Countryside Alliance

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Championing the countryside, rural life, and traditions. Join us today for community, conservation, and member benefits, including insurance coverage.

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Countryside Alliance@CAupdates · 10 h

Swapping Worthy Farm for Ragley Hall, this weekend will see well over 100,000 people descending on Warwickshire for the Glastonbury of the countryside – the Game Fair. This annual stalwart of many country folks’ diary is a real celebration! eu1.hubs.ly/H0l-5kf0

CAupdates's tweet image. Swapping Worthy Farm for Ragley Hall, this weekend will see well over 100,000 people descending on Warwickshire for the Glastonbury of the countryside – the Game Fair. This annual stalwart of many country folks’ diary is a real celebration!

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Rachel Evans - Countryside Alliance Wales@CAevs · Jul 21

Thanks @LibDemDavid for popping by today and re-iterating your support for the undergrounding of electricity cables and for raising concerns about other issues linked to the anti-pylon campaign. Thanks for all your work on this.

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Countryside Alliance@CAupdates · Jul 20

When I think of our heritage and our countryside, I picture swathes of heather stretching across open hill. I picture vibrant green arable fields with cattle and sheep grazing. I picture forestry filled with deer, foxes, pine,' writes @ScotCountryside eu1.hubs.ly/H0lQBRB0

CAupdates's tweet card. Debate over fox control in Scotland highlights the clash between wildlife management practices and animal rights activism, impacting the survival of vulnerable species and livestock.

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Countryside Alliance@CAupdates · Jul 23

Not long now until @TheGameFair, will we be seeing you there?! We are located at Stand E1128, right next to the @CarterJonas Theatre, and we are out in force to chat with you about our current campaigns and our fight for rural communities. Come and say hello - we can't wait!

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Countryside Alliance@CAupdates · Jul 23

"Rats that live in trees" - why we need to get to grips with Britain's grey squirrel problem: eu1.hubs.ly/H0lXD8P0

CAupdates's tweet card. For almost a century, grey squirrels have been widely recognised as a problem in Britain.

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Countryside Alliance@CAupdates · Jul 23

We need root and branch reform of the system and are calling for the creation of a single, centralised licencing body, akin to the DVLA, to deliver consistent, efficient, effective, and most importantly safe licencing for gun owners and for the public ⬇️eu1.hubs.ly/H0lXh1d0

CAupdates's tweet card. Applying for firearms certificates has become a ‘postcode lottery’ as more than 1,000 owners made to put their guns in storage

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Countryside Alliance@CAupdates · Jul 23

All the hallmarks of being written by someone that’s experience of life outside SW1 is what they see from the window of the Gatwick Express. Shocking stuff.

RRobbie Moore MP@_RobbieMoore · Jul 22

A stunning claim from the Treasury’s Family Farm Tax impact assessment. They say it will have “no significant impact” on family life. Have the treasury spoken to a single farmer? It is already causing a huge amount of stress and anxiety amongst our hardworking farming families

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Rachel Evans - Countryside Alliance Wales@CAevs · Jul 22

Thanks to @KemiBadenoch for taking the time to visit us yesterday to meet our member and supporters, and our National Award winners @CoterieLeather and @wildwelshmeat showing her support for Welsh rural businesses 👌

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Rachel Evans - Countryside Alliance Wales@CAevs · Jul 20

We are ready!!! @royalwelshshow 2025!!!!

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Countryside Alliance@CAupdates · Jul 20

"It was wonderful to be at the @FestofHunting to speak to so many of our members about their passion for hounds and the future of hunting, and to show off this unique gathering of hounds to the world through the national media,” writes @CA_TimB eu1.hubs.ly/H0lQM9h0

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Tim Bonner 🇺🇦@CA_TimB · Jul 19

Britain’s farmers will take Starmer down with them - New Statesman inc ⁦@CAupdates⁩ President Baroness Mallalieu newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…

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Mo Metcalf-Fisher@mometfisher · Jul 19

Farmers fear Labour is rolling back on its popular manifesto pledge to get the public sector to buy British. Not a single reference to procurement in the food strategy…⬇️@NoFarmsNoFoods

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Mo Metcalf-Fisher@mometfisher · Jul 19

Is Labour rolling back on its manifesto pledge to get the public sector to buy British? As @DMBean points out, to publish a food strategy that ignores it completely is a missed opportunity and a real let-down for Britain’s farmers and food producers⬇️ express.co.uk/news/politics/…

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Countryside Alliance@CAupdates · Jul 19

It is not something that was ever a plan, but for quite a long time now I seem to have had a sideline in challenging famous people who express silly views. Politicians obviously and also aging rock guitarists and BBC presenters. eu1.hubs.ly/H0lQz670

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Jake Swindells - Scottish Countryside Alliance@ScotCountryside · Jul 18

Interested in a land-based career but not sure what your options are? College might be a great place to start and with 25 colleges in Scotland there is plenty of courses on offer to get you started! @ColDevNet #ChooseCollege

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Countryside Alliance@CAupdates · Jul 18

Are your shotguns now defunct? Now that the government has announced their 4-year timeline for the banning of lead ammunition, many shooting people will be asking: will my shotguns be consigned to history come the 2029/30 shooting season? eu1.hubs.ly/H0lQxpY0

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Countryside Alliance@CAupdates · Jul 17

Our Chief Executive Tim Bonner was on GB News yesterday at the @FestofHunting explaining what the event is all about and why it so important to the hunting community.

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Countryside Alliance@CAupdates · Jul 17

One of the most promising pledges in the Labour manifesto for last year’s general election was to ensure that at least half of all food procured by the UK public sector was either local or produced to what it called “higher environmental standards”. eu1.hubs.ly/H0lQxxm0

CAupdates's tweet card. The Countryside Alliance has published its response to the government's new food strategy, which was announced on Tuesday 15 July 2025.

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Countryside Alliance@CAupdates · Jul 16

On this iconic day in the hunting calendar where thousands of the hunting community have gathered at Peterborough, Ann Mallalieu, Labour Peer and President of the Countryside Alliance, warns Kier Starmer not to repeat the mistakes of Tony Blair on hunting telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/1…

CAupdates's tweet card. The Labour Party’s anti-hunting stance threatens to divide rural Britain once more – and cause problems for the PM

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Countryside Alliance@CAupdates · Jul 15

Polly Portwin, Director of the Campaign for Hunting, has prepared an A-Z for this year's @FestofHunting, ensuring you know who will be in attendance and what there will be to do throughout the day! eu1.hubs.ly/H0lLQ7S0

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