Handbags   (The sad, the bad and the ugly. Non-productive stuff here.)

I think the UK has learned the hard way of the perils to which we are exposed if we neglect animal welfare.

Variant CJD killed an unknown number of our citizens, played a part in bringing down Margaret Thatcher, and all but destroyed the country's meat industry.

I guess we are not keen to see a return to the bad old days.

After all, isn't chicken already wonderfully cheap.