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Picture gallery.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/til/jsp/modules/GalleryPopup.jsp?itemId=1281143
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Guardian: Countryside sounds call to arms
Paul Harris and Stephen Khan. They are coming from all corners of Britain and all walks of life.
From landowners to tenant farmers, shopkeepers to vicars, and huntsmen to retired army officers:
the countryside is coming to London.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,796796,00.html
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Press Gazette: A cry for freedom or cunning vermin in smelly wellies?
Summaries of the Countryside March coverage from each of the major newspapers.
http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/News.aspx?Action=View&ID=43172
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10 Downing Street Newsroom: Lobby Briefing
Media questions with answers from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman. Questions included
asking if the Prime Minister was aware of the purpose of yesterday's March in light of Alun
Michael's reported admission that he personally was not, and whether Mr Michael's comments
represented a Government view.
http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/page2485.asp
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Manchester News: Thousands join countryside rally
More than 8,000 people from the north west joined the Countryside Alliance's Liberty and Livelihood
march through London.
http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/news/stories/Detail_LinkStory=20086.html
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Yorkshire Post: September's march
Leader. The marchers, one Minister claimed, were trying to intimidate Parliament. A richly ironic
claim from a party which has tried to turn the House of Commons into a legislative rubber stamp,
and has stacked the House of Lords with its lickspittles and cronies. Others were wheeled out to
dismiss the throng – the largest such congregation of people in London for more than a century – as
an irrelevant minority.
http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/viewarticle.aspx?ArticleID=207917&SectionID=104
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Yorkshire Post: Liberty's march
Leader. That is why rural Britain is on the march this weekend. Not because every inhabitant of the
countryside is in favour of hunting with hounds, but because they all know the present assault on
fox-hunting is only the beginning of a wider attack on the traditional liberties, freedoms, customs
and habits of the countryside. How very different when it comes to refugees, asylum seekers and
ethnic minorities, where New Labour is all for preserving and cherishing cultural differences.
http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/viewarticle.aspx?ArticleID=207745&SectionID=104
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Yorkshire Post: A marching we will go…
Frederic Manby. The day the Pendle Forest and Craven Hunt set off from Gisburn to march in London.
http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/viewarticle.aspx?ArticleID=207927&SectionID=104
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Liberty & Livelihood March
Official site for full coverage of the march for the protection of the countryside, country sports,
communities and ways of life for country people and future generations. 22nd September 2002.
http://www.march-info.org/
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Farmers Weekly: Liberty and Livelihood March
Archives of stories about the campaign, attendees, radical supporters and Scotland's experience.
Downloads of posters and car sticker. Free registration required.
http://www.fwi.co.uk/article.asp?con=6139
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Guardian: 400,000 bring rural protest to London
Tania Branigan. In response to speculation that he might propose a licensing system, Alun Michael
said yesterday: "A lot of people have recognised that the two sides have become too polarised.
Activities with dogs may be no more cruel, or actually less cruel, than other ways of dealing with
it. On the other hand, people are saying we cannot just go on as we always have done. But that
doesn't necessarily mean accepting the 'middle way' option."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,796982,00.html
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Guardian: From landowners to pony clubs
Snapshot of the many groups who will be marching on Sunday in support of the countryside.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,796052,00.html
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CBC News: Huge rally defends UK fox hunting
"If they try to take away our freedoms one by one, the countryside will suffer and our
livelihoods will suffer," said one woman marcher. Canada.
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2002/09/22/foxhunt_march020922
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Voice of America: Countryside Protest in London Opposes Ban on Fox Hunting
Michael Drudge. Alan Crane from Kent: "It's just vindictiveness on the part of a section of
the majority. And I thought governments had to protect minorities." Audio clip. [RealAudio]
USA.
http://voa-7.chntva1-dc1.genuity.net/article.cfm?ObjectID=88FBDADF-6B7C-4EA6-A8CD116A2B4D2A4A
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San Francisco Chronicle: Murmurs of class war as Britain hounds fox hunters - Bid to mimic Scottish ban's a flashpoint issue
Michael Pilgrim, Chronicle Foreign Service. The issue reveals schisms between economic classes and
town and countryside that date back centuries: arguments in Scotland about banning English
influence, and arguments in England about the relative cruelty of different fox-control methods.
California, USA.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/09/21/MN183550.DTL
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New York Times: Blood Sport as Politics
John Mortimer, attorney and author of the Horace Rumpole stories. We live in a society with many
different values, and many ways of life, and the only way we can live together is by mutual
tolerance. Although opinion polls show a majority of citizens do not care for hunting, far fewer
think it should be made a crime.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/24/opinion/24MORT.html
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Miami Herald: British rural protest draws 400,000 to London
Andrew Cawthorne, Reuters. Many of the marchers poured scorn on Blair, accusing him of accentuating
a decades-old neglect of the countryside. Florida, USA.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miami/news/local/4128745.htm
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CNN: Hunters march to protect tradition
Wildlife experts on Friday urged the government to adopt a "middle way" option of
licensed hunting to solve the controversial issue of hunting with dogs. Fairer laws were the only
way of getting the countryside lobby on-side and making the laws enforceable, the report into
hunting said. USA.
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/09/20/uk.country/index.html
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ABC News: Declan's Diary: Shaken All Over
Why the farmers came to march in London. USA.
http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/wnn/dailynews/declansdiary020924.html
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The Star: UK fox hunt supporters show strength
Kevin Ward. A sense of alienation was a common refrain among the marchers, who fear rural life is
being eroded by attacks on such country traditions as fox hunting, as well as the faltering farm
economy. Toronto, Canada.
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Arti....
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The Star: The truth about foxes and dogs
Sandro Contenta. Britain's hunters have opened the fox season, and the government has opened the
season on hunters. Toronto, Canada.
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Arti....
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CTV: Marchers in London rally in favour of fox hunt
The demonstrators are also angry over rural issues including a lack of affordable housing and
decent transport services, unemployment and the financial ruin of farmers hard hit by the
foot-and-mouth outbreak. Video clip and related stories. Canada.
http://www.canada.com/news/story.asp?id=%7B53ED9BF0-B1DC-4CA3-BF7A-DA769BA3A74B%7D
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The Age: A hunting they'll go
Mr Bishop, who farms in Herefordshire, said he had been receiving the same prices for some of his
produce as he did in the 1970s, while supermarkets sold them at five to seven times the farm gate
price. Australia.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/09/22/1032055034873.html
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New Zealand Herald: Rural rights protest draws 400,000 to London
"Today we are making history... They must listen," said the march's main organiser, James
Stanford. The march of 407,791 protesters brought London to a standstill. New Zealand.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/latestnewsstory.cfm?storyID=2848444
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Scoop: UK Country Mobilization
Malcolm Aitken. Interviews with a cross-section of the protesters of the March to highlight rural
decline in Britain and defend hunting with hounds. New Zealand.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/50/ef/200209261122.9c4ab313.html
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Scotsman: Country ready to take on the city
Edward Black and William Lyons. Scotland might be the only part of the United Kingdom where
politicians have successfully passed anti-hunting legislation, but they have failed to quell anger
among rural communities who will form a sizeable invasion force for tomorrow's Liberty and
Livelihood march - 10,000 strong. Scotland.
http://www.news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1047302002
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Scotsman: Cheers as saltires join the voices of protest
Edward Black. Why the countryside people of Scotland marched in the Liberty and Livelihood March.
Scotland.
http://www.news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?id=1056142002
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Scotland on Sunday: March of the hunters
J. Watson. The Scottish countryside is sending a 7,000-strong contingent of protesters to the
Liberty and Livelihood March. Scotland.
http://www.news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?id=1052692002
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Belfast Telegraph: Countryside supporters converge on London
Brian Walker. In a 1,000-strong joint effort between North and South, all 17 Northern Ireland hunts
plus other sporting groups marched with Countryside Ireland. Northern Ireland.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=335961
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Belfast Telegraph: Ulster farmers to back countryside march in London
Michael Drake. Ulster Farmers' Union President John Gilliland said,"No other Government in
Europe has let its farming industry slip into the crisis which now faces the future of farming in
Northern Ireland." Northern Ireland.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=335305
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Gulf Daily News: Fox-hunting backers face threats
Activists opposed to fox-hunting are threatening to wreck the homes and farms of country folk who
are expected to pour into London today in one of Britain's biggest ever protests. Bahrain.
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/arc_Articles.asp?Article=33120&Sn=WORL&IssueID=25186
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Gulf Daily News: 400,000 invade London to fight for rural rights
"We have no services, we have no post office, we have no shop, we never see a policeman,"
said a marcher from the village of Priors Hardwick in central England. "We've had
enough." Bahrain.
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/arc_Articles.asp?Article=33181&Sn=WORL&IssueID=25187
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Ireland Online: 400,000 countryside campaigners march on London
Rural Britain took over central London today in the biggest invasion of its kind ever seen as at
least 400,000 demonstrators converged on the capital. Whether the march will signal a sea-change in
the way the Government deals with rural affairs remains to be seen. Ireland.
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=48973102&p=489738x8
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Hi Pakistan: Huge rural march grips London
Farmers, hunters, landowners and rural residents and workers flocked from every corner of England,
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to bring London to a standstill and demand Prime Minister Tony
Blair's Labour government must do more to protect their traditional way of life. Pakistan.
http://www.hipakistan.com/en/detail.php?newsId=en11413&F_catID=&f_type=source
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The Telegraph Calcutta India
Front page. A child sleeps prior to the Liberty and Livelihood march - one of Britain's biggest
rallies - organised by the Countryside Alliance in London on Sunday. India.
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1020923/asp/foreign/index.asp
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Times of India: Protesters hound Blair over fox hunt ban
Despite Britain's flagging national health service, schooling scandals and shambolic transport
systems, it takes a proposed ban on foxhunting to really get the crowds out to protest. India.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/articleshow?artid=22988163&sType=1
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People's Daily: Tens of Thousands Demonstrate in London for Rural Rights
Tens of thousands of people from across Britain marched through central London on Sunday to stage a
protest against an official ban on hunting and highlight the needs of rural communities. China.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200209/23/eng20020923_103687.shtml
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Daily Mail & Guardian: Green-welly brigade set for pro-foxhunting march
Lambert, a master of fox hounds for 20 years, says those against hunting are predominantly
city-based people, ignorant of what the sport entails. "Their knowledge is probably based on
sound bites in the press and dramatic pictures from those who are against foxhunting, who regard
hunting as cruel and barbaric and totally out of tune with the 21st century," he says. South
Africa.
http://archive.mg.co.za/NXT/gateway.dll/DailyNews/MGO2002/3lv00157/4lv00309/5lv00317.htm?
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Cape Times: Rural folk and fox hunters hound London
More than 350 000 aggrieved country folk have taken part here in one of Britain's biggest marches,
defending the right to hunt foxes and protesting at the erosion of rural life. South Africa.
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=3&art_id=ct20020922235940611B635971
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BBC: London braced for huge protest
Organisers of the countryside march in London on Sunday say they expect a turn-out of at least
250,000 people.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2272292.stm
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Independent on Sunday: The revolt of the countryside
Simon O'Hagan. Interviews with various members of the village of Hallaton, Leicestershire in the
heart of hunting country. (Links to six additional stories on the same day.)
http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=335397
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Times: Yesterday, our nation spoke from the heart
William Rees-Mogg. Thoughts on the meaning of the march.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,482-424160,00.html
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BBC Breakfast: Countryside march
As tens of thousands converge on London for the Liberty and Livelihood marches, Breakfast reported
live on the issues involved in the rural protests. Photos and video clips.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast/2273939.stm
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BBC: Huge turnout for countryside march
Over 400,000 people marched through London in support of the countryside, in one of the UK's
biggest protests of recent times. Photos, audio clips and map. (Links to eleven additional stories
on the same day.)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2274129.stm
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Times: It's Livestock and Two Smoking Barrels as country goes to town
Ben Macintyre. Describes the diversity of the marchers and the unity of their cause.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-424224,00.html
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Sun: Capital swamped as 400,000 stage biggest protest in history
More than 400,000 lovers of the rural way of life demanded to be seen and heard. Helicopter photo.
(Links to two additional stories on the same day.)
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2002440354.html
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New York Times: 400,000 Rural Protesters Take to London Streets
Reuters. Rural protesters held one of the biggest marches of recent times in London to defend fox
hunting and their traditional ways of life. Video clip. [RealPlayer] USA.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/23/international/europe/23LOND.html
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Irish Independent: Countryside protesters take over London
More than 400,000 hunters, farmers, and landowners descended on London for the Liberty and
Livelihood march to defend fox hunting and their traditional ways of life. Ireland.
http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=27&si=831833&issue_id=8072
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Independent: Country invades town in a show of force (and ferrets)
Paul Peachey. The Countryside Alliance claims "hunting was a litmus test for the Government to
show willingness to deal justly with rural issues." (Links to six additional stories on the
same day.)
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/environment/story.jsp?story=335779
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Telegraph: What will make them listen?
Leader. Denounces the "breathtakingly patronising" response to the march by Alun Michael,
the minister for rural affairs.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2002/09/24/dl2401.xml
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Telegraph: Labour defies country march
George Jones, political editor. The Government was accused yesterday of adopting a "complacent
and arrogant" approach to the countryside after a minister described the Liberty and
Livelihood marchers as "muddled". (Links to seven additional stories on the same day.)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/09/24/nhunt24.xml
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Telegraph: A day for 815,582 sensible shoes
W.F. Deedes. Impressions of the people marching and their reasons for doing so.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/09/24/nhunt224.xml
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Spiked: Rural recognition
Josie Appleton. Liberty and livelihood on the march. Oppression breeds anger...and insurrection.
http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000006DA60.htm
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CNN.com: Huge rural march grips London
Around 400,000 campaigners have taken part in a countryside rights march in London in one of
Britain's biggest rallies. Video clip. [RealPlayer] USA.
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/09/22/uk.country/index.html
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Hello!: Celebrities join countryside marchers in huge demo
A wide range of famous faces including model Elle Macpherson, footballer-turned-actor-turned-singer
Vinnie Jones, comedian Jim Davidson, actor Edward Fox, Earl Spencer and explorer Sir Ranulph
Fiennes joined the demonstration in London.
http://www.hellomagazine.com/2002/09/23/ruralmarch/
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