Saturday, 19 February 2022

Quick to Pledge and Quicker to Drop?

The UK government pledged to become a paragon of animal welfare, by banning the import of furs and pate de foie gras (a fatty liver concoction made by force-fed geese). It seems likely, now, that both pledges will be dropped after objections from several cabinet ministers (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/19/pledge-to-ban-fur-and-foie-gras-imports-could-be-dropped-after-cabinet-opposition). It seems, at the moment, that 'pledges' are simply devices (worrying for net zero cabon emissions?). The UK 'government' apparently can't afford to annoy anyone in its own party?
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