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If you have been following the news recently, you will have seen the protests sweeping across Europe. Germany, France, Spain and Italy have all witnessed demonstrations, with masked individuals causing widespread disruption and, in some cases, outright violence. Although many protests began peacefully, masked groups have emerged to cause trouble
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Affiliation: West Midlands Hunt Saboteurs Location: Warwickshire New evidence seen by BTM shows that Brian Walmsley, a self-described project manager in the industrial and pharmaceutical manufacturing sectors, was among the West Midlands Hunt Saboteurs who took part in the recent pop-up protest outside The Bower House in Shipston on Stour.
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The Labour MP who lent his name to the New Hunting Ban’s short-lived “Parliamentary Committee” has been suspended from his party over a taxpayer-backed Covid loan. Regular readers will remember Perran Moon. The Labour MP for Camborne and Redruth was one of five MPs who signed up to the
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Protect the Wild’s Rehome the Hounds campaign accuses hunts of weaponising foxhounds and insists these pack animals can thrive in private homes. If trail hunting were banned, an estimated 12,000 hounds in Britain’s registered packs would need somewhere to go. The campaign’s answer? Ask rescue centres
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Chris Packham may have just become the President of The League Against Cruel Sports (LACS), but when it comes to disruptive and sanctimonious wildlife personalities, he has always been in a league of his own. A fitting appointment, given his longstanding opposition to trail hunting. In a statement published on
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Since late September, hunts across England and Wales have been receiving emails from the University of Bristol. The first, sent on 23 September to honorary secretaries, announced that “The University of Bristol is conducting” a survey of trail hunts. A reminder followed on 7 October. Both were courteous, professional and
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The familiar autumnal feeling has dawned across the country. Darker nights closing in, crisper mornings. For large swathes of the English countryside, the seasonal change brings an air of excitement as the trail hunting season kicks off again. However, in UK politics, the arrival of autumn also signals conference season,
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West Midlands Hunt Saboteurs have begun staging what they call pop-up protests outside businesses in Shipston on Stour, starting on Thursday evening with The Bower House restaurant and B&B while it was hosting a charity supper with Dame Prue Leith. Video seen by BTM shows the group’s
North Dorset Hunt Saboteurs
Location: Sherborne Affiliations: North Dorset Hunt Saboteurs Let's set the scene. Rose Reay comes from a family of artists and was schooled in Sherborne. She went on to the Screen and Film School in Brighton, a place built to send young people into film and television. Hollywood, it
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Earlier this month, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary announced a crackdown on masked protesters. Using new powers under the Crime and Policing Act, officers will stop people at protests from hiding their faces. The trigger was masked demonstrators at anti-migrant protests in Dover and Portsmouth. However, for the hunting
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The Countryside Alliance launched its Campaign for the Countryside in Westminster on 14 September and did not struggle for big names. Lord Cameron warned there is "no national security unless you have food security". He attacked "stupid moves such as the family farm tax" and was
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Location: London Affiliations: North London Hunt Sabs Elric Newby is a painter and decorator by trade and, at weekends, a DJ at Metal Devastation and hunt saboteur with the North London Hunt Sabs. In other words, a man who has built his life around volume and disruption. By his own