No Doubts Left Over the Right Way to Tackle Tb

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Could Hilary Benn possibly refuse to allow the licensed culling of badgers, now it has been formally recommended by a Select Committee populated by a majority of Government MPs, after an in- depth investigation, stretching back to last June?

You bet he could! It never pays to under-estimate the pusillanimity of Government ministers when faced with the prospect of having to make an unpopular decision, and Mr Benn has already taken the precaution of providing himself with a get-out clause.

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No Doubts Left Over the Right Way to Tackle Tb

"The decision I will take," he said at last week's NFU annual conference, "will be based on four things: what the science tells us, what impact the proposed measures would have on the disease, how practical is the solution and what is its public acceptability."

The scientific ...

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