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The tables have turned

OME say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly but expecting a different result. The same also seems to apply to those so opposed to driven grouse shooting that they keep demanding politicians ban it. Five years ago, a petition prompted MPs to debate the idea, but it was rejected. Unperturbed by this setback, Wild Justice started another petition, which secured the recent debate in parliament (21 June). Since the evidence base was largely the same, the result was another

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