A Labour council has been accused of launching an attack on British farmers with a “draconian” meat and dairy ban. The Telegraph has the story.
Calderdale council, in West Yorkshire, has become the latest in a string of town halls to implement “100% plant-based catering” at events to reduce its carbon footprint.
The move, agreed at a meeting of the council last week, provoked a backlash from countryside campaigners, who urged Steve Reed, the Environment Secretary, to condemn the policy.
An increasing number of local authorities, including Labour-controlled Enfield in London and Oxford city council, have introduced meat and dairy bans or signed so-called plant-based treaties in a bid to be more environmentally friendly.
But the trend has been resisted by some rural communities, with 10 councils – including Suffolk, Cornwall and Dorset – voting in favour of an alternative motion from the Countryside Alliance to keep meat and dairy on the menu.
The policy agreed by Calderdale last week states that catering provided at meetings and events hosted by the council on its own premises must be “100% plant based”. It should also be “focused on wholefood which is minimally processed, and where possible should be locally sourced and seasonal”.
The ban specifically covers catering funded by the council, and does not apply to food purchased by staff for their own consumption, or for individuals, such as children in care.
Drinks are also exempt, although plant-based alternatives to milk should be provided at council events.
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They’ve lifted the restrictions and named the Southport murderer. He’s 18yrs next week and has autism, apparently.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cydvr9d0vd3t
”A 17-year-old charged with murdering three girls who were stabbed at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport has been named.
Axel Muganwa Rudakubana is also charged with 10 counts of attempted murder after eight other children and two adults were seriously injured in the attack on Monday.
The suspect, who is from the Lancashire village of Banks, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court, and also faces a charge of possessing a curved kitchen knife.
He was remanded into youth detention accommodation.
The Cardiff-born teenager could not previously be named due to his age but Recorder of Liverpool Judge Andrew Menary KC ruled it could be made public following applications from the media.
The defendant is due to turn 18 next week.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6p2yrg3pvpo
Arguing against naming the teenage defendant, the prosecution said he had an “autism spectrum disorder diagnosis”, and had been “unwilling to leave the house and communicate with family for a period of time”.
Autism spectrum disorder diagnosis is usually a favour because it means the person who was so diagnosed is eligible for some form of disability benefit. I learnt this from on and off conversations with a – as far as I could tell – perfectly socially integrated young woman who had such a diagnosis and who recommended this to me “because of the benefits”.
Autism, or a diagnosis thereof will be worth about £100 per week – I can check – on top of other benefits. Probably the biggest payer is ADHD, especially for kids.
Socialising with shrinks surely pays. What a pity that I’m adamantly opposed to socialising with strange people.
:->
[That’s an “evil grin” emoticon, BTW, which predates emojis.]
Fine.
I know a kid with that, now he has that label, he has council transport. He is just bad behaved at times, maybe his parents being split up is more to do with it. Not all Council workers are bad though, one lady blamed the Lockdowns.
I’d be careful with something like “just bad behaved at times.” I don’t know what that precisely means but it could as well indicate autism with “just bad behaved at times” really meaning “just socially completely clueless at times” and thus, getting things very wrong in ways other people never would.
Historic example from my life: Some time when I was in secondary school, probably ninth form, there was a “bus trip to the woods to learn about environmental issues” supposed to happen in late November. Weather prognosis was really bad for the day but the trip took place nevertheless. The bus then went off road and toppled in the middle of a snow storm. This was obviously a major talking event at school. In my opinion, the trip should have been cancelled and the responsible people let it go on nevertheless because they cared more for their “environmentalism” creds than for the welfare of the pupils. In a conversation, I called this
Naturschutz-Selbstbefriedigung
with the idea to express that the organisers did this for themselves and didn’t much think about what this could mean for others. That’s the literal meaning of the German noun and – unfortunately – I really didn’t know that it, translated into proper English, really meant
Environmentalist wanking [rite]
I absolutely didn’t intend to express the sexual not-so-understone. The outcome was obviously another major school scandal.
What did I tell you, hux?
Poof!
Herr Flick must’ve come on duty and seen my flagged post, courtesy of The Snitch. Done a bit of “Izzy whizzy, let’s get busy”
And my three word response has been wiped too.
How does “seconded in full” breach DS guidelines?
I believe I am owed an explanation.
MODS
Our cards are marked, huxtable.
“There’s Klingons on the starboard bow.”
And as for the Gestapo, “They don’t like it up ’em.”
Well somethings not right Mogs that’s for sure.
I missed it. I don’t think I signed in yesterday – if I did, it was only briefly. What’s happening with posts disappearing? It didn’t use to be like this, unless I never noticed.
It’s a broad church.
…he had an “autism spectrum disorder diagnosis…
Oh! The poor chap! So that explains his behaviour. /s
He’s not up there with Ian Brady so… out in five?
That wasn’t my statement but a statement from the prosecution attorney(!) supposed to justify keeping the name of the defendant secret.
So if he’s unable to leave the house due to his supposed disease, how was he able to travel to the scene of the crime which presumably wasn’t in his house?
Note: Yes I know the Lancashire village of Banks is a suburb of Southport, but it’s still a distance.
Seconded in full.
I’m struggling to see how the fact he had autism is relevant to what he’s alleged to of done, unless his autism meant he became fixated on a certain idea e.g. Allah want’s him to kill infidels. Judging from his name it seems likely he’s from sub Saharan Africa so’s there’s a fairly good chance he isn’t a Muslim. However he may well be from a conflict region e.g. Congo which would show the danger of allowing traumatised people into the country, at least without providing them with help/support and closely monitoring them.
I thought it was widely known by now that his parents are from Rwanda. So not a majority Muslim country.
For the purposes of this DS article, is he a vegetarian?
Born in Cardiff, isn’t he Welsh?
Vegan probably.
I’m struggling to see how the fact he had autism is relevant to what he’s alleged to of done,
The usual, human agenda: People who are different must be hated and persecuted because they’re responsible for all that’s just wrong with the world! That’s how a remark about an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis the prosecution attorney (No one smelling a rat here?) used to justify keeping the name of the defendant secret got twisted into an assertion of an entirely different fact (has autism) which was presented as if it must have been relevant to the crime in question.
BTW, Momomania/ idée fixe is a dated psychological term (no longer in official use) referring to something yet completely different.
He “was suspended from school for carrying a knife. Social services were allegedly involved in his family life and was aware to police.” https://x.com/UnmaskedAntifa/status/1819260941290110985
Group Think about the climate is spreading faster than a speeding bullet. The problem with group think is that there is no thinking involved. It is Group Think without the Think.
Here are 10 questions about climate for all non thinking follow the herd twit councillors
(1) How much CO2 is in the atmosphere?
(2) How much of that is natural?
(3) How much of it comes from Human Activity?
(4) Are storms becoming more frequent and how do you know?
(5) Are floods becoming more frequent and how do you know?
(6) The same question for droughts.
(7) What is Global Temperature and how is it calculated?
(8) How much is sea level rising?
(9) Is the rate of sea level rise increasing?
(10) Are Polar Bear numbers increasing or decreasing?
There is a picture of the Statue of Liberty in 1898 on the interweb. It shows the same sea level as any modern photograph. I sometimes show this to people who are afeared of imminent death by drowning in rising sea levels
In addition almost the entire narrative around man made climate change is how to de-carbonise economies and life. An important aspect of science is taxonomy and the correct categorizing of things, so that it is clear what is being observed/measured. How is it possible for the climate change religion to get away with terms like de-carbonize as carbon is No6 on the Periodic Table and the fourth most abundant element in the universe by mass after hydrogen, helium, and oxygen. The amount of carbon on Earth is effectively constant. All life is built on carbon while the Carbon Cycle comprises a sequence of events that are key to making Earth capable of sustaining life.
Excellent comment! I think I heard somewhere that some local authorities were providing courses on ‘carbon competence’ for their employees! I seriously doubt they’ll be covering any of the basic science you mention!
Indeed. What on Earth is ‘Carbon Competence’?
Yep. I’ve no idea – but there’s obviously people making money out of it.
I imagined it to be a training course which would create a ‘script’ for employees to follow, thus galvanising the AGW scam narrative. Probably get a certificate of competency after attending
!
Probably courses like this claptrap
https://www.uk100.org/projects/climate-leadership-academy
‘UK100’s Climate Leadership Academy offers ambitious councillors a unique coaching opportunity to develop their political skills, knowledge and confidence to become leading climate pioneers in local government.’
….. thanks – looks like it!
We could paraphrase it thus: ‘how to make junk science sound credible’
Many councils have signed their towns up to this rubbish without any consultation with the townspeople. Councillors acting like demigods, again.
Thanks for the link. What a depressing web-site. There is a header link ‘Knowledge Hub’ and within that there are 28 pages of links to over 240 articles or what this outfit calls ‘knowledge’. One such link is this:
https://www.uk100.org/blog/2019/07/study-shows-8-year-olds-could-die-7-months-early-due-air-pollution
The study shows that an eight year old child (born in 2011) could die up to seven months early if exposed over their lifetimes to air pollution. How awful, especially if that child only made it to 92 years and 6 months and not their rightful 93 years and 1 month. I am absolutely certain that CO2 will be classed as a pollutant. You may be familiar with the graphics below?
Avocados flown in from Mexico, Soy shipped in from Japan and China, wheat from Canada and Eastern Europe, dates and olives from Spain and Morrocco.
Yep its so “Green” isn’t it.
Anyone who says cows are bad for the Earth, I ask are fish bad for the sea, it leaves them retardedly dumbfounded, then I ask how much methane there is in the atmosphere, then I ask if they know what part of the spectrum it absorbs. By this point they have generally stormed off owing to their sheer lack of viable response.
Don’t forget the thousands of tons of wood chip that is burned at Drax to avoid us burning the evil coal. Or the millions of tons of Palm Oil that the Eu imports to be burned as bio-fuel to meet ‘carbon targets’, which has entailed clearing miles of virgin rain forest.
Before dismissing you as a ‘climate denier!”…..
Why is the taxpayer funding the meals and drinks of council workers and their hangers-on?
Another reason if such were needed, to avoid the freakin’ place like the plague.
Slightly but not wholly O/T – Enjoying the complaints by the Olympic athletes about the vegan nosh, sweltering sleeping cells and sewage in the river.
The msg is getting out.
Even if they did want to change their diet, you’re not supposed to change it overnight, especially when competing.
The organisers have now backed down and ordered in a tonne of meat and 70,000 eggs. Complaints and backlash can sometimes achieve the desired effect.
The deaths of 10s of millions in post Bolshevik Russia was primarily caused by agricultural policies…
The Neo Bolsheviks are at it again…
It’s Marxist modus operandi…..
Here in the UK Starmer is at the helm…….
Thanks for that voters..
Greta’s controversial statue was outside Winchester University and I thought her hand gesture was familiar. Sure enough….
Part of the Globalist Depopulation Agenda to force Veganism upon the entire world, in order to enfeeble humanity, as well as turning the countryside into one vast “Hunting Ground” for the elites, who will be hunting released slaves for sport, and forcing them to hunt each other, as in “The Hunger Games”.
Off-T
Iain Davis at Off-G with his take on the Manchester incident. Always worth a watch.
https://off-guardian.org/2024/08/01/watch-the-manchester-attack-iain-davis-in-discussion-with-mel-k/
The following quotes give some idea of the prevalence of the anti-human poison and if these views are spread as they have been from the 1960s then there is a real danger of group-think dominating and people taking it upon themselves to either get rid of humans as a whole or the ‘competition’. Reducing the amount of farming is one way to precipitate this happening.
The Earth has cancer and the cancer is Man
Club of Rome
Human beings, as a species, have no more value than slugs
John Davis Editor of Earth First
A cancer is an uncontrolled multiplication of cells; the population explosion is an uncontrolled multiplication of people. We must shift our efforts from the treatment of the symptoms to the cutting out of the cancer
Paul Ehrlich Professor, Stanford University:
There exists ample authority under which population growth could be regulated…It has been concluded that compulsory population-control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion, could be sustained under the existing Constitution if the population crisis became sufficiently severe to endanger the society
John Holdren President Obama’s science czar:
The extinction of the human species may not only be inevitable but a good thing Christopher Manes Writer for Earth First!
A total population of 250-300 million people, a 95% decline from present levels, would be ideal
Ted Turner Billionaire, founder of CNN and major UN donor:
My three main goals would be to reduce human population to about 100 million worldwide, destroy the industrial infrastructure and see wilderness, with it’s full complement of species, returning throughout the world
David Foreman Co-founder of Earth First!
Childbearing should be a punishable crime against society, unless the parents hold a government license. All potential parents should be required to use contraceptive chemicals, the government issuing antidotes to citizens chosen for childbearing
David Brower A founder of the Sierra Club:
…the resultant ideal sustainable population is hence more than 500 million people but less than one billion
Club of Rome
For the planet’s sake, I hope we have bird flu or some other thing that will reduce the population, because otherwise we’re doomed
Susan Blakemore UK Guardian science journalist
The addition of a temporary sterilant to staple food, or to the water supply. With limited distribution of antidote chemicals, perhaps by lottery
Paul Ehrlich Professor, Stanford University
I don’t claim to have any special interest in natural history, but as a boy I was made aware of the annual fluctuations in the number of game animals and the need to adjust the cull to the size of the surplus population
Prince Philip Royal billionaire
The world today has 6.8 billion people…that’s headed up to about 9 billion. If we do a really great job on vaccines, health care, reproductive health services, we could lower that by perhaps 10 to 15 percent
Bill Gates Microsoft billionaire
When you imagine that if all these 9 billion people claim all these resources, then the earth will explode
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber Architect of the new Germanic masterplan, the ‘Great Transformation’
In order to stabilize world population, we must eliminate 350,000 per day
Jacques Cousteau Mega-celebrity French scientist
A reasonable estimate for an industrialized world society at the present North American material standard of living would be 1 billion. At the more frugal European standard of living, 2 to 3 billion would be possible
UN Commission on Global Biodiversity Assessment
I would be remiss, as a scientist who studied this, if I didn’t mention the following two things: The first is that, most importantly, we need to do, as a society, in this country and globally, whatever we can to reduce population’…..’Our whole economic system is based on growth, and growth of our population, and this economic madness has to end.‘
John Miller NOAA climate scientist
I suspect that eradicating small pox was wrong. It played an important part in balancing ecosystems.’
John Davis Editor of Earth First!
If I were reincarnated I would wish to be returned to Earth as a killer virus to lower human population levels.’
Prince Philip Royal billionaire, married to Queen Elizabeth II
The extinction of Homo Sapiens would mean survival for millions, if not billions, of Earth-dwelling species. Phasing out the human race will solve every problem on Earth – social and environmental.’
Ingrid Newkirk PETA President
There are too many people, that’s why we have global warming. We have global warming because too many people are using too much stuff.’
Ted Turner Billionaire, founder of CNN and major UN donor
The big threat to the planet is people: there are too many, doing too well economically and burning too much oil.’
James Lovelock Founder of ‘Gaia’ concept (he changed his tune when he could see there was no climate catostrophy)
There are probably already too many people on the planet.‘
Nina Vsevolod Fedoroff Science advisor to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Finally, we might decide that civilisation itself is worth preserving. In that case we have to work out what to save and which people would be needed in a drastically reduced population – weighing the value of scientists and musicians against that of politicians, for example.’
Susan Blakemore UK Guardian science journalist
We advocate biodiversity for biodiversity’s sake. It may take our extinction to set things straight
David Foreman Co-founder of Earth First!
Complex technology of any sort is an assault on human dignity. It would be little short of disastrous for us to discover a source of clean, cheap, abundant energy, because of what we might do with it
Amory Lovins
We have become a plague upon ourselves and upon the Earth. It is cosmically unlikely that the developed world will choose to end its orgy of fossil energy consumption, and the Third World its suicidal consumption of landscape. Until such time as Homo Sapiens should decide to rejoin nature, some of us can only hope for the right virus to come along David Graber
Good terrorists would be taking [Ebola Roaston and Ebola Zaire] so that they had microbes they could let loose on the Earth that would kill 90 percent of people
Eric Pianka
For all your trouble you only have one thumbs up. ——-I will go ahead and give you another one, so you now have two. ——No wonder the people are having the pure piss taken out of them by the eco socialist phony planet savers. The people probably deserve all the impoverishment coming their way for their stupidity and apathy.
Yet, not a single one of your list have done the, in their eyes, decent thing and topped themselves.
Staggering quotes, all of them! It is hard for most people to believe the sheer scale of the evil launched against us.
All in plain site. The numerous quotes/wishes/intentions regarding viruses is interesting?
On topic, apologies.
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Calderdale enforce what you can eat and what you can’t?!
How’s that going for the 2024 Olympics?
Shortage of eggs and meat? Athletes dont want plant based foods? Athletes aren’t allowed Aircon so America pays millions to import mobile ac units for its Athletes?
Cardboard beds to stop Athletes ‘playing around ‘
This started bad, and it’s just getting worse..the worst, and only woke Olympics!
SHAME ON FRANCE
I feel sorry for the athletes being pushed into the green agenda, but this is the reality that many are advocating on the rest of us.
It will not work as the first world young cannot survive without en-suite bathrooms, 24/7 taxi services, central heating and air con. I expect the new arrivals housed in hotels will soon feel the same.
Well that’s the christmas, sorry winter festival , party out.
I think the meat ban is also in response to public concerns about halal and the method of slaughter. Lots of establishments are erring to buy / provide only halal meat now to ensure all meat eaters are catered for – but in effect, foisting halal produce onto those who find the associated slaughter practices undesirable.
Banning meat sidesteps the controversy about halal / non-halal and also buys in to the climate control crap.
It’s what the idiots in ‘the community’ voted for so shut up and get on with it.