OUTSIDERS must view Great Britain with mirth or contempt.

Burdened with the post-war legacy of Iraq, a deteriorating NHS, police, fire and ambulance and education services, increasing serious crime, unchecked immigration etc what does the incumbent government do? It prioritises the well-being of the fox.

The English way of life is not being protected by the back bencher MPs. The pivotal point of this ban is alarming because the fox is not a protected species, so why, by parliamentary stealth, was this illegal prohibition forced through?

Based upon ignorance, prejudice, bias, intolerance, spite, lies and hate, a politically motivated campaign is being waged against the Countryside Alliance, a minority group, and this is outright discrimination. The traditional liberties, livelihoods, values, standards and customs of the rural communities are under siege.

If the Countryside Alliance is downed, it won't stop there, the political axe will take other heads such as fishing, boxing, equestrian sports etc. All of this should create deep concern, even a hint of fear, into the minds of thinking people.

W H TURBERFIELD, Childers Road, Priors Grange, Ledbury.