Post by Neko Bazu on Oct 24, 2007 6:50:21 GMT -1
1) Specialise in Physical Chemistry and run several projects that seem to be only about catalysis and metals. Once in a position to advise the government, use Climate Change as an excuse to push nuclear power. Inexplicably get put in charge of the problem of TB in cows.
2) When asked whether culling Badgers would stop the spread of bovine TB, do a 10-year study. Spend £34 million and kill 10,000 badgers. Also, have a public consultation.
3) When the consultation comes back as hugely negative, with the public against it and citing previous scientific evidence, ignore it completely.
4) When the science comes back saying that culling Badgers will actually cause the TB to spread much more quickly, ignore it.
5) When the Independent Scientific Group (ISG) agree with your own scientists that it simply won't work and add that a cull will also be too expensive, ignore them.
6) When the Irish point out that killing 99% of the Badgers causes the others to run, spreading TB, and that the only effective way to reduce it is to kill 100% of the Badgers, ignore them.
7) Repeat loudly that the farmers are very concerned about this situation. When experts say that controlling the cows will be more effective than culling badgers, ignore them. Repeat it again.
8) Announce that a badger cull will be used in the most heavily-hit areas, but not a 100% cull. Go against the biggest public response to an opinion poll in years, your own scientists, independent scientists, and scientists with experience at doing this in Ireland.
9) Sit back happy in the knowledge that the Government gets to look like it’s doing something so the farmers will stop shouting, like it wanted to do all along. Ignore everyone who’s been trying to stop it happening for 10 years.
10) Do what you were always going to do anyway, before we paid £34m and pretended we had any influence on the people we allow to lead us.
Tossers
2) When asked whether culling Badgers would stop the spread of bovine TB, do a 10-year study. Spend £34 million and kill 10,000 badgers. Also, have a public consultation.
3) When the consultation comes back as hugely negative, with the public against it and citing previous scientific evidence, ignore it completely.
4) When the science comes back saying that culling Badgers will actually cause the TB to spread much more quickly, ignore it.
5) When the Independent Scientific Group (ISG) agree with your own scientists that it simply won't work and add that a cull will also be too expensive, ignore them.
6) When the Irish point out that killing 99% of the Badgers causes the others to run, spreading TB, and that the only effective way to reduce it is to kill 100% of the Badgers, ignore them.
7) Repeat loudly that the farmers are very concerned about this situation. When experts say that controlling the cows will be more effective than culling badgers, ignore them. Repeat it again.
8) Announce that a badger cull will be used in the most heavily-hit areas, but not a 100% cull. Go against the biggest public response to an opinion poll in years, your own scientists, independent scientists, and scientists with experience at doing this in Ireland.
9) Sit back happy in the knowledge that the Government gets to look like it’s doing something so the farmers will stop shouting, like it wanted to do all along. Ignore everyone who’s been trying to stop it happening for 10 years.
10) Do what you were always going to do anyway, before we paid £34m and pretended we had any influence on the people we allow to lead us.
Tossers
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But yeah, fucking ridiculous waste of money too 
;D
