Jaw-jaw on hunting is a sop to MPs for war-war in Iraq

An article in the guardian on Fox Hunting sums up my views perfectly:

"This was a crust thrown to Labour MPs to thank them for supporting an unnecessary, illegal and immoral war, which Blair took this country into simply to demonstrate his uncritical loyalty to the most reactionary American president in living memory, and which has killed at least 20,000 and possibly 100,000 innocent people.

As the election approaches, with a further drop in turn-out all too likely, politicians are wondering why they are so widely despised. Here is their answer. Blair got his war, Labour got their hunting ban. I hope it makes them all happy."

We must not forget that this measure was rushed through in a day using the parliment act three days before the Labour Party Conference, where there was to have been a debate on the Iraq war which would have been very embarassing for the government. Fox Hunting gets banned, the motion gets dropped after the proposers are subjected to enourmous political preasure. The hunters where a convienient minority group to be picked on for short term political gain, which is one of the most despicable things that you can do in politics.