Do Something About the Torrington Farmers Boxing Day Hunt Meet! To hold a Boxing Day meet in the centre of Great Torrington in 2019 the Torrington Farmers Hunt MUST have submitted a request for temporary road closure, to Devon County Highways, 3 months in advance.Also, to allow them to legally collect cash, they must have applied for a street collection…
Tory Economic Expertise Ruins Britain
Fear-mongering Tories like to point their fingers at Jeremy Corbyn and worry the electorate by telling them that he would be a disaster for business in this country. But the tsunami of businesses leaving the country due to Tory Brexit has nothing to do with Corbyn – it’s entirely the responsibility of the Conservative party, as is their disastrous economic…
Don’t Let Tory Voter ID Steal Your Vote
Electoral fraud, in the UK, is remarkably rare. In 2017 there were just 28 allegations of voter fraud from 44.6 million votes cast. That’s a measly 0.000063% which will have had zero impact on the results. Yet the Tories want to make it mandatory for all voters to present photographic ID when they go to the polling stations, allegedly to…
Tory Landlords Avoid Making Properties Fit for Humans
Back in 2016 Conservative MPs voted to reject a proposed amendment to the Government’s Housing and Planning Bill that would require landlords to make their homes “fit for human habitation.” This common-sense amendment was proposed by the Labour party but rejected by 312 votes to 219. It should be noted that 72 of the Tory MPs who voted against this…
Hampshire Police Allow Motoring Offences
The exceptionalism that is applied to people involved in Hunting, throughout the UK, is staggering. While regular members of public can expect to be pulled over, reprimanded and potentially fined for road traffic offences, such as driving without due care and attention or using a mobile device while at the wheel, people engaged in hunting are repeatedly getting away with…
Geoffrey Cox QC MP Hosts Dubious Fox Hunt
On the 5th of January 2019 our illustrious attorney general, the right honourable Geoffrey Cox QC, was apparently involved in a meeting of the Lamerton Hunt at his property at Willestew near Lamerton. The Lamerton hunt have a dubious history. Back in 2014 huntsman David Lewis, joint master George Moyse, whipper-in Steve Craddock and terrier men Wayne Bartlett, Stephen Mitchell…
Cheshire Police & CPS Drop Charges – Again
Andrew German, huntsman with the Cheshire Forest Hunt, has been extremely lucky, thanks to the Cheshire Police and CPS. Back in 2017 he escaped prosecution under the Hunting Act for having been responsible for killing a fox and most recently, in January 2019, he has escaped prosecution yet again, this time for violent assault as the Cheshire Constabulary say there…