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Huge Turnout for Countryside March in London: Government "should be humbled"

Around 400,000 people from across the country strolled through central London yesterday to highlight the needs of rural communities. Crowds were so big that if all their intestines had been torn out and laid end to end it would have reached the moon, according to police.


Organisers say the demonstration, officially called the March for the Preservation of an Outmoded Lifestyle, is the biggest in recent times. Chairman, Sir Richard Cholmondely-Binge (owner of 38.5% of Hampshire and 21.9% of Somerset) speaking from his hundred-thousand-acre estate, said he was overwhelmed by the huge turnout, and was proud to see history being made.

"This is a march for the people and by the people - not simply rich people. The strength of support, not just from our serfs and vassals, but from other rich people across the UK makes us feel both comfortable and complacent."

The son and heir of the Earl of Wibbling, Sir Richard could ride before he could walk, and at the age of seven months had already joined the local hunt. Today, with 151 years hunting behind him, he is optimistic that the proposed ban will never come into force. Furthermore, he is prepared to break the law and continue to hunt.

"If a farmer has invited us onto his land, I don't see how the government can stop us. We have permission, and it is private land. If these young Westminster upstarts think that becoming MPs means that they can make the rules and dictate liberal claptrap to me, I'll have them flogged to within an inch of their lives and then hung, drawn and quartered."

Sir Richard refuses to be intimidated by the rule of law, and is also preparing to ignore the fact that torture and murder are already illegal activities and have been for many years.

"I say again, we have permission, and it is private land."

The main focuses of the protest were opposition to a ban on hunting with dogs in England and Wales and a fundamental blind inability to accept the idea of a Labour government, but a wide range of other grievances from rural communities were also linked with the demonstration in order to increase public sympathy. Lack of an adequate number of Rolls Royce maintenance depots, insufficient firearm retail outlets and dwindling marquee-hire firms in rural areas were amongst the other issues being raised.

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