You are more than welcome to your view that all Tories should be murdered I suppose, but it's not one that's likely to improve dialogue or understanding.
The petition seems well worth signing, although I am unsure which animals are affected and why and etc (and before anyone starts worrying, it may be worded for specific circumstances and specific animals?)
As to the politics, the welfare rights bill was 2006 I read, and introduced by the EU. Before that I didn't notice any government, left or right, making much fuss about any domestic animal, let alone farm animals and none at all about wildlife, baring endangered species, that after pressure from groups like WWF, RSPB etc. We should keep the very best of the EU imposition, but is it possible that we might cancel the EU bill and impose our own, improved GB version, which looks at our domestic, farm and wild animal poicies with a view to doing what's best for US?
I thought this thread was about a misunderstanding or a misrepresentation that the Evil Tories had voted to deny the proposition that animals were sentient. Fact is they didn't. That was put about by someone in the Opposition who subsequently fooled a lot of the commentariat.
You are more than welcome to your view that all Tories should be murdered I suppose, but it's not one that's likely to improve dialogue or understanding.
To move the following Clause—
“EU Protocol on animal sentience
Obligations and rights contained within the EU Protocol on animal sentience set out in Article 13 of Title II of the Lisbon Treaty shall be recognised and available in domestic law on and after exit day, and shall be enforced and followed accordingly.”
Member’s explanatory statement
This new clause seeks to transfer the EU Protocol on animal sentience set out in Article 13 of Title II of the Lisbon Treaty into UK law, so that animals continue to be recognised as sentient beings under domestic law.
I cannot believe that even this set of halfwits don't know that mammals feel pain and feel distress and fear if mistreated.
No, us, as in us in the UK.You mean THE US?
Let's throw away a decade and a half of progress and spend millions debating and creating new legislation which protects whilst giving British farmers the chance to compete against their foreign opposition.
Well many of the current government including the cabinet lied during the 2016 referendum. btw, it isn't hostile here but expect to be able to stand up for your argument. Also, your opponent on one thread will be your ally on another.I don't know....I just trust the government weren't lying....Imagine the furore if they were.
Well many of the current government including the cabinet lied during the 2016 referendum. btw, it isn't hostile here but expect to be able to stand up for your argument. Also, your opponent on one thread will be your ally on another.
I don't know....I just trust the government weren't lying....Imagine the furore if they were.
Zac Goldsmith has been accused of “staggering hypocrisy” after he was selected as the Conservative parliamentary candidate in his former seat of Richmond Park.
The former MP was defeated by the Liberal Democrats’ Sarah Olney in a by-election last December after he resigned from the Conservative Party over its support for a third runway at Heathrow.
At the time, he described the decision as “catastrophic” and claimed it would be a “a millstone around this Government’s neck for years”.
Mr Goldsmith, who lost out to Sadiq Khan in his bid to become Mayor of London last year, is now set to stand again as a Conservative candidate - despite the fact the party’s manifesto is likely to include a commitment to Heathrow expansion.
I support the removal of this from UK law on animal welfare grounds. Sorry, you can't have a clause that allows animals to be treated "according to religious rites and cultural customs" - its simply wrong. There are some absolutes here.Indeed. It will take a lot of convincing me before I would look upon halal slaughter with anything but abject horror and disgust.
There may be many elephants in the sitting room of animal welfare law, but this one looms more conspicuously invisible than most in much of the dabate.