http://bowblog.com/2004/09/15/disposable-legislation/ Thu, 17 May 2012 13:19:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://bowblog.com/2004/09/15/disposable-legislation/comment-page-1/#comment-732 Ivan Pope Thu, 16 Sep 2004 13:53:35 +0000 http://bowblog.com/?p=634#comment-732 I don't think we should bat an eyelid. Plenty of groups have had their traditional pursuits ripped away from them by the march of modernity. This is one of those laws that have been on the way for decades, but which the aristo-gentocracy have always thought they would fend off for ever. I give Blair no credit at all for doing it well or doing it honestly, but sometimes you just have to recognise that there is popular will to do something and let it get done. I don't think this bill speaks at all to any repressionist leanings in the labour party - it's the defenders of hunting who see this as a fundamental infringement of their ancient rights who worry me. Don't make me laugh. I don’t think we should bat an eyelid. Plenty of groups have had their traditional pursuits ripped away from them by the march of modernity. This is one of those laws that have been on the way for decades, but which the aristo-gentocracy have always thought they would fend off for ever. I give Blair no credit at all for doing it well or doing it honestly, but sometimes you just have to recognise that there is popular will to do something and let it get done. I don’t think this bill speaks at all to any repressionist leanings in the labour party – it’s the defenders of hunting who see this as a fundamental infringement of their ancient rights who worry me. Don’t make me laugh.

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