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On 18 June, voters in Makerfield will go to the polls in a by-election that could return Andy Burnham to Parliament and trigger a Labour leadership contest. The same day, the Defra consultation on banning trail hunting closes. It is worth asking why twelve MPs have spent the run-up to
Sabs Unmasked
Location: Gloucestershire Affiliation: Welsh Border Hunt Saboteurs Gina Doyle is a well-known figure among Welsh Border Hunt Sabs. Quiet and discreet in the field, she is rarely seen without a camera, documenting legal trail hunts and ready to twist any scenario to favour the sabs’ account of events. There is
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Hunt saboteurs are no strangers to confronting those who support legal trail hunting. Over the years, their tactics have become depressingly familiar: harassment, stalking, verbal abuse and physical intimidation – all disguised as activism. Even against that grim backdrop, however, the recent conduct of one sab has managed to lower the
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Billed as a watershed moment, a rally that would shift the anti-trail hunting debate and energise the movement, the Leage Against Cruel Sports' (LACS) rally outside Parliament on Saturday 9 May was something of a damp squib, defined by minimal attendees and somewhat baffling speeches. It was just the