Shoppers in Broad Street were queuing up on Valentine's Day to support Labour's ban on fox-hunting.
The local Labour Party organised a survey to find out peoples' views on whether the ban should be removed (as proposed by the Conservatives) or retained.
No less than 100% of people who participated in the survey stated that they supported Labour's ban on fox-hunting. Yet the Conservative leader, David Cameron, has pledged to dedicate Government time, if elected, to a bill ending the ban.
Anneliese Dodds, Labour's parliamentary candidate for Reading East, stated: "It seems that Reading people are, if anything, even more supportive of Labour's ban on fox-hunting than the population as a whole. Nationally around 75% of people support the ban- in Reading, it seems, virtually everyone agrees with it.
"Getting rid of the ban on fox-hunting is one of the very few policies that the Conservatives have come out with - alongside cutting tax for the 3,000 richest estates".
And Councillor Bet Tickner stated: "I was pleased when the ban on fox-hunting was introduced. This barbaric 'sport' belongs to Medieval days, not the 21st century. We must ensure that the ban stays in place- and campaign against the Conservatives' plans to bring fox-funting back".
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