[Diggers350] Mandelson: Tony Blair banned fox hunting after a £1 million donation from animal rights campaign IFAW

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Mandelson: Tony Blair banned fox hunting after a 
£1 million donation from animal rights campaign IFAW

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Tony Blair agreed to ban fox hunting after a £1 
million donation to Labour from an animal rights group, Peter Mandelson claims

Emacs!

The former business secretary said the group got pretty transactional

By Jason Groves  published 14 December 2023

<https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12866059/tony-blair-ban-fox-hunting.html>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12866059/tony-blair-ban-fox-hunting.html

Tony Blair agreed to ban fox hunting under 
pressure because of a £1million donation to 
Labour from an animal rights organisation, Peter Mandelson has claimed.

Emacs!

The former business secretary said the group got 
pretty transactional and it demanded the ban 
in return for the cash  which at the time was 
the partys biggest ever donation.

The Labour peer, who is now an adviser to Sir 
Keir Starmer, did not name the group involved. 
However, his comments appear to be a reference to 
a £1million donation given by the late animal 
rights campaigner Brian Davies, who founded the 
International Fund for Animal Welfare.

Emacs!

Lord Mandelson revealed the pressure Mr Blair was 
facing during a discussion about political 
funding on the Times Radio podcast How To Win An Election.

Asked about whether donors had ever tried to buy 
influence, he said: I can offer you an example 
from 1997 when an organisation  it was a fund to 
do with the welfare of animals  got pretty 
transactional with us. It was the first and last time I can remember this.

They wanted a ban on hunting in return for a 
very sizeable amount of money. And Blair and Co 
were sort of reluctant obviously to enter into 
some sort of trade over this policy.

Emacs!

However, there were a lot of people in the party 
who wanted that ban  there were a lot of MPs 
coming and demanding it  and we got into a 
difficult situation where frankly we went a 
little bit too far  further than Blair wanted  
in making this commitment in our manifesto.

It was, frankly, under not duress but under some 
sort of pressure. It wasnt attractive and its not been repeated.

His comments will raise fresh questions about 
political sleaze. Labour has been trying to woo 
wealthy donors in the same manner as it did in the run-up to the 1997 election.

Emacs!

Tim Bonner, chief executive of the Countryside 
Alliance, which led the campaign against the ban 
on hunting, said: Tony Blair has already 
admitted that the hunting ban was one of the 
legislative measures he most regrets.

The Hunting Act has failed at every level, not 
least in the damage it has caused to the 
countryside and biodiversity. A future Labour 
government should right the wrongs of the past 
and remove this running sore in Labours relationship with rural communities.

But a spokesman for Sir Tony said it was a 
misinterpretation of Lord Mandelsons comments 
to suggest that Labours policy had been influenced by the donation.

They added: There was no such agreement, he is 
clearly saying there were a lot of people who had 
passionate views on the subject.

Emacs!

Labours 1997 manifesto pledged to facilitate a 
free vote in Parliament on whether hunting with 
hounds should be banned by legislation.

Legislation to ban hunting was not finally 
introduced until 2003 and did not come into force 
until 2005 following a titanic parliamentary battle.

In his political memoir, Sir Tony voiced regret 
about the ban and revealed that he had 
deliberately left loopholes in the legislation 
that would allow hunting to continue provided 
certain steps were taken to prevent cruelty.

He said he had not realised the primeval 
passions that the ban would cause among rural communities.

The International Fund for Animal Welfare did not 
respond to a request for comment. The Labour 
Party has yet to comment on the matter.

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