Labour has pledged to eliminate fox hunting "within its first term" in power, a measure popular with the UK public

UK opposition party Labour has pledged to eliminate fox hunting “within its first term” in power.

Currently, hunting with dogs is illegal in the UK. However, the practice continues under the cover of “trail hunting,” where hounds follow a pre-laid scent.

Reports have shown how, despite the ban, illegal fox hunting continues to have devastating impacts across the UK.

Last year, Scotland introduced new legislation to crack down on illegal fox hunting.

  • @doublejay1999English
    4•9 months ago

    People who feel strongly about this, one way or the other, are a tiny minority of the electorate - like the Private School thing. You and I may casually agree or disagree with the policies - but we’re not likely to march on Parliament over either of them.

    These headline grabbers are designed to show some kind of difference between Labour and the Tories - when in all reality there will be very little.

    All of Labours distinguishing polices, where there were any, have been scrapped and pared back, to win over big business and media support in the general election.

    It’s very transparent.

    Here are just some of the pledges that Starmer made with the last 2 - 3 years . They’ve all gone.

    https://www.bigissue.com/news/politics/keir-starmer-broken-promises-tuition-fees-nationalisation-u-turn/