FIRST they came for Jewish people. Then women. Then the elderly.
Now Labour, the new Nasty Party, is threatening our animals.
The planned Brexit reset could force the UK to U-turn on animal welfare protections as the Prime Minister scrabbles to bolster food trade with the EU.
Experts have suggested the Government could be forced to reverse its live-animal exports ban as well as scrap plans to outlaw the import of foie gras.
Labour — who last year pledged to “introduce the biggest boost in animal welfare for a generation in a bid to end the horrific levels of cruelty animals suffer” — breaking a manifesto promise?
Who’d have thought it.
A vote for Labour, we were told, was a “vote to end animal suffering”.
And yet here we are. Britain, for all its foibles, is a nation of animal lovers.
We should be leading the way in animal rights, not careering backwards.
If Keir Starmer reneges on animal welfare, it’s a betrayal too far.
This is a party that has broken promise after promise; a wolf clad in Lord Alli-sponsored sheep’s clothing.
The PM has expressed his desire to bring the country closer to Europe, making the veterinary deal his top priority.
Such a deal would reduce the red tape associated with food, including meat and dairy, passing in and out of the EU.
While the production of foie gras has been banned in the UK for ten years, a legal loophole means restaurants and businesses can import it from countries where barbaric force-feeding is permissible.
A reminder: Foie gras is made by a process known as gavage.
Millions of poor ducks and geese are killed in the most horrific manner, force-fed grain using a funnel to shovel it down their little, constricted throats to unnaturally swell their livers to many times normal size.
If only we could export Labour as easily as we can seemingly import this cruel practice . . .
The UK’s ban on the export of live animals such as cattle, sheep and pigs for fattening and slaughter — another abhorrent exercise in cruelty — was introduced by the Tories and came into force in January.
It has been touted as a key benefit of Brexit because EU rules prevented such a ban between member states.
Rebuild trust
Sir Keir, if he has any decency, will draw a red line in negotiations and not renege on his promise to these beautiful, innocent creatures — ones who do not deserve to be treated the way they are just to fill burgers.
If I had it my way, all battery farming would be banned.
Sure, animals don’t have a voice. They can’t vote. But we can
Sure, it might add another 45p to the price of eggs at a time when many families don’t have anything left to spare.
But money taken from industrial livestock farming and ploughed back into ethical British farming communities would be a win-win.
Let’s not forget the gazillions of your money Labour blew the last time it was in office — including £50MILLION to promote ballet, £38.4MILLION for gypsy encampments and £1.3BILLION on “reducing poverty in Asia”.
Labour, a party which struggles to identify what a woman is and encouraged the elderly to wear an extra jumper in winter, urgently needs to rebuild trust.
Sure, animals don’t have a voice. They can’t vote.
But we can.
Sir Keir, a man who promises to be a man of principle, must show us that he really is.
TROLLS’ SMALL LIVES
FROM some of the reviews of Meghan Markle – sorry, Sussex’s – new Netflix show, you’d think she’d murdered children and puppies.
She hadn’t – she’d just fronted a mind-numbingly dull, pointless and saccharine series.
Although, doubtless, had she killed anyone, she’d have been sure to sprinkle a few flowers over the corpse.
Anyway. Her latest perceived crime is to have taken a cute snap of daughter Lilibet on a boat with Prince Harry, minus a lifejacket, and posted it on Instagram.
The three-year-old is wrapped up safe in the arms of her dad who, for his many faults, is unquestionably a loyal, devoted and very fun dad. Clearly, little Lili isn’t sinking any time soon.
But that didn’t stop the trolls from coming out in force.“Irresponsible!”, “Cringe!”, “Insane!”, “Honestly, horrible!”, “The law doesn’t apply to them!” etc etc, they blasted from behind their keyboards.
And where are the kids of these village idiots?
Are they enjoying sunshine holidays and unique experiences on beautiful coastlines, surrounded by two (multi-millionaire, loving, Californian-dwelling) parents?
Or, are they, like their parents, behind a screen living a very small life?
ANNIE’S DAY TO FORGET
IT was good to see the permanently cheated-on Annie Kilner doing her bit for the sisterhood during International Women’s Day.
Kyle Walker’s much put-upon other half, who keeps threatening to leave the AC Milan philanderer, left, but never quite seems to manage it, reverted to her married name to promote her new jewellery collection on Instagram.
Taking to her Stories, she modelled a diamond bracelet, with a caption reading: “Demure. Founded by Annie Walker & Sophie Haynes.”
FOREIGN CHAMP TAKES THE BISCUIT
BLOODY foreigners. They’re invading our game shows . . . and our dog shows.
With recent seasons of Britain’s (Not) Got Talent featuring endless contestants from overseas, now Crufts has been won by an Italian.
A whippet from Venice called Miuccia was named Best In Show, beating 18,000 other furry contestants at Birmingham’s NEC, and scooping £200 prize money in the process.
Where’s the EDL – English Dog League – when you need it?
TERROR OF TATE
ANDREW TATE is a vile, misogynistic man.
Beyond that, he’s a dangerous one.
Crossbow killer Kyle Clifford committed his triple murder after downloading Tate’s hate-spreading podcast the previous day.
Tate’s influence, particularly on impressionable young men, is on a par with terror and must be treated as such.
ALL SO POSH
I’M honestly bemused as to why more people aren’t commenting on the fact young Cruz Beckham is basically dating his mother circa 2002, if she’d had a fringe.
Stunning 29-year-old Jackie Apostel, even wore a Victoria Beckham silk dress to attend her doppelganger’s show at Paris Fashion Week on Friday. Uncanny.
