Please Act Now - General Election 2024

[Conor O'Gorman]

So many key issues will be decided by whoever takes power after the general election, there may never have been a bigger day at the ballot box for shooting.

Please act now to safeguard the future of shooting by contacting your parliamentary candidates before the general election on 4 July.

BASC has created a dedicated page where you can easily identify your candidates and ask them to support the BASC manifesto.

Contact your parliamentary candidates

Please ensure that any replies you receive are forwarded to politics@basc.org.uk

 

[jimmer.13]

I wrote to my local candidates asking for their policies on rural management agriculture and field sports.
And the only response for NW Hampshire so far was Andy Meacham from Reform.

Dear Jim,

You are a man of my own heart for several reasons listed below.
I used to shoot at Padworth, on the edge of Aldermaston many years ago.

I was a member or a small family syndicate that folded and I have only been able to go skeet shooting at Bisley since.
I still have my shotgun licence and a number of 12 gauges and 410s in the gun safe; however, they do not require cleaning that often nowadays.

A way of life and a very old culture was wiped out with astonishing speed over the last 10 years or so.

Whether you intend on voting for Reform UK or not on the 4th July, if I am elected, I will certainly resist any further restrictions on field sports or firearm ownership, especially where rural livelihoods and businesses are directly affected.

I am very glad that you have raised this issue and will push this to the grownups in the party for inclusion in the contract.

I have attached a copy of Reform UKs draft contract (policies) for your perusal, in case you are not familiar with it already.
It has been issued as a draft document for a good reason. It leaves is open for additional policies that are deemed appropriate.

Many thanks for contacting me and don’t hesitate to do so in the future, should you want to raise any issues or suggestions.

Best regards
Andy

 

[Nickb]

Great news....Nigel is back

 

[timbrayford]

So many key issues will be decided by whoever takes power after the general election, there may never have been a bigger day at the ballot box for shooting.

Please act now to safeguard the future of shooting by contacting your parliamentary candidates before the general election on 4 July.

BASC has created a dedicated page where you can easily identify your candidates and ask them to support the BASC manifesto.

Contact your parliamentary candidates

Please ensure that any replies you receive are forwarded to politics@basc.org.uk

The comment that I got from Richard Quigley Labour candidate for Isle of Wight west was that he eats pheasants

 

[south-nofolk-stalker]

So many key issues will be decided by whoever takes power after the general election, there may never have been a bigger day at the ballot box for shooting.

Please act now to safeguard the future of shooting by contacting your parliamentary candidates before the general election on 4 July.

BASC has created a dedicated page where you can easily identify your candidates and ask them to support the BASC manifesto.

Contact your parliamentary candidates

Please ensure that any replies you receive are forwarded to politics@basc.org.uk

Like I said in another posts our minority is so small compared to the rest, what we think or who we vote for is really irrelevant

Might sound negative, but it’s fact.

 

[Conor O'Gorman]

I wrote to my local candidates asking for their policies on rural management agriculture and field sports.
And the only response for NW Hampshire so far was Andy Meacham from Reform.

Dear Jim,

You are a man of my own heart for several reasons listed below.
I used to shoot at Padworth, on the edge of Aldermaston many years ago.

I was a member or a small family syndicate that folded and I have only been able to go skeet shooting at Bisley since.
I still have my shotgun licence and a number of 12 gauges and 410s in the gun safe; however, they do not require cleaning that often nowadays.

A way of life and a very old culture was wiped out with astonishing speed over the last 10 years or so.

Whether you intend on voting for Reform UK or not on the 4th July, if I am elected, I will certainly resist any further restrictions on field sports or firearm ownership, especially where rural livelihoods and businesses are directly affected.

I am very glad that you have raised this issue and will push this to the grownups in the party for inclusion in the contract.

I have attached a copy of Reform UKs draft contract (policies) for your perusal, in case you are not familiar with it already.
It has been issued as a draft document for a good reason. It leaves is open for additional policies that are deemed appropriate.

Many thanks for contacting me and don’t hesitate to do so in the future, should you want to raise any issues or suggestions.

Best regards
Andy

Thanks, if you have time could you email him a link to BASC election manifesto and ask if he would support that?

Direct link here:

https://basc.org.uk/basc-election-manifesto/

Any reply you get - please send to politics@basc.org.uk so that this candidate's listing can be registered and updated.

 

[Conor O'Gorman]

The comment that I got from Richard Quigley Labour candidate for Isle of Wight west was that he eats pheasants

Thanks, as above, if you have time could you email him a link to BASC election manifesto and ask if he would support that and then send any reply to politics@basc.org.uk so that this candidate's listing can be registered and updated?

 

[Conor O'Gorman]

Like I said in another posts our minority is so small compared to the rest, what we think or who we vote for is really irrelevant

Might sound negative, but it’s fact.

You can be a minority and be loud enough to make a difference. Apathy is our enemy. Perhaps you would give it a go? It would take as long as your comment above methinks.

 

[south-nofolk-stalker]

You can be a minority and be loud enough to make a difference. Apathy is our enemy. Perhaps you would give it a go? It would take as long as your comment above methinks.

Why??

It’s matters not to me who gets voted in, or what happens to the shooting world, I am at the point where I see things for how they are, not for what i want them to be.

I’m a realist these days not a dreamer

 

[Nickb]

Why??

It’s matters not to me who gets voted in, or what happens to the shooting world, I am at the point where I see things for how they are, not for what i want them to be.

I’m a realist these days not a dreamer

Why dont you care about shooting anymore , what has happened to change your view ?
Genuine question as shooting is my life and will never change , it's in the blood.

 

[south-nofolk-stalker]

Why dont you care about shooting anymore , what has happened to change your view ?
Genuine question as shooting is my life and will never change , it's in the blood.

I’ve done enough, it no longer excites me, I no longer get buck fever that was the big indicator, pulling the trigger and feeling nothing for the animals life I have taken I always said would be the beginning of the end, and I have reached that point.

I am not anti shooting in any way, I just don’t worry about things that we as a small minority have 0 control over.

It will be what it will be !

 

[Nickb]

I’ve done enough, it no longer excites me,

I've had 40 years of it and still love it. Cant imagine life without it , I've always thought of it as a way of life and not just a hobby.

 

[B&W FOX]

Great news....Nigel is back

Nigel enjoys his shooting and is a member of a small syndicate

 

[imnotrucknut]

Why??

It’s matters not to me who gets voted in, or what happens to the shooting world, I am at the point where I see things for how they are, not for what i want them to be.

I’m a realist these days not a dreamer

Time to chuck it in then mate.
Give you're ground to someone who is more worthy

 

[south-nofolk-stalker]

Time to chuck it in then mate.
Give you're ground to someone who is more worthy

Done that already given 2000 acres away

 

[imnotrucknut]

The day I stop getting buck fever or lose the adrenaline whilst stalking into deer.

I'll promo the same

Atb

Gary

 

[Andrewslater]

Lee, maybe you need to take a look at the voice the LGBTQ+ community have, certainly a minority that has a big voice.

 

[timbrayford]

Thanks, as above, if you have time could you email him a link to BASC election manifesto and ask if he would support that and then send any reply to politics@basc.org.uk so that this candidate's listing can be registered and updated?

Ok I'll see if I can get him to assist

 

[imnotrucknut]

You can be a minority and be loud enough to make a difference. Apathy is our enemy. Perhaps you would give it a go? It would take as long as your comment above methinks.

Done and awaiting response

 

[olliehopes]

Done that already given 2000 acres away

Might as well hand your tickets in if that's how you feel.

On another note, every post you make on any thread is always bringing the thread down. I guess you believe that you're being helpful. To me it makes you seem like a troll, it's quite irritating. It also seems that you're post don't actually contribute to the OP's original topic.

You're a grown man who holds an FAC, stop acting like a teenage girl!