Cameron courting popularity with country folk

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Last week David Cameron's government was telling everyone how it was in our best interests to have high speed trains carving their way through the countryside; - this week he'll probably go on a damage limitation exercise and tell country- folk his £32 billion pound trains will be pursued by...... foxes and hunters







Oh don't you just love the way Government gets its priorities all right!


Tonight Cameron is expected to go on the 'Country file' programme and tell viewers whether he will ensure the thorny issue of fox hunting will be debated in parliament again; - I rather suspect he will.


He'll probably think it a wise move to soften the blow to the thousands of campaigners who are up in arms at the prospect of having £32 billion pounds worth of high speed trains hurtling through the countryside between London and Birmingham.


He'll know that many of those in Tory heartlands have an age old affection for fox-hunting; - they've been long campaigning for a reversal of the abolishing legislation introduced by Labour. Personally, I don't get the thrill the sherry fueled hunting brigade derives from charging around on horseback in their scarlet jackets & white jodhpurs after relatively defenceless foxes. What galls me most is the sheer amount of public money wasted debating this ridiculously irrelevant subject in hard times such as these.


Only this week thousand of disability activists and campaigners were fighting tooth and nail for the protection of their disability benefits in the House of the Lords. Government has been overturned in the Lords on some of its heinous welfare reforms, but government has pledged to reverse the amendments passed by the peers; - all of whom seemed to vote with a conscience.


If government gets its way, those affected by serious conditions such as cancer will see their benefit entitlements placed in jeopardy; - sadly, I rather suspect the hunting argument will attract more publicity.


How much will it all cost to look at the Hunting Bill yet again - that's what I'd like to know?


Here's more on Cameron's £32 billion pound high speed train for the inter-city set.....
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By way of an update I forced myself to watch Countryfile, normally a very enjoyable programme but given the Twitter comments flying around on #countryfile it seems quite likely the viewing figures plummet when Dave puts in an appearance.

Yes, Dave made it clear he will call a free vote on a repeal of the Hunting laws. By 'free' I take it to mean every dissenting MP will get bullied by the whips and told how to vote; - be interesting to see where the Liberals go on this. Will Cameron's siamese twin turn scarlet coat and go tally ho; - quite probably, anything to retain his deputy lapdog badge.

I couldn't quite believe how Cameron found the hunting laws 'bizarre' because they 'criminalize' the hunting fraternity for breaking the law. So it looks like if you break the law on horseback, when blowing a trumpet, whilst under the influence of a few too many sherries whilst charging after a quite hopelessly outnumbered and defence less fox; - Dave is saying you cannot act with criminal intent in mind.

The mind boggles at the ever widening gulf between law for the well to do and those who are less well off.

Like I say, I'd love to know how much this never ending debate has cost us to date; - it seems there's plenty of money to splash out on more of the same as our foxes shudder in fear as to their impending doom if Dave's law is passed.