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 Rat infestation threatens UK – Telegraph.

RatNow that humans are a minority on these islands, should we be regarded as vulnerable and in need of special protection? Or does the danger that our recession will reduce food waste and thus threaten the well-being of the rats mean that they are "at risk" and we should be taxed to subsidise them? Finally, if you are a politician, how would your answer differ if rats had the vote?

Be careful with the comments, people. I am all for free speech, but I will not tolerate any speciesism.

One response to “These islands belong to the rats”

  1. David Davis Avatar

    Clearly something to do with recycling. That’s obviously why we gave up that suicidal past-time after the Black Death and later threats.

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Tom is a retired international lawyer. He was a partner in a City of London law firm and spent almost twenty years abroad serving clients from all over the world.

Returning to London on retirement in 2011, he was dismayed to discover how much liberty had been lost in the UK while he was away.

He’s a classical liberal (libertarian, if you must) who, like his illustrious namesake, considers that

“…government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.”

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