Countryside Alliance @CAupdates Chief Exec also fish, ducks, cricket, hounds, dogs & other country stuff tim-bonner(at)countryside-alliance.org
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My comment piece in @thetimes ‘Labour is losing the countryside all over again’
thetimes.com/uk/environment/…
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“The government’s ban on trail hunting and its threats to restrict shooting are not about class war, they are about culture war. A war against the independent, self-reliant and defiant culture of the countryside”.
✍️@CA_TimB countryside-alliance.org/fea…
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“If the Government can stop tearing itself apart long enough to pursue its ban on trail-hunting, shooting will be next in its sights”. @CA_TimB for @ShootingTimes.
It takes seconds to oppose the trail hunting ban. Time is running out.
Click here➡️ countryside-alliance.org/tra…
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Tim Bonner 🇺🇦 retweeted
Jun 10
“Stop the War on the Countryside” vans descend on Downing Street, as rural campaigners gear up for a fight over farming, hunting and shooting
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“Whoever is in charge of the Labour Party when the music stops needs to deliver the change that was promised in 2024. A change from the arrogant assumption that government knows what is best for the countryside” writes @ca_timb telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06…
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Jun 4
Wes Streeting is right. Labour has betrayed the countryside.
My piece in @Telegraph on how Labour lost the rural vote.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06…
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Tim Bonner 🇺🇦 retweeted
“UK magpies’ numbers doubled in the 20 years up to 1990, but the widespread adoption of trapping halted population growth and has kept numbers under control since.”
@CA_TimB argues a crackdown on magpie trapping will harm vulnerable songbirds⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05…
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May 31
Honesty, at least. There are a lot of Labour MPs in rural constituencies who will be hoping that this signals a new direction in the relationship between this government and the countryside.
May 31
On my road trip to people and places that have been lost to Labour since the 2024 General Election, I met farmers in Hexham to hear how we can bring them back into the fold. We must look after these custodians of our land who provide our food and bring so much to our society.
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Tim Bonner 🇺🇦 retweeted
May 29
🚨 In light of the Government’s recent announcement that they propose to ban trail hunting in England and Wales, Tattersalls encourages thoroughbred industry participants to make their views known.
Sign the Future For Hunting e-lobby here ➡️ t.ly/yRI6z
Trail hunting was introduced after the Hunting Act 2004 as an alternative to fox hunting. Labour pledged to ban the practice in its 2024 manifesto, but organisations are now lobbying MPs to oppose the move, warning it could put 1,000 rural jobs at risk.
@annarileynews
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Tim Bonner 🇺🇦 retweeted
Countryside Alliance Ireland (CAI) has been at Stormont today, warning politicians and the media of the dangers John Blair’s Hunting with Dogs bill poses to not only the countryside, but every dog owner. We'll be fighting this all the way.
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Thank you to everybody that has responded to this important story by completing our e-lobby in the last 24 hours 👏
People can see the government’s toxic culture war against rural people for what it is: a distraction.
You too can oppose the ban. It takes seconds. Link below⬇️
Trail hunting was introduced after the Hunting Act 2004 as an alternative to fox hunting. Labour pledged to ban the practice in its 2024 manifesto, but organisations are now lobbying MPs to oppose the move, warning it could put 1,000 rural jobs at risk.
@annarileynews
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🔥“The job of government is surely to improve people’s lives, not to behave like new puritans telling everyone what they can and cannot do”…
@nickherbertcbe delivered a powerful speech in the House of Lords focusing on the government’s ongoing assault on rural communities ⬇️
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Tim Bonner 🇺🇦 retweeted
Stormont minister accused of stoking 'culture war' between town and country after condemning hunting - as MLAs prepare for a key vote next week.
Presented as a fox hunting ban, an Alliance bill could have ramifications for country pursuits like shooting
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“Whatever conclusions the Labour Party comes to in the coming weeks and months and whoever is in Number 10, their approach to the countryside must change fundamentally if they are to have any chance of rebuilding a semblance of trust”…
✍️@CA_TimB countryside-alliance.org/fea…
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“More class war that makes no one’s life better”
Kemi Badenoch takes a swipe at the government’s proposed trail hunting ban⬇️
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Tim Bonner 🇺🇦 retweeted
My comments in @BelfastLive on ongoing concerns around John Blair's Hunting with Dogs Bill at Stormont, which "could see farmers, gamekeepers and ramblers imprisoned, fined, or both."
Act now: sign our e-lobby to tell MLAs you reject this bill - countryside-alliance.org/rej…
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Tim Bonner 🇺🇦 retweeted
Racing supports jobs, livelihoods and rural communities across Britain.
Government cannot afford to ignore the growing pressures facing the industry.
Read the latest from @CA_TimB 👇
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May 9
All set up and ready to go! Come and see @CAupdates at Badminton by fence 29 the Countryside Parallel
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Welsh politics is like a game of fuckwit poker. Each party tables competing bids to look more stupid than their rivals
This is Jane Dodds who is the politician responsible for getting greyhound racing banned in Wales
This level of abject incompetence should not be allowed in public service
Frightening
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“Many of the groups pushing for this ban [on trail hunting] have shooting, angling and livestock farming in their sights next. We must not let them succeed”.
✍️@CA_TimB writes for @FarmersWeekly ⬇️
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Tim Bonner 🇺🇦 retweeted
📰 Hunting bill puts shooters at risk of prosecution
A bill to ban hunting with dogs in Northern Ireland could criminalise shooting and gundog work, Countryside Alliance Ireland has warned.
The Hunting with Dogs Bill, brought by Alliance MLA John Blair, was reintroduced to the Assembly on 27 April, nearly five years after it was last defeated. It proposes criminalising hunting wild mammals with dogs, as well as trail hunting and terrier work.
👉 Full story: shootinguk.co.uk/news/northe…
#Hunting #NorthernIreland #Countryside #Dogs #Bill
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