Handbags at dawn

[BoSoxGal]

PS: whilst funny, the thread title is also outrageously sexist. Gob!

[dales]

Manbag?

[Sean]

PS: whilst funny, the thread title is also outrageously sexist. Gob!

Maybe it's just a British thing BSG. "Handbags at Dawn" or "Handbags at 12 paces" are expressions used to describe any fight which is more amusing than violent.

[MajGenl.Meade]

Looked to me like the fox was the one doing the hunting........





(yes bsg, it is and I'm sorry)

[BoSoxGal]

But Sean, you're saying girls fight like girls!

Uh . . . hang on . . . oh never mind . . .

[Lord Jim]

M

Maybe it's just a British thing BSG. "Handbags at Dawn"

Yes it is...

Otherwise known as....

[Lord Jim]

Or if they don't do handbags at dawn.....

They'll do man purses at 20 paces...

[MajGenl.Meade]

What short memories some have! Handbag assault just British?





edit; image.... gaaaawwwwwwwn

[Gob]

ON first viewing, it seemed like a bizarre case of rural road rage.



A video released by police last week showed an irate woman jogging up to a cyclist and assaulting him after he appeared to hold up traffic on a quaint country lane in the Cotswolds.

But as police appealed for help tracing the woman and her victim, wearing a flat cap, waxed jacket and wellies, speculation grew that there was perhaps more to the altercation than the 60-second YouTube sensation initially suggested.

The Mail on Sunday can reveal that the cyclist is Christopher Cox, a joint master of David Cameron’s local hunt and a descendant of William the Conqueror, while his red-haired assailant is 5ft 2ins saboteur Emily Marsh.

She is known to use a variety of pseudonyms, among them Emily Fox. But to her admirers, including the huntsmen she harangues – and they are said to be numerous – she is known as Foxy Lady or simply The Fox.

Her agility, striking good looks and uncompromising manner have drawn comparison with fiery video game adventurer Lara Croft.

One of Miss Marsh’s favourite tricks is to turn cartwheels, sometimes ten in a row, in her trademark black jump suit while simultaneously spewing abuse at huntsmen.

She is one of the Guildford Hunt Saboteurs ‘Whippet Squad’ – two girls who, because of their speed, run with the hunt, monitor it with video cameras and ‘do what we can to protect foxes’.

Her clash with Mr Cox on the B4425 near Bibury in Gloucestershire, was a flashpoint in a quietly simmering war being played out in the countryside because of the hunting ban.

It was also a reminder that seven years since it took effect, the antagonism between those for it, and those against, is still as deep as ever.

Fox-hunting involving hunts tracking, chasing, and killing foxes is illegal. But hunting a smell or trail is still lawful and monitored by anti-hunt campaigners.

Both sides try to gather video evidence to prove the other breaks the law. The ‘antis’ seek to show that hunts pursue foxes not scents while supporters try to demonstrate that saboteurs use violence and intimidation.

Miss Marsh, a part-time nude model for artists, comes from three generations of saboteurs and is only too familiar with the nuances of one of Britain’s most divisive issues.

While some moderate campaigners believe the ban can be successfully enforced, others – Miss Marsh included – believe that tougher ‘direct action’ is needed because, she says, illegal hunting still continues.

In the video the 23-year-old can be seen apparently attempting to push Mr Cox over – though she denies this – kicking his bicycle and shouting and pointing at him.

It happened in January when Mr Cox was following the 176-year-old Heythrop hunt – popular with the so-called Chipping Norton set – because his horse was lame.

As he trundled along a narrow lane, he is said to have held up a group of activists travelling behind him for ten minutes, though he disputes this.

After the assault, Miss Marsh and her friends took to Facebook to gleefully recount details of her exploits.

‘The swinging him round by his bike wheel still kills me. And lifting the frame up hard into his nuts...satisfying!!!!!,’ she wrote.

A friend added: ‘Still makes me laugh when I think about that day. The shove quickly followed by the kick in the shins...I wish I’d seen the bit where Emily had him by the back wheel.’ Miss Marsh replied: ‘All self defence obviously...’

So my speculation proved correct!

[The Hen]

Also sounds like she enjoyed her assault.

Such foolish things to write on Facebook. When will people learn?

[MajGenl.Meade]

Perhaps a brush with the law?

[BoSoxGal]

As a prosecutor, I'm grateful for how foolishly folks utilize social media; saves a lot of taxpayers' resources.