Dyer by Name, Dire by Nature
Honesty, trust, and integrity are not typically the first qualities one associates with Dominic Dyer. Yet, according to Dyer himself, these are precisely the attributes he promises to bring to the constituents of Buckinghamshire and Bletchley in the 2024 general election.
Honest Dom
Back in December 2022, then Defence Secretary Ben Wallace revoked a Memorandum of Understanding with the League Against Cruel Sports, which previously provided the League with advance notice of hunting with dogs on Ministry of Defence land. Wallace’s decision, labelled as utterly dishonest and disgraceful by many, was met with an equally controversial response from the League and its self-appointed spokesperson, Dominic Dyer.
Dyer, keen to rally his followers, claimed that Wallace had stripped the League of its rights to monitor trail hunting and potential wildlife crimes on MoD land, branding the move as “smacking of corruption.” However, Dyer was well aware that the League had already chosen to cease monitoring illegal hunting in England and Wales. Just a month earlier, the League had disbanded its investigations team, including its Director of Investigations and Enforcement Manager.
Dyer publicly supported the League’s decision to abandon the investigation of illegal hunting. He subsequently assumed the chair of Link’s Wildlife Crime Working Group, a position left vacant by the League’s now redundant Director of Investigations.
As evidenced by the hunt saboteurs and hunt monitors, access to hunt meet information on MoD land does not require a Memorandum of Understanding. Such data remains easily accessible, making the League’s and Dyer’s outrage appear more as a strategic smokescreen, a tactic they often criticise in others. This level of dishonesty is breathtaking.
Defeat for the most caring compassionate
In the 2024 general election, Dyer’s claims of being the “most caring compassionate” candidate failed to resonate with voters. He finished a distant fourth, losing 6.4% of the Liberal Democrats’ vote share compared to the 2019 election, despite an overall increase in the party’s national vote.
This defeat perhaps affords Dyer more time to return to his day job, hanging around the League Against Cruel Sports, like a bad odour, hoping that they are desperate enough to employ another narcissist.
