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| Weekend countryfolk to challenge hunting ban 5 Jul 2003 by Malcolm Drury Faced with the ban on fox hunting with hounds, weekend countryfolk throughout Britain's cities are banding together to fight the government. Sir Douglas Whistlethwaite-Twickenham-Ramsbottom, spokesman for the Urban Alliance for the Preservation of Archaic Country Activities (UAPACA) told our DeadBrain field and stream reporter that the fight is only just beginning. "The fight is only just beginning" he said. "We have engaged the services of Basil Thickers-Theeves, Q.C., to launch a legal challenge against this heinous legislation, which wantonly treads on the rights of city dwellers to relax at the weekend by going down to the country and chasing a few animals." Our reporter asked Mr. Thickers-Theeves what his strategy will be. "Too early to say at present, old boy," he replied. "The first thing is to get UACAPA to cough up some readies. This fight won't be cheap. Then we'll be looking for political support, as well as support from those people who live in the country all week long. It's they who will suffer from this legislation ultimately, when they get attacked by hordes of slavering foxes. And we might look for support from the very pinnacle of Britain's huntin', shootin' and fishin' population, if you get my drift." Asked to explain the latter, Mr. Thickers-Theeves added "Well, we've heard a rumour that a certain Prince is not happy with the legislation, not happy at all." Pressed, he refused to elaborate further other than referring obliquely to the thin end of the wedge and Charles I's dismissal of Parliament as a precedent. Professor Douglas Ramsbottom of the University of Bootle, an international expert on rural pursuits, and president of the Campaign for Real Britain, told us that while the challenge would be supported by real countryfolk who make their living off fox hunting, there are too few of them to make a difference. "Very few people actually live in the countryside any more, you see", he said, "and those that do generally prefer to get into the towns as much as possible." Alerted to this challenge, Iain Duncan Smith, "leader" of the alleged Tory Party, said that he probably welcomed it and might support it. A Downing Street spokesman had no comment.
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