Directory > Regional > Europe > United Kingdom > Society and Culture > Politics > Issues > Hunting Bills > News and Media > 2002 > February CNN: Hunters angry over Scottish ban 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. http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/02/14/ban.foxhunting.scotland/index.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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BBC: Head-to-head: Hunting with dogs 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] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1846338.stm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Economist: The illiberal in pursuit of the irrelevant The government has announced a new season for the traditional sport of arguing over a ban on foxhunting. http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_id=1011229 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Guardian: Prescott insists on hunt vote after Scottish success 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. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4356449,00.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Spiked: New Labour goes hunting for a cause Mick Hume. Discusses Mr Blair's concern about 'the issues that really matter' and 'the things that actually concern people in this country'. http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/00000002D441.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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