He wouldn't be able to say it if it wasn't true. I can't stand the bloke, I think he's an idiot and responsible for one of the worst laws on the books right now.

However, I have a real problem with large organisations who like to re-write history to suit their agenda of the day.

You are correct, the PBT was not a KC recognised breed and hence it didn't concern them. But the fact is, as that document proves and they (the KC) have not denied, they DID support it.

With a Govt we are entitled to vote them in and vote them out accoding to their performance record. What the KC (and others) have done is try to re-write their own history because they are not accountable.

Take this recent (months old) statement from the KC.

Well, excuse me but what????

The 'political climate'?? - what has that got to do with anything?

Either the BSL/section 1 part of DDA is a bad law or it is not. The political climate has got absolutely nothing to do with it whatsoever. Nothing. This is more example of the KC saying one thing but in reality, doing another. When WOULD the 'political climate' be write to remove banned breeds? I can tell you, never. The political climate since 1991 has not changed. In fact as you are probably aware, every time there is a serious dog attack there are calls from some quarters to add MORE breeds to the banned list. I'm afraid that by saying the 'political climate' is not right for us to ask for a lifting of section 1 banned breeds is the equivalent of me saying "I'll ask for a ban to be lifted when politicians don't lie and England is baking in all year round tropical weather!" i.e. never.

I personally would just like for this to be out there and publicly on record. Whatever they may say, the KC along with others, ushered in BSL. It's like having your cake and eating it.

In terms of 'trusting' the Govenment. Well, I agree with you. But this is a different Government and I wrote to both David Milliband and Ben Bradshaw and they both confirmed they will NOT add more breeds to the DDA and they accept that BSL is flawed. Sadly, in terms of legislation and better laws, if we want change we simply have no choice - the Govt is the ONLY place that laws can be changed. I think the trust in the likes of the KC is dodgier ground to be honest for some of the reasons I've pointed out. They let us (dog owners) down once and they've done it over and over since. Most recently by holding a 'breed id' course where they trained up people to id PBT type dogs. That, for me, as an endorsement of BSL. Still.