Queen guitarist Brian May also criticizes Tory party ahead of July 15th vote that could revive “cruel and unnecessary” sport
July 10, 2015
Paul McCartney has spoken out about the British government’s impending amendment that will once again open the door for fox hunting in England and Wales. In a statement, the bassist and longtime animal rights activist called the sport “cruel and unnecessary” and threatened that, by passing the bill, the conservative Tory party “would lose support from ordinary people and animal lovers like myself.”
“The people of Britain are behind this Tory government on many things, but the vast majority of us will be against them if hunting is reintroduced,” McCartney said. In 2004, the British government placed stricter restrictions on fox hunting, which was practiced legally for sport for nearly five centuries until the legislation passed. However, current Prime Minister David Cameron revealed in March he hoped to repeal the ban as long as the fox hunts were “appropriate” and done “efficiently,” The Guardian reports.
McCartney isn’t the only rocker to argue against renewing fox hunts: On July 9th, Queen guitarist Brian May appeared on BBC’s Newsnight to slam the amendment, which will be put to a vote on July 15th. “There is no justification for the hunting of foxes on the grounds of control of foxes,” May said. “They breed them to hunt; it’s all about people out there trying to catch foxes for fun. They like causing pain and this is what Cameron is endorsing.”
May appeared on Newsnight to debate fox hunting with a member of the Countryside Alliance, a group May called “a bunch of lying bastards.” Things only became more contemptuous from there.
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Good for him. He has done a lot of good, especially when people pay a lot of attention to what celebrities are doing and saying. Too bad this battle has to be fought again and again.
a bunch of lying bastards
Same thing over here, Brian! 🙂
Still loving Paul McCartney and all The Beatles and always will. They sang about love and meant it and still do.
Yes. Totally agree!
Wonder when they will allow selling wives and children?
Not ethical, but really popular in England back in the 19th Century. What of that tradition hmm?
People are so quick to pull the tradition card, but none of them are willing to comprehend that traditions are not sacred and their only purpose, generally speaking, is to keep stupidity alive so non-progressive “thinkers” don’t have to strain their already clearly struggling brain.