wabbitbosher Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 1. MPs call for ban on game shooting There is no shortage of organisations and individuals justifying their existence by taking pot-shots at the fieldsports community but an uncomfortably high number of shooters insist there is no direct political threat to shooting. Given the outrageous amount of time wasted on devising unworkable and illiberal anti-hunting legislation, many wrongly assumed there was little appetite to launch an attack on shooting. How wrong could they be? A recent Early Day Motion (EDM) put down by Labour MP David Taylor reads as follows: ''That this House notes that every year in Britain around 35 million pheasants and six million partridges are purpose bred in cages, sheds and pens so that they can be released and shot for sport; is concerned about the suffering endured by these birds and by the large number of indigenous wild mammals and birds that are trapped, snared, poisoned and shot to protect this activity; is alarmed by the thousands of tons of leadshot and plastic casings discharged annually by live quarry shooters, and also by the disruption caused to native wildlife at the start of each shooting season when the millions of pheasants and partridges are released; and calls on the Government to enact legislation at the earliest opportunity to prohibit the production of birds for sport shooting, in line with the ban introduced in Holland in 2002.' It must be said that EDMs simply allow MPs to express their support for an issue. However, I find it extremely disturbing - but not surprising - that at the time of writing 65 MPs have signed Mr Taylor's EDM. That means more than 10% of MPs currently sitting in the House of Commons want to ban game shooting. While one Conservative MP, Ann Widdecombe, has signed along with a few Liberal Democrats, the majority of signatories are Labour MPs. There are some Labour MPs, such as our own chairman, who support shooting, but it is an unavoidable fact that this is a predominantly Labour-driven EDM. I doubt the signatories have read Labour's Charter for Shooting (or even know it exists) and perhaps they have forgotten Labour's Manifesto commitment to protect shooting. It all reminds me of the desperate clamour by many MPs during the pre-hunt ban period when they attempted to convince the shooting community that their sport would be safe with Labour - it was only hunting they were after, they said. Yet since 1997, during the time it took to cook up a single piece of legislation on hunting, almost 30 laws were passed restricting shooting in one form or another. It cannot be long before a private member's bill is introduced which calls for the ban on driven game shooting. While most of them fail and it is easy to be dismissive of EDMs, the shooting community should not forget the consistent annual bombardment of Parliament by MPs launching private members bills to ban hunting. Eventually they wore down a hostile House of Commons. They could do it again. You can find out if your MP has signed up to Mr Taylor's EDM by visiting http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails....amp;SESSION=899. You can then make your views known both directly to the MP and at the General Election. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashbiker Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 'Get a life' is what my advice be to these MP's! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullbore Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 So who the hell STILL votes for Labour how many more times do you need to be kicked in the teeth before you wake up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveB916 Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 GAME BIRD INDUSTRY 16.06.2009 Taylor, David That this House notes that every year in Britain around 35 million pheasants and six million partridges are purpose-bred in cages, sheds and pens so that they can be released and shot for sport; is concerned about the suffering endured by these birds and by the large number of indigenous wild mammals and birds that are trapped, snared, poisoned and shot to protect this activity; is alarmed by the thousands of tons of leadshot and plastic casings discharged annually by live quarry shooters, and also by the disruption caused to native wildlife at the start of each shooting season when the millions of pheasants and partridges are released; and calls on the Government to bring forward legislation at the earliest opportunity to prohibit the production of birds for sport shooting, in line with the ban introduced in Holland in 2002. Well if we are going to follow the 'cloggies' lead lets legalise cannabis for starters....lol Then lets not vote for : Corbyn, Jeremy Russell, Bob Prentice, Gordon Hancock, Mike Davies, Dai Drew, David Rowen, Paul Hopkins, Kelvin Flynn, Paul Francis, Hywel Williams, Betty Pope, Greg McDonnell, John Clapham, Michael Dismore, Andrew Pound, Stephen Wareing, Robert N Iddon, Brian Kaufman, Gerald Vis, Rudi Riordan, Linda Pugh, John O'Hara, Edward Caton, Martin Etherington, Bill Crausby, David Sheridan, Jim Skinner, Dennis Lazarowicz, Mark Lepper, David Mullin, Chris Gapes, Mike Berry, Roger Meale, Alan Miller, Andrew Olner, Bill Cohen, Harry Abbott, Diane Anderson, Janet Austin, John Walley, Joan Hall, Patrick Breed, Colin Burgon, Colin Farrelly, Paul Simpson, Alan Campbell, Ronnie Dowd, Jim Robinson, Geoffrey Wood, Mike Morgan, Julie Harris, Tom Cook, Frank Godsiff, Roger Truswell, Paul Burt, Lorely Hamilton, Fabian Bayley, Hugh Widdecombe, Ann Featherstone, Lynne Smith, Angela C (Sheffield Hillsborough) Hood, Jim Hoyle, Lindsay Touhig, Don Prosser, Gwyn MacNeil, Angus Dave B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicykillgaz Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 there only bitter because they had to pay back the money for cartridges they'd claimed against there expenses i don't think it will get passed as the rest of them probably shoot anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveB916 Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Minds you they look good value for money £120,000 in expenses, Dai Davies: http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/dai_davies/blaenau_gwent Dave B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveB916 Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 And another steady £140,000 in your name : http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/paul_flynn/newport_west Dave B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveB916 Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 And yet another £140,000 in our name: Dismore, Andrew http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/andrew_dismore/hendon You would have thought like a clever pheasant these people would keep a low profile......lolol Dave b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveB916 Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Anothger one to keep a low profile ?: Kaufman, Gerald http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics...s-expenses.html Dave B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabbitbosher Posted October 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Sorry Chaps this was in an Email sent to me by the Countryside Alliance !! i thought it was cosha O well Thanks David BASC just goes to show who in the Shooting world has thier finger on the button Wabbit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 So who the hell STILL votes for Labour how many more times do you need to be kicked in the teeth before you wake up? if they get in next time look out, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Logic Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Labour = Fascists, sadly. Look at the increase of surveillance powers, increase of power to the Police, removal of shooting and anything which empowers the subjects to fight back. Desecration of society and traditional values, fudging of figures to meet their own ends, increase of propaganda, lies to the public. It's very saddening but it's why I want out of Britain now, and why I am ashamed to call myself British. I really hope they are ousted next time round; not sure our country communities can take another 5 years of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sussex Countryman Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 Anyone know what BASC and the Alliance are doing? SC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David BASC Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 The EDM is dead in the water, it was anounced in June, died soon after and had not gone anywhere. The CA recycled it as if it was new news on their e-mail newsletter for some reason, can't think why. BASC spent time at the recent party conferences getting cross party commitment to shooting - see our web site for details. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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