The debate in Parliament was never going to be an easy ride for those in favour of a ban, the grouse shooting brigade were always going to wheel out their mates in the tory party, Coffeys words are nothingmore than hollow soundbites. The grouse shooting industry will continue to slaughter raptors and anything else that may affect the sacred grouse and gamekeepers and their paymasters willcontinue to get away with it, but their card is well and truly marked, the clock is ticking.