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Priorities
10:19am Thursday 11th March 2010 in
JOHN Routledge may well bemoan the huge effort it took to drive through the ban on fox hunting (HAS, March 8), but would do better looking at avoiding making the same mistake again by trying to undo the ban.
It took 700 hours of parliamentary time to get an imperfect ban onto the statute books because of the opposition of the House of Lords. I did not want a ban, and would like to see the ban repealed, but is doing this really more important than the economy, housing or the NHS?
The Conservatives seem to think so and say that they want to reopen the hunting debate – what does it say about their priorities as the world languishes in recession?
What’s done is done, but we risk a new government allowing this fruitless debate to be reopened to please their allies in the pro-hunting lobby at the expense of 100 per cent commitment to the issues that really matter to most people.
Paul Leake, Bowburn, Durham.
Comments(3)
Durham Reiver
says...
5:06pm Thu 11 Mar 10
I would totally agree that any effort to repeal the hunting ban must be well down the list of priorities. I was trying to emphasize labour's initial stupid approach. But without an adequate sustainable supply of electricity we cannot tackle and improve any other areas needing attention.
babz
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5:28pm Fri 12 Mar 10
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Durham Reiver says...
5:05pm Thu 11 Mar 10
I would totally agree that any effort to repeal the hunting ban must be well down the list of priorities. I was trying to emphasize labour's initial stupid approach. But without an adequate sustainable supply of electricity we cannot tackle and improve any other areas needing attention.