Claim d5e425a9Checked 09 Jul 2026
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“The hunting ban is a very good example of government impinging on our freedoms.”
Reasoning & Evidence09 Jul 2026
The Hunting Act 2004 made it an offence in England and Wales to hunt a wild mammal with a dog, subject only to narrow exemptions, and official guidance says the Act bans hunting of wild mammals with dogs except for specific conditions. So the ban did directly restrict the legal freedom of people who wanted to hunt foxes or other wild mammals with dogs. But it did not ban all hunting or other related activities, so calling it a "very good example" of government impinging on "our freedoms" is partly a value judgment rather than a fully objective fact. Sources: legislation.gov.uk (Hunting Act 2004); GOV.UK (Wild mammals: management and control options); UK Parliament Hansard (Hunting Act 2004).
From article
It’s difficult. I mean, listen, there are extreme libertarians who argue that all forms of pornography are acceptable, or – yeah, there are some very extreme positions out there. I don’t support those, but I do think that in this country government is impinging, bit by bit, upon our freedoms – and I think that the smoking ban and the hunting ban are two very good examples. I don’t hunt foxes, but if other people want to, that doesn’t actually impinge on my personal freedom.
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