Blair Accepted £1 Million Donation Before Fox Hunt Ban, Claims Former Adviser

Published on December 15, 2023

Former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair was pressured into banning fox hunting after taking a £1 million donation from animal welfare activists, according to his former leading adviser Lord Mandelson. Lord Mandelson told Times Radio on Tuesday that former Labour leader Sir Tony faced pressure during a discussion about political funding. Asked about whether donors had ever tried to buy influence, former Secretary of State Lord Mandelson noted an example that influenced the 2004 Hunting Act. “I can offer you an example from 1997 when an organisation, it was a fund to do with the welfare of animals, got pretty transactional with us. It was the first and last time I can remember this,” he said....

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