BEHIND THE MASKS

The British Hound Sports Association has called out yet more mistruths from so-called charity the League Against Cruel Sports after it staged its latest attention-seeking stunt in Cirencester.  On Thursday, LACS campaigns manager John Petrie wandered around the Gloucestershire town’s Market Square, harassing locals with a stuffed toy fox doused in fake blood.  According to the League’s own social media pages, Petrie “spoke to shoppers and even carol singers in Cirencester’s

The National Police Chiefs Council lead on illegal hunting, Chief Superintendent Matt Longman, spoke to a committee of anti-hunting activists in Parliament, just a few months after he was criticised for comparing trail hunting to serious crimes such as burglary and drug dealing . On Monday, Mr Longman attended a meeting in the House of Commons organised by the New Hunting Ban: a political pressure group which broke parliamentary standards  by falsely describing itself as havi