THURSDAY 5 MARCH 2020The UK is desperate for friends
outside the EU
Dominic Raab is making pompous noises ahead of his first official visit to Saudi
Arabia: “The United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia will continue to work together to
tackle global challenges and help to resolve the devastating humanitarian crisis in
Yemen.”I question the use of the word “continue” and the professed sentiment.
Mr Raab added: “Saudi Arabia is one of our closest trade partners and plays an important role in keeping
Britain safe.” How, exactly, on either front? Because we sell them arms?
Oh – or are they “closest” because we’ve lost Europe as a trading partner and, in some desperation, have to
look further afield for friends?
Beryl Wall London
Chicken run... and run
I fully agree with Dr K Murphy’s rebuff regarding the real concern of accepting chlorinated chicken into
UK and EU. Ie, the conditions that the chickens are reared in are bad enough as it is in the EU, but not as
bad as the US (and elsewhere), where the priority is to be as low cost as possible.
However, I would, and have, gone one step further and prioritise animal welfare above personal diet. Be a
vegetarian, if not vegan.
The younger generation get it, us old folks have to open their eyes, minds and imaginations.
Scott Peacock West Lodge, Aberdeenshire
Wow! I guess I really hit a nerve when I wrote about chlorinated chicken.
But your correspondents have done exactly what I wanted, in the following discussion about animal welfare
standards.
On that point I am 200 per cent with them.
Steve Mumby London
Coronavirus panic
Am I the only cynic left on the planet?
Because we communicate in extremes as part of a boiling pot of permanent hysteria, I’ll state clearly that I