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Subject: Re: [farmtalking] RE:deception

 Coleen – I don't presently know how the EU plan to force compulsary vaccination but I would suspect that in the first instance they will offer free vaccine plus support in administering it, combined with legislative powers to not compensate non-compliers who become IP's, backed up with legal liability for all consequential transmission attributable to those stock , including cost of cleansing, etc.(other than genuine hardship reasons if applicable, ie bereavement, flooding, etc.) As we know, a small modicum of non-compliance would not derail a vaccination programme or prevent it's efficacy.
 The EU will find ways to get Ben Gill or his replacement on-side. He himself has said that we need vaccines but 'better vaccines'. The EU and global FMD community are working hard to bring the policies, from every perspective, up to date and should be able to persuade Gill to leave the age of the dinosaur behind.With a bit of luck we might have a more progressive or
enlightened President of the NFU, and / or a system in place which will automatically bring in a wider cross-section of stakeholders.
 How to make big business do the sensible thing? I don't know right now, I don't think there is one quick and easy answer, I suspect the answer to that will be the Holy Grail of agri-politcs for the forseeable future; the
obvious lines of approach assuming that we are not talking a change of Govt. would be via a farmers leader or agricultural/ rural PR campaign that the public could actually trust, which , following John Gummer's daughters' beefburger could be a long time; thereagain, wasn't the Soil Association slogan, 'Food You Can Trust'?
 Best wishes, Chris.

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