Big Issues
HINKLEY COMMUNITY BENEFITS
RURAL FAIR SHARES
SAME SEX CIVIL MARRIAGE
SUPPORT FOR SPORTS
BRIDGWATER HOSPITAL
BUTTERFLY FANCIER PIE
WIND MADNESS
COASTAL ACCESS
BADGERS
VITAL VILLAGE SHOPS
NEW LIFE FOR THE BOMB FACTORY
PARRETT WALL COLLAPSE
BRIDGWATER COLLEGE SHOULD BE PROUD
WHY I LOVE MY ZOO
TACKLING THE TAXMAN
MORE TAX BLUNDERS
DONT FLOOD STEART
BATH & WEST - PIGS' BREAKFAST PLAN
NATURAL ENGLAND
ARE THE BANKS STRANGLING BUSINESS?
FIGHTING FOR BRIDGWATER'S SCHOOLS
WHY I DISTRUST LIB DEMS
RURAL PAYMENTS FIASCO
THE TRUTH ABOUT IBM
SOUTH WEST ONE
OUR HEROES
GIRL GUIDES
RURAL HOUSING
CREDIT CRUNCH
RATES
EDUCATION
DYSLEXIA
POST
LIONS
NIMROD
CARNIVAL
TOURISM
EUROPE
FARMING
BUSINESS
COMPLAINTS
CONSULTATION
HERCEPTIN
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(My thanks and admiration go to Andrew Birch, the Observer's talented cartoonist)
The debate about badgers is fierce.
Do they spread the deadly TB virus? Many of my farmers believe they do.
The former Government Scientic Advisor, Sir David King, advocated a cull.
It is highly controversial - issues involving animal welfare always are.
The Labour Government came down against a cull.
Now the issue is live again, with the announcement from DEFRA that there are to be two new trial culls: one in Gloucestershire, the other in my patch on Exmoor. Farmers will be licenced by Natural England - a strict process, the details of which can be found here
An independent scientific committee, led by Professor Christopher Wathes, will assess evidence from these pilot culls.
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