Hunt ban's impact on Blair

[mindspell]

They even invoked the Parliament Act to have it go through....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4024171.stm

Analysis
By Nick Assinder
Political Correspondent, BBC News website

It all started when Tony Blair stunned everyone - including, it was said, his own cabinet - by declaring he would ban hunting before the election.

 

[mindspell]

Good thing about being a leader of a country, with Parliament control, that is destined to lose in the next election: You can do things that you believe in that would normally be political suicide.

Bad thing: Those suicidal things you might do could be extremely wrong.

 

[xfer]

could be, but Tony Blair is fairly awesome and I don't think that banning tally-ho fox-hunting with hounds and horses is extremely wrong.

 

[avi]

I'm for the ban

 

[mindspell]

Its not what I am saying, I was saying that in a more general way, not really about this particular ban.

 

[AndICried]

Glad to see the ban. Such weak opposition parties makes me doubt labour will be ousted.