For fox sake

Originally posted @ 1:00 am, Sun 16th Aug 2009

Answered a poll on fox hunting via Facebook today. Answers were almost 50-50, which surprised me slightly, cos I understood public opinion still to be overwhelmingly against the hunting of foxes with dogs.

But not as astonishing as the Tories make it such a priority for them at all.

Before Friday, it just hadn't been raised on the doorstop at all with me. So change is not a public priority. But now the Tories are trying to put the issue up there, people are not telling me "no change" is a decisive reason for voting Labour next time.

Now I know the priority has to be the economy; real help for people and businesses. Investing in our future, including schools and hospitals, advanced manufacturing and green technology.

Changing the law on hunting just can't be up there - both for what's right, and cos it might herald the return of one of the cheesiest political slogans in modern political times.