Animals don't feel pain., a Brexit bonus to free us of EU red tape Options

[Andy Capp]

MPs (mainly Monster Raving Tories) vote that ‘animals can’t feel pain or emotion’ as part of Brexit bill/

[je suis Charlie]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41281570

[Andy Capp]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41281570

How is this relevant to the topic? This seems to be about the failure of the EU to police its laws, not whether we should adopt an EU law.

[SirWilliam]

How is this relevant to the topic? This seems to be about the failure of the EU to police its laws, not whether we should adopt an EU law.

Exactly . One may argue that it is illegal to murder your neighbour but that doesn't prevent it happening . Unless we are prepared to police any legislation we introduce then what is the point of having it ? In order to actually prevent animal cruelty we need to have the will to prosecute all those who commit it . Then of course one man's perception of cruelty is different to the next . Which is worse , transporting a lamb 70 miles for over an hour in a cramped lorry to the slaughterhouse , or being strung up by it's hind leg and having it's throat cut in a process that make take only 2 minutes ? One may well argue that both cause unnecessary suffering but one is committed in the name of religious tolerance and the other because of our obsession with food "safety" . On the position of BSE , ( which lead to the closure of local abattoirs ) , this was a genuine case of politicians losing the plot . Quite happy to import meat from an "unregulated" European market but obsessed with forcing our own producers into an over regulated quagmire .
I doubt we will ever please all of the people but it would be nice to think that all interested parties can formulate a common consensus .