I’ve seen a number of people on social media trying to justify fox hunting as a Boxing Day tradition. I’ve already made my view clear elsewhere, and I’m fully expecting some backlash because of it.

I’m addressing it here only because it keeps being framed as harmless, inevitable, or misunderstood. It isn’t. And after this, it doesn’t need further clarification from me.

So this is me stating my position plainly, once, in my own space.

I don’t support fox hunting. Calling it tradition doesn’t alter the act, and attaching it to a public holiday doesn’t elevate it. The ban exists because the practice was examined, challenged, and found indefensible. Disliking that outcome doesn’t make it temporary, unfair, or open for renegotiation.

I understand the arguments. I’ve heard them before. Repeating them doesn’t improve them, and I’m not interested in rehearsing them again here.

This isn’t a discussion about heritage, countryside identity, class, or other forms of wildlife management. Pulling those in doesn’t change the issue — it just avoids it.

This post isn’t here to persuade, debate, or “hear both sides.” It exists to draw a line. If that line makes people uncomfortable, that’s their problem to sit with, not mine to resolve.

This blog is not a forum, and this topic is not open for discussion here.

This position isn’t provisional.
It won’t be revisited.
There will be no follow-ups, clarifications, or replies.

This topic ends here.