Welcome to the Norwich By-Election, where Labour appears to be taking lessons from Peta on how to layer on the old emotional blackmail. Words failed Iain (hat tip, btw).

The part of me that just wants to do exactly the opposite of whatever Labour wants or says almost tells me to start campaigning to bring back Fox hunting after this sort of thing.

I mean, look at the cute little Fox pup. Awww. Who’d want to kill that fox? Well, apparently Labour will if they lose. I mean, one could assume that they’re implying that if any candidate other than the Labour tool wins then the hunting ban will be revoked instantly and EVERY FOX DEATH WILL BE BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS! But that’s implausible and ridiculous. The only way the ban’s being lifted is if Labour lift the ban themselves, cos they’ve got the majority, and can do what the feck they want.

And that, it seems, is what they’re threatening. They’ll lift the fox hunting ban if they lose. That or they’ve got that Fox pup held hostage and right now, as we speak, an enthusiastic intern is on standby with a baseball bat.

Of course, they’ll say, “look we just want to have a debate about values” and, you know, play the class war card in the least subtle way imaginable. It’s slightly better than putting out a leaflet that says this:

No, I take it back. It wouldn’t.

UPDATE: Just to be absolutely clear, the ‘let’s see some gratitude’ is *my* handiwork, a ‘what the poster really says’ piece of satire. It is not the reverse of the leaflet or anything like that!