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Friday, 03 July 2009 |
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 As reported in Horse & Hound (H&H) on Thursday 2nd July 2009, the Countryside Alliance is currently running a series of media training sessions for huntsmen in preparation for repeal of the Hunting Act. The latest session, which took part in London on 23rd June, saw Gerald Sumner of the Vale of Aylesbury with Garth and South Berks and Michael Scott of the Old Berks put through a series of mocked up interviews, including a radio interview and a round-table debate.
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Thursday, 18 June 2009 |
 Countryside Alliance Chief Executive Simon Hart analyses the recent reshuffle and its impact at Defra: Gordon Brown's recent reshuffle and associated ministerial resignations have dominated the headlines in the last couple of weeks. Amongst the fevered speculation about whether the Prime Minister would survive and what each sentence of each resignation letter actually meant there has been very little comment on who, if anyone, is left running the country. In the case of Defra the answer seems to be: a surprise lot.
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Thursday, 11 June 2009 |
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 Simon Hart reports back from an encouraging AGM for the Masters of Foxhounds Association: This week I was a guest at the Masters of Foxhounds Association AGM held on Tuesday in the City of London. The main speaker was William Hague MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary whose speech, it is fair to say, gave the 400 assembled masters and chairmen everything they wanted to hear and more. He repeated the Conservative commitment to give Parliament the opportunity to repeal the Hunting Act by way of a Government Bill in Government time on a free vote. More than that he gave everyone in the room absolute confidence that the commitment would be speedily delivered.
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Wednesday, 10 June 2009 |
Countryside Alliance Chief Executive Simon Hart addressed the MFHA AGM at Gibson Hall in the City of London on 9th June following a speech by William Hague MP the Shadow Foreign Secretary:
Today I want to talk about the principles that underpin our campaign. Social, economic, political, libertarian and of course animal welfare principles And for this year only I want to talk about how we got to this position, and why. |
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Friday, 22 May 2009 |
 Simon Hart explains what the Police's new guidance on hunting means: Many of you will have seen last Friday's story in The Times which reported on new guidance on the policing of the Hunting Act which has been issued by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO). We have been working with Richard Brunstrom, Chief Constable of North Wales Police and ACPO Rural Affairs spokesman and his staff during the production of the guidance and have welcomed it. In essence it formalises the situation that has developed since the Hunting Act came into force with local hunts and police working together to minimise the confusion, concern and waste created by the Hunting Act. |
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Friday, 15 May 2009 |
 The Countryside Alliance has welcomed new guidance* on the Hunting Act from the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), but has warned that “whilst the policing of the Act is not a priority for the police or rural communities, the policing of animal rights extremism should be”. ACPO's guidance was reported in The Times on Friday 15th May.
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Wednesday, 22 April 2009 |
 We have now had more than four seasons under the Hunting Act and all Hunts are operating successfully within the law. Much of the credit for this situation must go to our Hunt Staff who have resolutely carried on with their duties in extremely difficult circumstances knowing that they would be in the front line of any prosecution. We owe them a great debt, which is why we are asking you to support the SILENT AUCTION in aid of the Hunt Staff Benefit Society. A catalogue detailing the auction lots is on the internet (www.hsbs.org.uk) where it is possible to place bids online. There are 50 amazing items to bid for including several days shooting, two unique hunting trips to the USA, a course walk at Badminton Horse Trials with Ginny Elliot for 20 people, including all entrance passes, and many other wonderful treats. Why not make a bid today?
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