The Hunting Debate a possible impact on Angling

[Cranfield]

Newt, the intention of the Bill is to ban "hunting with dogs".

 

Peter, I think when a newspaper puts peoples comments inside quotation marks, you can be quite sure they said those remarks.

Its all to do with the law of libel.

 

poledark sums the whole issue up, very neatly.

 

Trouble is, "there,s none so blind as those that will not see".

 

I wish I had the will power not to respond to these anti hunting threads.

[Peter Waller]

Cranfield:

Newt, the intention of the Bill is to ban "hunting with dogs".

 

Peter, I think when a newspaper puts peoples comments inside quotation marks, you can be quite sure they said those remarks.

Its all to do with the law of libel.

 

Reply, I have NO doubt that what was said was actually said. I'm not sure that I said otherwise. My unasked question was 'why'?

 

poledark sums the whole issue up, very neatly.

Reply, So does Peter Sharpe!

 

Trouble is, "there,s none so blind as those that will not see".

Reply, Exactly!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I wish I had the will power not to respond to these anti hunting threads.

I agree          

Cranfield Sir, we are both right, as we see it!

 

[ 06. January 2003, 11:08 PM: Message edited by: Peter Waller ]

[Tatiana G]

WILL WE NOT BE SAFE from the goverment WITH THE MERE FACT THAT (NOP ESTIMATED) COARSE AND GAME ANGLERS IN ENGLAND AND WALES SPEND £3.300,000,000 PER ANNUM and the tackle trade worth £325 million. Banning angling with have a more severe effect on industry than fox hunting!

 

T;o)

[Adz]

Just to burst that particular bubble Tatiana, that spend is what ordinary people spend on their pastime - "they'll just spend it on something else, like beer, or football season tickets" is probably the real view of most MP's and VAT on the above is just the same as it is on fishing tackle.

 

The only real measure of 'loss' would be the rod licence sales - some 750,000 of which were sold last year - which isn't more than a weekend's pocket money when considered against the whole UK 'budget'.

 

The finance argument just won't work.

 

Regards,