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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 323894, member: 25"]Given the present political situation in Britain this is not going to be more than a proposal, in my opinion. The Conservative party is hanging on to government by its fingernails, and is in no position to propose any controversial legislation as anything other than a gesture. The Labour party don't have a majority to get this through, and I do not think a cross party attempt would have much luck since quite a few MPs are half way sensible.</p><p><br /></p><p>It soulds like something the Liberal Democrats might propose as they have no chance whatsoever of passing any legislation but it would play well with their supporters. Both of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>All parties may be thinking of the ban on fox-hunting passed by Tony Blair's Labour government. It was more or less totally ignored, not least by the police.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 323894, member: 25"]Given the present political situation in Britain this is not going to be more than a proposal, in my opinion. The Conservative party is hanging on to government by its fingernails, and is in no position to propose any controversial legislation as anything other than a gesture. The Labour party don't have a majority to get this through, and I do not think a cross party attempt would have much luck since quite a few MPs are half way sensible. It soulds like something the Liberal Democrats might propose as they have no chance whatsoever of passing any legislation but it would play well with their supporters. Both of them. All parties may be thinking of the ban on fox-hunting passed by Tony Blair's Labour government. It was more or less totally ignored, not least by the police.[/QUOTE]
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