In previous years, Boxing Day has proved an occasion in which high profile Tories can find themselves in the firing line for taking part in various fox hunts across the country. However, this Boxing Day, it’s another political figure making headlines for their interactions with a fox. Step forward Jolyon Maugham QC.
The Remain-supporting lawyer and campaigner took to social media this morning to share his thoughts for the day. Only it wasn’t a message that related to the UK’s impending departure from the EU. Instead, Maugham announced that he had kicked off Boxing Day by killing ‘a fox with a baseball bat’ after it tried to get inside his hen house and became trapped in the process:
https://twitter.com/JolyonMaugham/status/1210110735189233665?s=20
Wasn't a great deal of fun. Got caught up in the protective netting around the chickens and I wasn't sure what else to do.
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