Sea fishing licence?

In article , Norman
wrote:

House of Lords was reformed recently it always had a conservative
majority as the "Lords", who were not elected by the people, mostly
supported the Conservative principles.

Tony Blair has created the House of Lords that -he- wanted - and stuffed it
with appointees yet still they won't pass this one.

To introduce a licence or sea fishing tax the government/local council
etc would have to go through the procedure of making legislation to
make it legal.

Yes

All the two million + anglers would have to do is to
vote for the party that opposed this.

Hmmmm. The CA got 400K people to march in London. How many do you think
would actually turn up if the NFSA asked them..?

Sea fishing has a lot more support from ordinary people which
contrasts that of fox hunting which is primarily an activity rich
people indulge in.

You're wrong there I'm afraid.

A year's hunt membership costs about the same as a football season ticket.
A day's wrecking costs more than a day's hunting. It's cheaper if you
folllow on foot - the majority follow on foot.

Of course if you want to spend more you can - just like certain angling
tackle-junkies.

Outside the home counties the great majority of hunters are 'working' class.
(One of the checkout girls in my local supermarket for eg.)

Of course the Anti's don't bother to tell you any of this. It's no secret
that fishing is due for a lot more anti pressure once this one has gone
through, are you ready?

Cheerio,

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In article , Luis Troyano
wrote:

What you have probably heard is that the Government are considering
overruling the law and introducing a licence that would cost approx £22 per
person.

It's proposed to be either a separate licence or an extension of the current
national coarse fishing licence.

The timing is very suspicious, this one is claimed to show that HMG 'care'
for the sport and will use the revenue to improve sea angling...

For the freshwater anglers they have agreed a relaxation of the rules for
culling cormorants...

And each announcement showing they care for angling and feel our pain is
timed to co-incide with another twist on the hunting bill.

Just as if they didn't want 4 million anglers to side with the hunters and
shooters.

Now if you -really- want New Lab to take angling seriously and be ready to
make concessions turn out and support the hunters (make it clear you're an
angler) - any MP with less than a vast majority is going to sweat a bit and
start worrying...

....'cos there's an election due.

Cheerio,

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"Derek.Moody" wrote

The timing is very suspicious, this one is claimed to show that HMG
'care'
for the sport and will use the revenue to improve sea angling...

Like they look after our roads with the revenue from 'road tax'......Get a
life Derek, come into the real world.

Brian ( against any form of sea fishing license )

In article , Luis Troyano
wrote:

What you have probably heard is that the Government are considering
overruling the law and introducing a licence that would cost approx £22 per
person.

It's proposed to be either a separate licence or an extension of the current
national coarse fishing licence.

The timing is very suspicious, this one is claimed to show that HMG 'care'
for the sport and will use the revenue to improve sea angling...

For the freshwater anglers they have agreed a relaxation of the rules for
culling cormorants...

And each announcement showing they care for angling and feel our pain is
timed to co-incide with another twist on the hunting bill.

Just as if they didn't want 4 million anglers to side with the hunters and
shooters.

Now if you -really- want New Lab to take angling seriously and be ready to
make concessions turn out and support the hunters (make it clear you're an
angler) - any MP with less than a vast majority is going to sweat a bit and
start worrying...

....'cos there's an election due.

Cheerio,

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