burlyshirley - // Miss T - do you know that he and his sons are keen fox hunters and protested when labour tried to ban fox hunting ? (I say 'tried' because they left a loophole which the vile hunters exploit to this day).
For this reason alone, can't stand him ... //
Mr Ferry's sons are indeed ardent hunting supporters, but i think it is unfair to lay the responsibility for their attitudes at his door.
Parents cannot and should not be held responsible for the attitudes and behaviours of their adult children, over whom they have no direct influence or control.
Mr Ferry received a hostile reaction at the Q Magazine Awards when he received a Lifetime Achievement Award.
During his speech, Mr Ferry praised his 'brave son' Otis who was one of eight hunt supporters who had stormed the House Of Commons to protest the Hunting Ban Bill which was going through Parliament.
That may simply be Mr Ferry supporting his son, as we may all do, but that does not indicate tacit support for his son' views, merely support of his willingness to stand up for them.
Mr Ferry has never publicly been linked to the support of hunting.