Sick of hypocrisy

By cings

THIS week's Carmarthen Journal is full of Simon Hart's hypocrisy. In his letter (Journal Letters, February 4) he puts a spin on the economic crisis, by blaming the present government for being unprepared. At the same time, he accepts a donation of £40,000 from a New York hedge fund.

Later in your paper, he accuses Labour of spending more time discussing the Hunting Act of 2004, while as chief executive of the Countryside Alliance he spends most of his time trying to get it repealed.

He can't have it both ways. Either he returns this dirty money to the hedge fund, and can then comment on the present economic crisis, or he accepts it and keeps quiet.

The only issue he is really concerned with is the repeal of the Hunting Act, which stops him killing wildlife for fun.

If he is concerned about "the depth of the recession and families worried about their futures", then he should leave his post in the Countryside Alliance, with his astrological salary, and concentrate on the real issues facing the people of Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire.

David Petersen

St Clears