Scotsman: Ban on fox hunting won't last, says Prince of Wales

John Innes. The Prince of Wales said a ban on fox hunting in Britain would never last, according to Donna Rosen, a guest at the opening of the British Museum’s Enlightenment Gallery last night.

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Western Morning News: Hunt Issue Must Be Settled - Hain

Speaking on BBC1's Breakfast with Frost, Mr Hain insisted that the Government would bring an end to the long-running saga of whether or not hunting would be banned.

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BBC News: Hunting issue 'will be resolved'

Responding to a question at Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Blair said: "As I said before ... we will resolve it this parliament."

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Spiked: Phoney rebellions against Blair's empty policies

Mick Hume. "Listening to the supposedly great debates dominating British politics today, with the threatened rebellions by Labour MPs over top-up fees or foundation hospitals, I am tempted to say: bring back the foxhunting debate!"

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Scotsman: Hunt Supporter Tells of Arson Attack Threats

Chris Court, PA. Iain Harris, a hunt follower preparing to take legal action against those who accuse him of cruelty, claimed today he had been warned his house and dogs could be "torched", among other threats.

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Western Morning News: Anti-Hunt Groups 'Will Be Sued In New Year'

Iain Harris, a Westcountry huntsman, has collected a fighting fund of more than £2 million which he will use to sue opponents of hunting labeling hunt supporters as 'cruel' for defamation in a class action suit.

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BBC News: Huntsman to fight cruel claim

A Devon huntsman has amassed £2m in pledges to bring a defamation legal action against those who claim that hunting is cruel.

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Telegraph: Fox Dundee

Leader. Compares crocodiles as a protected species in Australia's Northern Territories with a ban on hunting foxes.

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Telegraph: Public give Bill low priority

Graham Tibbetts. Only two per cent of people believe foxhunting should be a Government priority, according to a NOP poll released today. Of those questioned, just one in 50 said that Labour should concentrate on introducing the hunting Bill.

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Telegraph: Cruelty ban plan to test anti-hunt MPs

Benedict Brogan, political correspondent. Lord Donoughue, the former Labour minister, and Lembit Opik, the Liberal Democrat MP, will introduce a private Bill to ban all cruelty to wild mammals.

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Telegraph: The hunt will meet for years to come

Nick Herbert. Gives the history of efforts to ban hunting and the current positions of the public, the joint parliamentary committee on human rights, hunt supporters who have signed the declaration of non-compliance and the police who will have to enforce a ban. Reminder of the fundamental truth that, in a democracy, laws can exist only by public consent.

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BBC News: Put NHS before hunting, poll says

Only one out of every 50 Britons think banning or curtailing hunting with dogs should be a government priority, a poll of 1,000 people suggests.

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USA Today: British fox hunters, protesters face off over Boxing Day hunts

Thousands of scarlet-clad fox hunters rode out Friday for traditional post-Christmas hunts, defying the boos and jeers of protesters demanding an end to blood sports. USA.

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BBC News: Boxing Day hunters defy protests

Thousands of hunt supporters defy angry protests to take part in what could be the last ever Boxing Day meetings. Or not.

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BBC News Wales: Crowds turn out for hunts

There were concerns that if pro-hunters carried out threats of defying any ban put in place, it could lead to conflict with police similar to the clashes seen during the 1980s miners' strike. More than 3,000 people in Wales have so far signed a declaration pledging they will continue hunting illegally if there is a ban.

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