This article is ridiculous! The House of Lords is part of our system of government; if it is undemocratic for them to block legislation, then we can’t possibly be living in a democracy – but we clearly are, and the Lords had every right to reject the Bill. Foxes don’t vote, shouldn’t have any legislation protecting them – and they damage the rural economy -FACT. Fox-hunting is not a sport exclusively for ‘toffs’; I myself was born in Birmingham and my local hunt has no one that might be described as a ‘toff’. Blair himself had no issue with hunting, it was his wife’s idea (hence he didn’t turn up to vote on the ban). It didn’t pass through BOTH Houses which make up British government, it was undemocratically forced through by Blair and those who support the ban mainly live in urban areas – so its not really any of their business.