It is important that people do not give in to them. A number of Labour MPs have told the women that they privately support their stance on hunting but are too afraid to say so in public. Robin Webb, a spokesman for the Animal Liberation Front, last night refused to condemn the extremists who targeted the MPs. We fully understand the anger and frustration which leads people to take this type of action. The Labour Party has failed to keep all those pledges it made to animal rights campaigners in the run-up to the last election.
Many people feel they have been conned and let down by New Labour.
The whole movement has taken a step towards radicalism. The argument has been used, quite justifiably in my opinion, that if the animals could fight for themselves there would be a lot of dead animal abusers already. Mr Webb said the list of targets was likely to have been drawn up by two extreme groups, the Animal Rights Militia and the Justice Department. Both advocate violence. The worst anyone had received from a claimed device was burned hands.