More: Ranulph Fiennes changes mind on hunting after dying fox breaks his heartThe polar explorer will today call on Theresa May to drop any attempts to repeal the Hunting Act after switching sides from the pro-hunting lobby to supporting the League Against Cruel Sports.
He will give a speech at a Conservative Party Conference fringe event in Birmingham tonight explaining why his views have changed so drastically on what he now considers to be a tradition of “brutal and insupportable self-indulgence”.