Fox-hunting has helped preserve copses spinneys and hedges in an increasingly denuded countryside while even the

Fox-hunting has helped preserve copses, spinneys and hedges in an increasingly denuded countryside, while even the abolitionists admit the ban would kill jobs.o MIND YOU, the likes of the people in Hyde Park have also been behind much of the destruction of the countryside by intensified agriculture - and have shown little concern for massive job losses elsewhere.But, then, there has been a lot of humbug on both sides, whether it was the right-wing philosopher Roger Scruton, on Radio 4's The Moral Maze, saying he hunted to "be in touch with my species being" (whatever that may be) or the anti-hunt campaigners who unblushingly compared themselves to Mother Teresa and their cause to the fight against slavery. Traders and salesmen at the managing director level took home an additional $1m to $4m. Alan Greenberg, chairman of Bear Stearns, who bagged no less than $18m last year, says: "It's like Madonna or Michael Jordan."You can see much of this money coursing through the city. And how about Michael Heseltine, chosen to speak by the rally organisers in preference to Lord Tebbit or Nicholas Soames (and one can see their point). The man who killed the coal industry denounced the Bill for threatening to "destroy communities ... and destroy jobs".But then it was senior Conservatives who, by muddling up environmental concerns with undoubtedly important questions of cruelty to animals over whaling, set the precedent for last week's fuss.Back in the early Eighties, a ban was imposed on commercial whaling to save species.

Not to speak of how it was given a fair wind by a government that accepted a pre-election gift of more than pounds 1m from the International Fund for Animal Welfare, which makes no bones about giving money to advance its cause "in the same manner as the commercial sector has done for years".In fact the environmental arguments probably favour the hunters, as do the employment ones. But after a week of listening interminably to the arguments, it seems to me the case for banning fox-hunting is unproven. Then there's something distasteful about the way the Bill was being swept along on a wave of ecological correctness. Perhaps part of this is pleasure at seeing Labour's hitherto all-conquering spin doctors outflanked and forced to retreat on a popular issue. "Women when they are bullies tend to be more manipulative and divisive, whereas men in the same situation are more overtly hostile. Women also tend to leave less evidence about their bullying activities."In around 10 per cent of the cases dealt with by the advice line, suicide had been contemplated. Eight cases involved actual suicide."Elaine Bennett, a director of the Andrea Adams charity which was set up to tackle bullying, believes that the increase is probably in areas where women have not been in positions of power before. Nine out of 10 calls involved office-based workers.The public sector accounts for more than half the calls, with one in five complainants working in the caring agencies, the NHS or social services."Workplace bullying among women is increasing, partly because they are occupying more senior positions," said Tim Field, an Oxford counsellor who runs anti-bullying workshops.

They let us go eventually but we had to be chaperoned by my mother for three months and not be left alone with the baby."All along our GP said she was convinced that it was the ventouse cap which had led to the problems and when we went back to the hospital a doctor checking Adam also told us it was the cap I am never going to have that used again I would rather have a Caesarean.". More than half of the bullies reported to a new national helpline are women - and most of the victims are other women. In the first half of this year, nearly 700 complaints were made about women managers, according to a report from the National Workplace Bullying Advice Line. The data from the line also reveal that white-collar bullying among professional and office workers is far more common than among shopfloor workers. The Greens, who were interviewed by detectives, were suspected of having shaken their son violently.Mrs Green said: "It was so distressing. The hospital does not appear to disagree with the Quigleys that the cap was a problem, but they dispute negligence."Ms Goodman said she had also dealt with another case where a child's scalp was similarly permanently marked by the use of the cap."In that case there was not only a bald patch but the skin was also puckered and marked.