Another fox hunting season has begun - and this year the issue is making even greater headlines than usual, largely because of growing speculation that the Tories, should they achieve victory in next year's election, will seek to overturn the ban brought in under Labour.Putting the cruelty aside, the Tories determination to focus on this issue when there's so many other things to concern themselves with shows just how out of touch with the general public they are: recent polls have shown a massive 75% of the public want to keep the hunting ban in place.

Here in Brighton I've yet to meet anybody who wants to see a return to traditional hunting . With the Tories clearly so out of touch on this highly controversial issue one has to wonder just how plugged in they are on other, more central, debates?