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Originally Posted by embee
Just when you think it's about as bad as it can get, some s**t-for-brains f**kwit in Westminster thinks it'd be a good idea to wipe out the insects.
https://www.gov.uk/government/public...eat-sugar-beet
Thank heavens we've left the EU and can now wreak carnage in our own green and pleasant land by reintroducing banned poisons to kill off the remainder of the bee population. Oh joy.
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I wrote to my MP (for what it's worth) a couple of weeks ago about this expressing my alarm - especially since BoZo had said we wouldn't use it - I know, I know - a Tory breaking his word, shocking.
Whilst I'm not defending the government, the EU have been a bit duplicitous about this too. They announced a ban a while back but didn't announce there were exceptions that could be applied:
https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/202...-ban-loophole/