One for the pot, but for how long?

In the light of this article (Animal rights groups turn their sights on to game shooting) I wonder how relevant the following poll will be to our political masters when pressure once again builds up on the backside of the benches in the House of Commons:

On 21 November Countryfile explored the issues surrounding game shooting and we asked viewers to take part in a phone vote.

Of the 58,315 people who voted, 9% thought shooting should be banned while 91% were against a ban.

Some viewers asked for more information about preparing a pheasant for the pot.

I was asked on one of the shooting forums that I frequent "Now lets see how the Labour backbenchers manage to twist that around!" the answer to which seems relatively simple to me:

"Mr. Speaker. It is clear that there is a small demographic, mainly based in the countryside, who believe that it is their right to breed, kill and maim various species of wildlife for their own self gratification. But....but, Mr. Speaker, this opinion is not shared by my constituents who were not even aware that any polling on the issue, scientificly run or not, was available to them to take part in. Only yesterday I received a number of letters.........."

Drone, drone, drone.