has centred on the Government’s own commissioned Report of the Burns Inquiry into Hunting with Hounds.
The Lord Giveth and the Lord Taketh Away
An article by Lord Mancroft, a former Master of Foxhounds, demonstrates the muddled thinking and twisted ethics of the foxhunter.