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	Countryside Alliance - home
		Through campaigning, lobbying, publicity and education the Alliance influences legislation and public policy that impacts on the countryside, rural people and their activities.
		The Countryside Alliance has called on DEFRA Secretary Hilary Benn MP to be “brutal in rooting out the cause” of the latest Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak.
		The Countryside Alliance’s Chief Executive, Simon Hart, has been selected as a Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for his local constituency of Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire at the next General Election, standing for the Conservative Party.
	www.countryside-alliance.org (825 words)

	Countryside Alliance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Countryside Alliance (CA) is a British organization promoting the interests of those who pursue country sports (hunting with hounds, shooting and fishing) but which also claims to take an interest in other issues of relevance to rural dwellers.
		Supporters of legislation have questioned the credibility of the Countryside Alliance claims to speak for the countryside when polls suggest people in rural areas are divided in their support for/opposition to hunting with hounds in much the same proportion as the urban population.
		The Countryside Alliance mounted a series of legal challenges to the Hunting Act 2004 that banned hunting with hounds (integral to the sport of, for example, fox hunting) in England and Wales from February 18, 2005.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Countryside_Alliance (488 words)

	Countryside Party (UK) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was formed in May 2000 by Jim Crawford who was the Northern Director of the Countryside Alliance.
		The Countryside Party stood in the Scottish Parliament 2003 election for the Highlands and Islands area.
		The Party's six candidates in the region included Chris Thomas-Everard, whose family became famous during the 2001 foot and mouth crisis for refusing to allow his cows to be culled, Diana Scott the joint master of the Devon and Somerset hunt and prominent anti-hunting campaigner and Sir Ranulph Fiennes, the renowned explorer.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Countryside_Party_(UK) (351 words)

	Countryside Alliance Submission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Alliance's principal conviction is that the health and stability of the British countryside are totally dependent upon its people and their communities, and that there is an urgent need to address problems of sustainability, and even the viability, of rural life and culture.
		The Alliance was the organiser of the Countryside March in 1998, and of the regional demonstrations that took place in response to remarks made by the Prime Minister in the summer of 1999.
		The Alliance is concerned, however, that the report does not deal with the issue of whether (even if a farmer would be prepared to permit draghunting on his land), the farmer's land would, in fact, be suitable for draghunting.
	www.huntinginquiry.gov.uk /evidence/alliance.htm (16523 words)

	Montgomery Countryside Alliance
		Montgomery Countryside Alliance is a non-profit organization committed to the preservation of agricultural lands, rural open space, and the rural wedge by promoting sound land use, preservation of open space, protection of air and water quality, and enhancement of transportation alternatives.
		Montgomery Countryside Alliance mobilizes citizens to be involved in land conservation, land use planning, and other issues that affect the quality of life in Montgomery County.
		Beyond 2005, the Montgomery Countryside Alliance is committed to raising awareness about the benefits of the Agricultural Reserve.
	www.montgomerycountrysidealliance.org (692 words)

	DEFRA, UK: News releases 2002: COUNTRYSIDE ALLIANCE'S TEN POINT AGENDA ENDORSES GOVERNMENT'S POLICIES AND PRIORITIES - ...
		The Countryside Alliance's ten-point agenda raises ten issues which are very clearly at the heart of Government policies and priorities, Rural Affairs Minister Alun Michael said today.
		Indeed the Alliance welcomed its establishment and has been given the opportunity to be involved in several of the active working groups.
		On September 9,10 and 11 the Countryside Alliance took part in hearings of expert evidence on hunting with dogs, arranged by the Minister with their help, and that of the two other hunting umbrella groups, the Campaign for the Protection of the Hunted Animal and the Middle Way Group.
	www.defra.gov.uk /news/2002/020923b.htm (638 words)

	NEWS ARCHIVE 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Countryside Alliance are reassuring their members about meetings with civil servants, hunts are announcing and then cancelling "first meet" days and they are holding "non-hunting" meets.
		The Countryside Alliance's claim that it promotes a broad range of rural interests has been blown apart by a leaked internal document showing that it spends millions of pounds defending blood sports and only a fraction of that sum on other countryside campaigns.
		Countryside Alliance leaders have repeatedly denied they are a "front" for the blood sports lobby and say that they represent a wide range of concerns of rural people.
	pages.zdnet.com /hrthompson/leagueagainstcruelsportswarwickshiregroup/id29.html (5003 words)

	DEFRA news 2002: Countryside Alliance's ten-point agenda at heart of Government's policies, says Michael
		The ten-point agenda sent by the Countryside Alliance to Tony Blair this morning (23 September) raises issues which are at the heart of Government policies and priorities, said Rural Affairs Minister Alun Michael.
		Mr Michael called on the Alliance to work with ministers and other organisations to help rural communities and to avoid creating divisions in the countryside.
		Alliance leaders know that I have demonstrated my willingness to work with them for the good of rural communities.
	www.defra.gov.uk /news/latest/2002/postmarch.htm (313 words)

	Countryside Alliance: Britain's Tory Party rears its ugly head (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The pro-Conservative Party press depicted the demonstration as the march of the “humble farmer”, a swelling of outrage from the marginalised countryside towards the arrogance of the “urban establishment” in parliament.
		Labour’s supposed disdain for the “countryside”, which the march organisers sought to exploit, is in fact only one expression of its disdain for the working class, urban and rural.
		For all the attempts to project a vision of the countryside united against the uncaring townies, therefore, the relationship between the rural poor and the march organisers is akin to that of the Lord of the Manor to his gillies and beaters—or to stretch the analogy further back in time, to his serfs and vassals.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2002/oct2002/tory-o02.shtml (1913 words)

	Scotsman.com News - UK - Countryside Alliance takes protest to PM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Countryside Alliance takes protest to PM THE Countryside Alliance today sent an open letter to the Prime Minister calling on him to govern "for all people" after 400,000 marchers took to the streets of London.
		The move was announced along with the formation of a new rural council to lobby the Government on behalf of the countryside as the TUC and CBI does for unions and business interests.
		John Jackson, chairman of the Countryside Alliance, said: "A huge number of peaceful law-abiding people, which is what country people usually are, went on this march but it’s clear to all of us there is simmering anger out there.
	news.scotsman.com /uk.cfm?id=1058932002 (472 words)

	NAIA: British Countryside Alliance fights hard to derail hunt ban and save rural culture
		British Countryside Alliance fights hard to derail hunt ban and save rural culture After years of debate and growing pressure from animal rights activists, the British House of Commons approved a total ban on hunting with hounds on June 30.
		The Countryside Alliance, Britain’s coalition of farming, hunting, fishing, and other rural interests, opposed the government bill as a sop to activist groups, favoring instead a plan that would regulate hunting.
		The Countryside Alliance notes that hunting is the most humane and natural method ofwildlife management and that a ban on hunting with hounds...
	www.naiaonline.org /body/articles/archives/bcafightstoderailhuntban.htm (678 words)

	Countryside Alliance - Information for people returning to the UK from overseas
		Animals are reared in the countryside and it is from there that they go to slaughter.
		City dwellers may see the countryside in contrast to their overcrowded urban environment, and it may lurk in their psyches as a symbol of where they'd rather be, or where they'd like to end up at the end of their working lives.
		The countryside for them is both a place of peace and beauty and an enduring symbol of the same.
	www.countryside-alliance.co.uk /policy/whatis/views.htm (773 words)

	Countryside Alliance - jobs and rural enterprise
		The Countryside Alliance supports Gordon Brown's budget promise to cut the number of rural inspection agencies from 22 to five. This is an important step forward for small businesses.
		The Countryside Alliance welcomes the publication of the draft Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill but has serious concerns about several of the recommendations, such as the current form the Integrated Agency is going to take.
		The Countryside Alliance welcomes the proposal by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority to introduce rules which will mean that half of all new homes built in the region will be for local people and key workers.
	www.countryside-alliance.org.uk /index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=0&Itemid=710 (641 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Huge turnout for countryside march
		Following months of organisation the Countryside Alliance hailed the march as a huge success and it called on the government to make a "considered response".
		The Countryside Alliance, formed originally to oppose a ban on fox hunting and other forms of hunting with dogs, says it represents all rural people who feel their way of life is under threat.
		The Alliance will also be delivering a 10-point open letter to the prime minister at the end of the march.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/2274129.stm (705 words)

	Countryside Alliance turns to A&O - 19 November 2004
		The Countryside Alliance is contending that because the 1911 Parliament Act was used to introduce the 1949 Act, this means the 1911 Act was effectively amending itself — something that should not have been done.
		If the alliance’s case is successful, acts of parliament including the Age of Homosexual Consent Act 2000, the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, and the War Crimes Act 1991 will also be overturned.
		The Countryside Alliance is also planning an attack on the Hunting Bill using the Human Rights Act.
	www.thelawyer.com /cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=112956&d=11&h=24&f=46 (353 words)

	Countryside Alliance, second stage submission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Alliance hopes that the Inquiry Committee’s own impartial investigations, including its extensive field visits, have given its members an appreciation of the Alliance's view, as well as a sense of the true complexity and significance of the role of hunting with dogs in both human and animal life in rural areas.
		The Alliance has previously addressed the issue of the freedom of a minority to carry on a lawful activity, even though it may not be carried on, or even approved of, by the majority.
		The Alliance submits that the evidence before the Inquiry strongly suggests that the consequences of a ban on hunting with dogs is vastly outweighed by the benefits and advantages of hunting with dogs.
	www.huntinginquiry.gov.uk /evidence2/ca2.htm (15844 words)

	The Countryside Alliance - General Election Views (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		This is the unique characteristic of our countryside which differentiates it from the city and which shapes our economy, environment, community, and culture.
		Richard Burge is Chief Executive of the Countryside Alliance.
		The Alliance can be contacted through its website at http://www.countryside-alliance.org or on e-mail at info@countryside-alliance.org.
	www.countrylife.co.uk /ge/alliance.php (539 words)

	Countryside will 'erupt in fury' if it is not heard, warns alliance (UK PROTEST UPDATE) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The countryside will erupt in fury if the Government does not listen to the Liberty and Livelihood march's concern about a possible ban on hunting, John Jackson, chairman of the Countryside Alliance, warned yesterday.
		Mr Michael accused the Countryside Alliance of trying to hijack the many genuine rural concerns of people on the march with its message about hunting.
		Mr Jackson called for the countryside to be given equal provision of health care, education and public security as urban areas.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/755453/posts (2631 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Guardian daily comment \| We would support the lawbreakers
		The Countryside Alliance would never recommend its members, or others, to engage in civil disobedience by breaking the law.
		The Countryside Alliance has no doubt that if the government does what it has promised and introduces proposals in relation to hunting, which based on the evidence, are principled and just, those proposals cannot be for the banning of any properly conducted form of hunting.
		If there were a ban, anybody - whether or not a member of the alliance - who regarded that ban as manifestly unjust and, as a matter of conscience, followed Thoreau's thinking would be supported publicly by the alliance, particularly at the time of their trial.
	www.guardian.co.uk /comment/story/0,3604,817273,00.html (757 words)

	Countrylife On-line (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Rural communities saw the Bill as the test case for the political future of the countryside, and united to send an unmistakable message to Parliament - 'Listen to your Countryside!' Claims that the Bill was withdrawn to protect bills ahead of it from being filibustered are inaccurate.
		John Gardiner, Countryside Alliance Director of Political Affairs, said: "This Bill represented a great threat to the rural way of life, to animal welfare, conservation and jobs.
		The Countryside Alliance announces that Janet George is to leave the organisation.
	www.farmline.com /openareas/folcorps/col/news/ca9798.asp?StoryID=14955&Key=FOLGUEST (317 words)

	Countryside Alliance fails to overturn hunting ban - 16 February 2005
		The Countryside Alliance’s heavyweight legal team of Allen & Overy, Sir Sydney Kentridge QC and Richard Lissack QC today (16 February) saw its appeal against the ban on hunting dismissed by the Court of Appeal.
		The alliance launched its challenge to the hunting ban in November, after the Hunting Act 2004 received royal assent.
		Allen & Overy litigation partner Andrew Clark represented the Countryside Alliance, with Brick Court Chambers’ Sir Sydney Kentridge QC and Outer Temple Chambers’ Richard Lissack QC as counsel.
	www.thelawyer.com /cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=114090&d=122&h=24&f=46 (383 words)

	UK Indymedia - Against the Countryside Alliance
		The Countryside Alliance are hoping a million turn up on September 22nd for their Land and Liberty march, they will be lucky to get 300,000 although with regular adverts in a lot of national newspapers it is hard to call.
		Traditional aristocracy are the mainstays in the hierarchy (official and unofficial) of the Countryside Alliance.
		Clearly the Alliance shouldn't be allowed to claim it is working in the interests of all the people in the countryside.
	www.indymedia.org.uk /en/2002/09/41112.html (1075 words)

	Countryside Alliance - hunting
		The Countryside Alliance has condemned Labour MP for Wansdyke, Dan Norris, following his visit to the foxhunting village of Badminton to gloat on the eve of the hunt ban coming into force. Badminton residents are appalled by the misleading spin and accusations made by Mr Norris.
		The Countryside Alliance has announced that it will ask the House of Lords to consider the validity of the 1949 Parliament Act following today's ruling in the Appeal Court.
		Countryside Alliance Demonstration at the Labour Party Spring Conference demonstration, Gateshead
	www.countryside-alliance.org.uk /index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=0&Itemid=701&limit=12&limitstart=84 (757 words)

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		The Countryside Alliance was accused of being out of step with its own marchers today after a poll revealed three-quarters (73%) do not think the CA should have hunting as its primary campaign issue.
		John Rolls, RSPCA director of Communications, said: “The Countryside Alliance organized this lavish and expensive march with the aim of saving fox hunting, but the results of this poll prove that has clearly backfired on them.
		The Alliance is reported to have spent up to £1 million on today’s march.
	www.ifaw.org /ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=83959 (760 words)

	Stroud Valleys' Anarchists: Bollocks To The Countryside Alliance
		The Countryside Alliance, as you probably know, a disgusting bunch of fox-huntin, land-owning rich bastards who should have had there heads docked when they were born.
		Mean while, they expect the rest of us in the countryside to keep quiet and let them get on with pretending to be us, and expect those living in the towns and cities to sit back and let them march around in their shit dress sense.
		However, it is not enough to say bollocks to the Countryside Alliance (although it is quite fun and satisfying), we have to take action to oppose them.
	www.geocities.com /svanarchos/Bollocks (850 words)

	Countryside Alliance turns to the Lords - Horse&Hound Online
		The Countryside Alliance has lodged an official petition for its appeal against the 1949 Parliament Act to be heard by the House of Lords
		A petition has been lodged with the House of Lords by the Countryside Alliance (CA) requesting that the House hears an appeal to the original High Court judgement on the 1949 Parliament Act.
		The Alliance has often acknowledged that their case stands the best chance of being heard by the Lords, so is still feeling confident their case is a strong one.
	www.horseandhound.co.uk /competitionnews/392/61976.html (248 words)

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