A Minister Is Tackling Badger Menace at Last

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Well it's a refreshing change to meet a politician who keeps his word. I refer to Jim Paice, who has brought some tangible relief for all livestock farmers - especially here in the South West - with his announcement that a focussed cull of infected badgers is to go ahead in a bid to start containing and eradicating TB.

After years of beating on Defra's door, it's heartening to get a positive response rather than another pathetic excuse from a Secretary of State too frightened of upsetting the badger huggers and other animal welfare extremists to do the right thing.

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A Minister Is Tackling Badger Menace at Last

Let's make no mistake about it: Hilary Benn has been responsible for the most disgraceful and inexcusable decline in the size of our cattle herds, and for foisting the most unbearable mental pressure on farmers and their families.

Those who ...

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