Relevant extracts regarding hunting from The Blair Years - 2007
“Before the hunting statement, Gerald Kaufman (chairman of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee) called me to say he would never see himself as a loyal Tony Blair supporter again if we back-tracked on this. I said I never realised he was so passionate about it and he said he was, adding ‘If the Tony who stood up to Milosevic and bin Laden can’t stand up to the Countryside Alliance, I can’t support him.’”
Alastair Campbell
Thursday 21st March 2002