I hereby declare that I will not eat my horse

britexpat
By britexpat

E.U Stupidity is reaching unprecedented levels ......

HORSE owners must sign a pledge not to eat their pets — or face up to two years in jail, a barmy new EU rule says.

Brits will be saddled with the legislation even though it is aimed at continentals who munch two million of the creatures every year.

Critics blasted the law yesterday. UKIP leader Nigel Farage said: “I’d like to be a fly on the wall when the Queen and Princess Anne are asked to sign a form saying they’re not going to eat their horses.

“Measures to stop the trade in horse flesh may be a good thing.

“But any common sense in Brussels is drowned by the sheer weight of ludicrous suggestions.

All British horses will be treated as though they are headed for the dinner plate unless the owner declares otherwise.

Anyone who refuses to sign will face prison or an unlimited fine.

Furious stable owner Kate Gillanders, of Kinross, Perthshire, said yesterday: “We don’t see our horses as cattle.

“The thought of them being eaten is utterly repulsive. Brussels is poking its nose in where it should not be. The EU knows nothing about me and cares even less.

“This nonsense is somebody else’s obsession.”

The crackdown is the brainchild of EU Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel — who last year scrapped a rule banning curvy bananas.

Source: The Sun ofcourse :)

By edifis• 23 Jun 2009 00:08
edifis

Alexa, I love donkies. They make good pets. They are bious too. They bray atleast 5 times a day. For Gods sake, Please stop eating them.

By edifis• 23 Jun 2009 00:07
edifis

Alexa, I love donkey's. They make good pets. They are bious too. They bray atleast 5 times a day. For Gods sake,please stop eating them.

By edifis• 22 Jun 2009 22:55
edifis

What do you call horse meat? Its not beef, not mutton, not pork then what is the term used for it?

By Victory_278692• 22 Jun 2009 11:51
Victory_278692

Why Brit always stand-alone in their own territory? and UK follows US policies and sometime guide US secretly....

By britexpat• 22 Jun 2009 11:36
britexpat

Got to agree with you - Partially :0

Britain is in Europe, but should we be within the E.U.. I personaly think not..

As far as the USA is concerned, we are two countries seperated by a common language. We use each other as and when required ..

By anonymous• 22 Jun 2009 11:31
anonymous

i suspect foal play......us English are always getting saddled with rules.

the mane points of this story are ride-iculous

By bleu• 22 Jun 2009 11:20
bleu

MR PAUL, The UK isn't really "in Europe", neither geographically, nor politically....

You just signed an agreement, never intending to be integrated.... Euro?? Schengen?? everything else...

I'd suggest the ultimate... UK as a US state. You fit better together.

By britexpat• 22 Jun 2009 10:28
britexpat

There may be a knackers yard, but I don't think it would be in Blighty :)

By anonymous• 22 Jun 2009 09:59
anonymous

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I think you have me confused with someone who gives a sh1t.

By cynbob• 22 Jun 2009 09:51
cynbob

All in favor? NEIGH!

By edifis• 22 Jun 2009 09:42
edifis

Mr Paul. I am not referring to the movie, but the original text from which the movie may have been inspired.

By anonymous• 22 Jun 2009 09:37
anonymous

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I think you have me confused with someone who gives a sh1t.

By edifis• 22 Jun 2009 09:30
edifis

On a serious note- I thought knackers are very much present in England.

Refer to Animal Farm by George Orwell. Isn't the story set in an English countryside? The farm is owned by one Mr. Jones. And the horses Boxer & Clover are always afraid of being sent to the knackers.

By anonymous• 22 Jun 2009 09:22
anonymous

britexpat...Not your horse....nor your cow....or the pig

.....and the chicken.....

....lets go cannibal!!!

By anonymous• 22 Jun 2009 09:20
anonymous

with their time.

Lets get the UK outta Europe NOW !!!!

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I think you have me confused with someone who gives a sh1t.

By britexpat• 22 Jun 2009 08:53
britexpat

Actually, the basic idea is to stop dangerous vets’ drugs entering humans’ diets.

By GodFather.• 22 Jun 2009 08:47
GodFather.

What next? I could understand if it was linked to a disease.

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