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Subject: Fox Hunting
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ladymop 9.05.17 - 10:55pm
Theresa May wants to bring back fox hunting and has said she will renew the Tory pledge to hold a free vote on overturning the ban.

The Prime Minister says she has always been in favour of fox hunting and will recommit to the 2015 Conservative Manifesto promise to give Parliament the chance to make a decision.

During a visit to a factory in Leeds, Mrs May said: This is a situation on which individuals will have one view or the other, either pro or against.As it happens, personally I have always been in favour of fox hunting, and we maintain our commitment, we have had a commitment previously as a Conservative Party, to allow a free vote.

It would allow Parliament the opportunity to take the decision on this.

Her comments immediately drew fire from one Tory candidate, Dr Sarah Wollaston, who tweeted: To be clear: I'm wholly opposed to a future govt wasting time on fox hunting. If elected I wld oppose a return to hunting. Time to move on.

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The Labour government banned fox hunting in England and Wales in 2004 but the issue has remained highly divisive.


Prime Minister Theresa May visits a door manufacturer in Leeds
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Mrs May spoke about the issue during a factory visit in Leeds
David Cameron dropped the plan for a vote due to lack of support and in December 2015 sports minister Tracy Crouch said that Parliament had better things to do than bringing back hunting foxes with hounds.

Ms Crouch, patron of the Conservatives Against Fox Hunting group, said it was a pursuit from the past that should stay consigned to history.

A survey by Ipsos MORI in December 2016 found 84 of people were in favour of retaining the ban on fox hunting.

According to an email seen by the Mirror newspaper, pro fox hunting campaigners see a Conservative landslide win as their change to repeal the ban.

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ladymop 9.05.17 - 10:58pm
Evil tory basterds but know surprises there * +

trashy 9.05.17 - 10:59pm
That's a lot of words that I can't be arsed reading * +

kooh 9.05.17 - 11:00pm
Wot Phil n trashy sed....but am against fox huntin fkn idiots jus no * +

wakeup4 9.05.17 - 11:00pm
Shhh it will give Nige something to do. * +

dom4subs 9.05.17 - 11:04pm

Something about a visit to a factory. * +

skatty 9.05.17 - 11:06pm
Too late to be reading all that bollox. Theresa May is a c*nt anyway. * +

wickedwitch 9.05.17 - 11:13pm
Mae rolls in their sh*t. * +

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