Oh Deer, Oh Deer, Oh Deer
Faux outrage all round this morning following Tory MP Glyn Davies’ tongue-in-cheek tweet about shooting a stag in his garden:
Beautiful antlered stag in the garden, grazing on shrubs border. Oohs of admiration from family. I just wished I still had my 12 bore handy.—
Glyn Davies (@GlynDaviesMP) November 17, 2012
Leading the lefty indignation is, somewhat predictably, the 12 bores over at the League Against Cruel Sports, chaired by one John Cooper QC. And just who is John Cooper QC? The very man who nobly defended the tweeter’s right to tell jokes in the infamous twitter joke trial. Staggering hypocrisy…
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others”
Well, it certainly doesn’t help put to bed the ‘toff’ controversy. They sometimes don’t help themselves do they?
Very rare to see s toff deer stalking. It’s usually plebs and poachers who get up to that kind of mallarky.
Norfolk’s Finest is an oxymoron if ever I’ve heard one. Are you one of those Plods who waddles about Norwich weighed down in your “anti-stab” armour but with a bald, bare head instead of a helmet?
Where did you get the erroneous idea that I’m a Plod?!
Only a pleb would shoot a stage with a 12-bore.
B1lbo, when was the last time you saw the outside world?
You do not shoot a Stag with a 12 Bore.
Similarly, an airgun is not a “high powered rifle”.
faux, faux, if you want to,
the truth is not for turning,
rather it is staggering (up) after its long slumber.
Exactly. Shooting a stag with a shotgun would lead to prosecution under animal cruelty legislation.
Should use .303 or .308.
.303 / .308 ??? – would do far too much damage to the beast at a range within the confines of a garden.
.243 is plenty.
He is this weeks winner of the “Harman PIE prize” for Hypocrisy.
I prefer a machine gun when I’m out bagging tigers , each to their own .
He goes on to admit that he hasn’t shot any deer for 40 years.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2235088/I-wish-I-12-bore-handy-Twitter-confession-Tory-MP-Glyn-Davies-spotted-beautiful-stag-garden.html
Use Twitter to shut down discussion, close down dissent, bully those whose ideas you dislike.
Surely a 6.5mm rifle rather than a shotty.
For a start one does dot use a shot gun to shoot a stag. One uses a rifle.
And they’re out of season!
Wrong. Both red stags & hinds are in season.
Oops-was thinking about Scotland
Red deer stags are most definitely not in season at present – unless marauding…
Agreed
Minimum calibre .240 centrefire High Velocity.
In practise this means .243 ( 6mm )
i am not a number.
Is Cooper suggesting that Davies should be prosecuted then? That would indeed be hypocritical. Otherwise …
Lawyers ….
They say it is not hypocritical …. “doing the best by their client” is the usual mantra
lawyers let not foget.
are officers.
of.
the.
court.
So what? Are they on duty 24/7/365?
An inveterate self publicist. Pay no heed. One of our PPCs back in the day I’m embarrassed to admit.
Would Cooper take it as a threat to kill if one quoted a line of Shakespeare to him?
Crikey – shooting a stag how wrong …
We all know Venison is grown on shelves in Morrisons
I can’t afford venison as it’s a little deer
Venison? Morrisons!
Only for cash squire.
Stuck in a rut
Oh, very good!
He’s trying to fawn affection.
We finally know Millitwats position on the EUSSR. He will not take us out under any circumstances. All the Tories have to do know is get rid of call me Dave, and it’s job done, isn’t it?
Left Wing Thought Police – ready at the drip of hat to engage and vilify what most people refer to as banter. Not really surprised.
thoughtpolice,
now that is the phrase which is emerging. it is said that the abusers tell the abused. it was all a dream. do not trust anyone, not even yourself.
trust me,
I am your fixer, in any case dear, do you have any other choice.
never forget IBM’s foundation.
The fear uncertainty doubt principle.m
and that led to no won failed for buying IBM.
But you do if if you buy into left wing bullshit
I wish there was some toilet paper in my cubicle, I hope there is a spare pare of socks in the car
from my iphone@strensham services
FFS Glyn Davies is taking the piss.
BTW he has a bigger trophy than the stag that got away – Lembit Opik who he defeated at the last election.
Glyn is a top man.
+1
He didn’t defeat Lembit, Lembit defeated Lembit. The Tories could have put up a donkey and would still have won. Montgomeryshire voters were really fed up with the self-publicizing pillock. Most of Glyn’s votes were protest votes – he won’t hold the seat at the next election – unless the LDs are stupid enough to let Lembit stand again.
We prefer to use white phosphorous on them.
Cluster bombs do a better job.
Perhaps he wasn’t referring to shooting the stag, rather the wet family members. Look at the evidence before you, QC, before making assumptions. What is what is wrong with the judiciary these days?
They seem to be firmly on-message.
Apart from everything, you mean?
Cooper is not a member of the judiciary. He might even regard it as unamusingly defamatory to be accused of being so obviously a member of the establishment.
You know whenever I walk past a group of baseball capped motherfuckers I often say to my missus ‘I wish I had a 12 bore handy’.
But suggesting shooting a beautiful Stag Glyn Davies,you have gone too far.
You don’t shoot deer with a 12 bore, you need a rifle. It must have been an attempt at a gag but feel short..as would a 12 bore
A solid slug from a 12 bore would probably flop a stag I reckon.
Since it would go through a car engine block it would make a mess of the bits it hit.
Yup. It can. Need to be close, though. No further than 100 feet. I’m boring you now, aren’t I?
Nope, you’re clearly an expert and you’ve got my complete attention …. is that the doorbell?, must go.
Is today the day for the Avon lady?
Show me a rose, and I’ll show you a stag at bay.
Show me a rose, or leave me alone.
Talking of toffs, I see His Lordship’s having a shake of the ITV money tree.
Greedy bastard
Are you impugning the lineage of our client?
I didn’t say which lord
You don’t need to, mentioning ITV sealed your fate son.
Blimey, that’s close to the edge.
Guido – What makes you think only the left hate killing animals for fun?
Making assumptions there mate –
I don’ think anyone would ever accuse me of being a lefty – but I loathe the hunting, shotting fishing Tories with a passion.
Partly because they get off on cruelty………. what sort of tosser gets off killing a sentient creature for fun? Mostly ones with a small dick.
And partly because they come from that smug Cameron type Tory who thinks they were born to rule and that any ‘pleb’ that tries to succeed doesnt know their place.
You wanna join the 21st century mate and catch up with the fact you cant put people into little boxes of left and right – Thats what Guardian reading types do.
Do you also hate the hunting, shooting, fishing Labourites as well?
Yep. I know plenty of working class fishermen, wildfowlers, game shooters, ferret men, deer stalkers, fox shooters and bunny slotters and not one a Tory
Please ask the dentist to remove your canine teeth, you’re not fit to eat any non-vegetables.
I enjoy hunting because I enjoy eating. Venison is a particularly lovely meat as is pheasant, wild boar, duck and so on.
You are an absolute dickhead. No one shoots animals for fun…unless you’re some kind of chav. They’re shot to be eaten. Moron!
I was feeling hungry. After all, the b*stard had eaten all the shrubs and there was nothing else in the larder. And the family was starving …
That’s nothing I love kicking dogs.
You must be double jointed.
Cameron’s big idea for today. Cut red tape.
Hasn’t he already done that one two years ago?
You mean the one with red hair?
Anyone who would even contemplate shooting a Deer with a 12-bore should not even be permitted to own one. You need, at minimum, a .275″
Jerk.
Solid rifled slugs – would do the job nicely. Don’t *think* they’re legal without an FAC – anyone know?
Any cartridge containing fewer than five shot is classed as Section 1 and require a FAC. If in doubt, check with BASC.
Or containing shot of Diameter greater than .36″
I think he should be lauded by the tree huggers. Like the majority I expect he is an omnivore so all he would be doing is obtainig his meat with 0% carbon footprint. Round of applause for the man is in order.
One sound effect you never want to have as a ringtone, if you work anywhere around Westminster– they might take it personal:
(*click click*) BAM! That’s the sound solution to a lot of problems, I reckon!
Enjoying killing animals is what separates us from animals.
Media outrage is always selective. Note the BBC story on Helen Grant MP and Minister.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20392131
Usual expenses stuff, but any clue which party she belongs to?
The “Just keep stuffing the public cash into my pockets and stop asking questions about private matters” party.
It is almost impossible to tell which party affiliation politicians claim solely from the depth to which they trough.
Is this a trick question?
What an arselicker Guido is. When he’s not sucking up to Israelis, he’s sucking up to toffs.
Maybe he just wanted to commit suicide.
Glyn Davies, as a lawmaker, should know it is illegal to shoot a deer with a shotgun save in very narrow circumstances (for instance if you’ve just been in a collision with it and need to put it out of its misery).
A rifle with a minumum calibre of .240 and minimum muzzle energy of 1,700 foot pounds is the legal requirement.
I’m a very naughty boy
In hind sight I bet he wished…
I’ll get me coat
don’t use a 12 bore let the leauge do it for you.
I prefer a Panzershrek as it leaves the beast in manageable pieces for the barbeque. Fuck off John Cooper QC you leftie piece of shite. Much love. Adolf