COUNTRY sports enthusiasts and members of the farming industry are gearing-up to march on London on Septem-ber 22 as part of the Countryside Alliance "Summer of Discontent" programme.
Alliance chief executive Richard Burge said: "The purpose of this march will be to show Parliament that it would be foolish to ignore the scale and depth of distrust and anger rural people feel at the moment.
"Politically, the countryside is tinder dry. Hunting has be-come the touchstone for the countryside's overall concerns. Rural people have lost faith that the institution of Parliament will deliver a fair and just resolution to this problem."
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