Observer: The only thing sillier than this would be banning it
- Euan Ferguson. Discussion of what hunting is and isn't, and the effect of a hunting ban being the most memorable legislation of two terms.
- http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,668841,00.html

Observer: A fox isn't a chicken. Is it?
- Terry Jones. How fox-hunting would be 'improved' by treating the foxes like battery chickens.
- http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,669027,00.html

BBC: Here we go again
- Nick Assinder, political correspondent. What Alun Michael really said, and how he managed to satisfy no one and anger everyone.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1885535.stm

Guardian: How to survive in politics without being trying
- Jackie Ashley interviews Margaret Beckett, including her views and decisions as to how the government will handle foxhunting. "I am absolutely clear in my own mind that there will be a vote on the motion and that is not the end of the process - I am
- http://politics.guardian.co.uk/interviews/story/0,11660,661341,00.html

Guardian: Square deal for the fox
- Leader. Recommendation for a principled compromise.
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4365475,00.html

Observer: Shabby deal over hunting
- Cristina Odone. Why the Stephen Byers-for-fox trade shouldn't be done.
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4366607,00.html

Telegraph: Speak up for hunting
- Leader. Reviews the use and misuse of various tactics: lobbying, protesting, alienating and complacency.
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2002/03/09/dl0902.xml

Telegraph: Ban on foxhunting would be a triumph for the mob
- Brian Walden. Why prohibition of hunting is not the answer.
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2002/03/15/do1501.xml

Telegraph: Don't give an inch on hunting
- Leader. Explains why MPs and peers should vote for both self-regulation and the Middle Way.
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2002/03/16/dl1601.xml

Telegraph: Clergymen tell MPs and peers that field sports are moral pursuits
- The Rev Robert Block of Clergy in Field Sports explains the symbiotic relationship of everything in creation.
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/03/16/nhunt116.xml

Telegraph: Blair, not votes, will decide hunting's fate
- Charles Clover. Analysis of the expected negotiated compromise on hunting.
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/03/16/nhunt16.xml

Sunday Telegraph: Style Victims
- Leader. Gives suggestions for the Third Way of foxhunting.
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2002/03/17/dl1702.xml

Telegraph: 'We are fed up and want to be left in peace'
- Michael Kallenbach. Thoughts of the members and followers of the Royal Artillery Hunt on the Middle Way.
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/03/18/nhunt118.xml

Telegraph: 'Why is this minority being picked on?'
- Michael Kallenbach. Clips from nine MPs from the debates in Commons.
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/03/19/nhunt119.xml

BBC: Forum
- Video of Darren Hughes from the Countryside Alliance and Phyllis Campbell-McRae, UK Director of the International Fund For Animal Welfare.
- http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/talking_point/forum/newsid_1879000/1879323.stm

Telegraph: Peer warns of a war with countryside
- Michael Kallenbach, parliamentary correspondent. Comments from eighteen members of the House of Lords.
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/03/20/nhunt120.xml

Telegraph: Parliamentary sketch
- Frank Johnson. Humourous look at 'toffhunting' in the House of Lords debates.
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/03/20/nhunt220.xml

Guardian: Hunt supporters offer an olive branch
- Patrick Wintour. Clips from speeches in Lords.
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4377561,00.html

Telegraph: The hounding of liberty
- Leader. Analysis of the DEFRA announcement and comparison of the debates in the Lords and Commons.
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2002/03/22/dl2201.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/03/22/ixnewstop.html

Telegraph: Supporters will have to fight in European court
- Joshua Rozenberg, legal editor. Discussion of legal options available for both the UK and Scotland bills.
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/03/22/nhunt322.xml

Telegraph: Hunts prepare for the marching season
- By Charles Clover, Environment Editor. Analysis of Alun Michael's announcement on the future of hunting.
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/03/22/nhunt122.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/03/22/ixnewstop.html

Telegraph: Countryside threatens a rebellion
- Richard Savill. Reaction of the hunters, farmers and their supporters.
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/03/22/nhunt222.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/03/22/ixnewstop.html

Spiked: Rambling on
- Jennie Bristow. New Labour's countryside vision compared to the reality.
- http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000006D850.htm

Guardian: They think it's all over
- David Cameron, Conservative MP for Witney. Explains his thoughts and reactions to the debate, vote and Alun Michael's announcement about hunting.
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4379512,00.html

Guardian: Furious peers lose last chance to veto hunt ban
- Patrick Wintour, chief political correspondent. Alun Michael agrees to use the Parliament Act even in Commons overrides the new Bill with a total ban.
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/hunt/Story/0,2763,672075,00.html

Guardian: Closing in for the kill
- Gerald Kaufman, Labour MP for Manchester Gorton. Describes his 32-year career in Commons fervently dedicated to banning hunting.
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/hunt/Story/0,2763,671953,00.html

Telegraph: Drag hunts in the New Forest end in fiasco
- Daniel Foggo. The joint-master of the New Forest Draghounds has withdrawn their application for a licence to hunt as they could not be prevented from hunting live deer. The group had been sponsored by the RSPCA and backed by Elliot Morley, the agriculture
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/03/24/nhunt24.xml

Telegraph: Alliance plans London march
- Charles Clover, environment editor. Describes the anger of the members of the House of Lords at the threat of using the Parliament Act on a supposed vote of conscience.
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/03/28/nhunt28.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/03/28/ixhome.html

Guardian: Ministers seek compromise on hunting
- Anne Perkins, political correspondent. Clarifications from the rural affairs minister, Alun Michael, about what the consultation period is to achieve.
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,3605,676195,00.html