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CNN: Hunters angry over Scottish ban - http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/02/14/ban.foxhunting.scotland/
Scottish Countryside Alliance director Allan Murray said the bill violated provisions in the European Convention on Human Rights protecting individuals against loss of their livelihood. "It is quite obscene that the Scottish Parliament voted their fellow Scots out of their jobs and businesses without a penny of compensation, Murray said. We believe this is a clear violation of the ECHR [European Human Rights Laws] and have instructed our lawyers to take the appropriate legal action, he added. |
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Guardian: Prescott insists on hunt vote after Scottish success - http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4356449,00.html
Kirsty Scott and Anne Perkins. Analysis of the status of the proposed hunting Bill in the UK subsequent to the Scotland Bill being passed, including Prescott's claims that the credibility of the Labour party is at stake. |
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Economist: The illiberal in pursuit of the irrelevant - http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_id=1011229
The government has announced a new season for the traditional sport of arguing over a ban on foxhunting. |
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BBC: Head-to-head: Hunting with dogs - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1846338.stm
Countryside Alliance president Baroness Mallalieu and Labour MP Mike Foster discuss hunting with dogs on the BBC Radio 4's Today programme as a vote looms on the issue. Audio clips. [RealMedia] |