As Andrew Rawnsley points out in today´s Observer, there can be no clearer sign that the Tories have finally abandoned their claim to be a serious opposition at the next General Election than this. With all the opportunities to attack Blair over recent months and with Prezza left in charge of the country... Michael Howard declares a major initiative calling for a fair deal for country sports. Those who want to freely engage in shooting and hunting defenceless animals and want to engage in wildfowling and deerstalking, can rest safely in their beds tonight knowing that Michael Howard is going to get the bureaucrats of their back and reduce red tape. The rest of us will carry on in the real world...
