Re: RE: A view from London of the March.

Originally from: Bill
                        
Not quite a Londoner but I do spend a bit of time down there.

You may remember I told you about the Evening Standard article the previous week
"Green Wellie Anarchists". The march came and went and there were no anarchists but evidently quite a lot of people supporting hunting.

Londoners mostly wouldn't be bothered one way or the other about hunting, it's only the politically correct who are anti.

Since mid last week the main topic of conversation has been Tube strikes. The first one day strike almost brought the Capital to a standstill this Wednesday. There is another strike scheduled for Wednesday of next week.

Don't get me wrong, 400,000 people was a tremendous achievement but the newspapers soon buried it and Londoners have their own lives to worry about.

One worry for Blair prior to next week's Party Conference happens to be a March. Not the Countryside March but the Freedom For Palestine/Anti War March, which will take place in London this Saturday 28 September.

I wonder if there will be any countryside marchers carrying banners demanding "Justice For Palestinian Farmers".

Bill.
                        

Originally from: David
                        
A pity this country, the Govt and the media don't concentrate on solving domestic problems before the world's. I'm not saying ignore the rest of the world but Blair can use the Iraqi issue to bury "bad news". The last person to do that eventually had to resign!

I was there for farming and I can't say whether I am pro or anti hunting. Nice to see them out, can't be bothered to get the horse ready and come back stiff as a board – don't reckon I care except for what Alicia wrote and I think she has a very good point:

Dear David,

We know for a fact that hunting has been singled out for purely political reasons, it is the bloodless (so far) revolution based on insane ingrained jealousy against the so-called ruling classes. (In which the farmers are inextricably entwined – mainly because they are looked upon as bloated owners of large tracks of land – forget anything else.)

At the labour party 'Rural Conference 2002' held on 19–21 July (proudly boasted as the first ever such conference brought in by New Labour as opposed to Conservative as New Labour are now the New Party for the countryside. (Gone is Town and Country- everything is now Countryside and I blame the Countryside Alliance for that)) At the newly NEW Labour named 'Harper Adams University College' (again gone any ref to agriculture) Jon Dobson attended and recorded what he could. The people on the platform, kept having to remind the more outspoken people blurting things out both on the platform and in the audience – that 'this was an 'Open' Conference' so watch what you say' – indicating there may be spies in the midst. However, what they did say, among other things was that it will be great to get rid of hunting as it is 'the last bastion of feudalism' for this government to tackle. So there you have it. Dont be fooled, cruelty to the fox is the last thing on their minds.

Best wishes Alicia