DEFRA failure: GL43 and gamebird release
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa99-n1tJ30 The anger in the countryside is palpable. It came to a head at the 2023 Game Fair, when Tory MPs lined up to criticise DEFRA, not Labour. DEFRA secretary Thérèse Coffey didn’t even turn up (we replaced her with a cauliflower). Meanwhile, Labour environment spokesman Daniel Zeichner was surprisingly positive about shooting sports. Click […]
Fieldsports Britain – Vinnie does the Game Fair
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo_spEywQss Vinnie Jones says it’s time to stand up for fieldsports. He was at the 2023 Game Fair at Ragley Hall, where the hunting and shooting organisations launched initiative after initiative against the antis. Deborah Hadfield rounds them up. Plus Charlie replaces DEFRA secretary Thérèse Coffey with a cauliflower, because she had the cauli-wobbles about […]
The 2023 Game Fair: home of the fieldsports fightback
youtu.be/4tpPephC0JM The Game Fair 2023 at Ragley Hall was a celebration of the best of British field sports and country life. More than 100,000 people attended the event in Warwickshire. It was three days of fun for shooters, families, friends and four-legged friends. But storm clouds are gathering for Fieldsports. The threats to the rural […]
The Vorn SR10, a hip pack that’s also a shooting platform
youtu.be/slekeV41hbY There’s enough to carry when you’re out stalking or doing vermin control – so anything that can do two jobs at once is a bonus. That’s the idea with the Vorn SR10 hip pack. It’s a practical 10-litre waist pack with plenty of space for all your gear. Plus it provides a stable platform […]
United Utilities feels pain of grouseshooting ban – Fieldsports News, 2 August 2023
www.youtube.com/watch?v=64w9UfUTqDI Here are the links: Water company’s shooting ban backlash – e-lobby Police hand back guns to pigeon shooters DEFRA approves commercial bluefin tuna fishery – DEFRA Bird flu threat warning – BBC Now hunters and shooters ‘bomb’ Packham’s house – Daily Mirror BASC says firearms consultation response is overwhelming – Home Office + Fieldsports […]
Greg Smith MP criticises DEFRA – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 73
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEPtKuTD0V8 Greg Smith MP is horrified at the way DEFRA has handled crises such as rescinding GL43. He is at the 2023 Game Fair and lams into Natural England and sneaky civil servants with an anti-shooting agenda. Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP criticises DEFRA– FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 72
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv4pSqf-iCw Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP is our unofficial minister for shooting. At the 2023 Game Fair, he tells Charlie Jacoby how DEFRA is getting it wrong. Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
Daniel Zeichner MP comes round to shooting – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 74
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fhm7CCAh3Y Daniel Zeichner MP is shadow environment minister. He came to the Game Fair in 2021, 2022 and in 2023 he took to the stage at the Game Fair Theatre to explain Labour’s policies on shooting (no current need for regulation), trailhunting (he will do his best for it) and trophy imports and exports (nothing […]