Foot And Mouth Spreads
Despite the Government’s supposedly swift action in the summer to curb the outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease which originated from its own laboratories at Pirbright, the disease has continued to spread.
While Foot and Mouth is apparently among the most contagious forms of viral infection for cattle, and therefore it comes as little surprise that it does have a tendency to rapidly spread, the British farming industry continues to suffer greatly due once again to Government incompetence.
As Gordon Brown enjoys the fawning attention of the media in rainy Bournemouth, and speculation reaches fever pitch about whether or not he will call an early election (not that anything meaningful would actually change, except perhaps a few new faces crying ‘me too!’) the crisis in British farming continues unabated.
Farmers in this country have had a raw deal for years, and it very much looks like little will change under Gordon Brown. In fact, I wonder whether Labour will be discussing Foot and Mouth and British farming at their annual conference at all? I would guess probably not.
