BUNCH OF HUNTS: And there we go again... more protesters invading the Commons, making not a jot of difference to their cause or case, but taking us another step closer to the time when Parliament is kept away from the people.

We're so tired of the hunting lobby: yes, we daresay it'll cost one or two jobs, but the closure of rural post offices caused the loss of hundreds more jobs than the end of ripping animals to pieces for fun ever will, and had a knock-on effect of creating real problems for people in the countryside. That, though, wasn't apparently worth a protest. The number of people with second homes, forcing young people out of the villages they've grown up in - again, real hardship, and a real threat to communities there. But not worth buying a ticket to London. Oh, no, it's the right to destroy animals which galvanises the landowners onto the street.

We're also amused by the inability of the Lets Slaughter Mammals brigade to get their stories straight - they try to claim that lots of folk from the towns enjoy hunting, while simultaneously arguing that people from the cities can't understand country ways.

Best of all, though, was this prime example of how they're fighting for tradition and their way of life:

Edward Trotter, 30, who lives in London but is moving to Edinburgh, said: "I haven't been hunting for quite a while, but I intend to keep going for the next five or ten years - or 50 years if I can help it."

So, hasn't been hunting for ages, moving from one city to another - what part of your traditional life are you fighting for there?