PEOPLE who live in the Bucks Free Press circulation area apparently differ sharply with the broadsweep of opinion nationally.

Last week there was a report that more than 85 per cent of 275 readers who voted in a poll on the BFP website said they did not agree with a ban on hunting foxes, deer and hares. Twelve per cent wanted a ban.

This is despite umpteen opinion polls nationally recently showing an average of more than 65 per cent want a ban on bloodsports. I suspect pro-hunt zealots spotted the BFP poll and just kept on voting repeatedly.

Hazlemere sceptic

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