…Except that this is the Shadow Environment Secretary.
The 1980s called. It wants its Labour Party back.
Link is from The Independent, and not some notoriously Tory rag, for those who worry about such things.
The SDMB is wonderfully educational. You get exposed to things you never knew existed.
What the heck is the “Shadow Environment Secretary”? Is it part of the Shadow Government?
I realize from your phrasing that the person cited is really important and well-known over there, but I’m completely in the dark (not the shadows)
It’s good to see Kerry McCarthy doing her bit to counter the popular perception of vegans as insufferable arseholes.
Treat smokers like meat eaters.
Treat and eat the meat of smokers.
Only if it is smoked meat.
Regards,
Shodan
So, can I get a 15-minute break every two hours to step outside and eat some dead pig?
“Back in ten, boss. Bacon sandwich break”
Durnit, Shodan beat me to it.
No so much on the well-known part, but she has just been appointed to a high-profile position and seems keen to get noticed early.
Next up, I suppose, will be a Shadow Transport Secretary who wants all cars banned by 2021, all people travelling by bicycle and all heavy goods drawn by horses; and a Shadow Defence Secretary who’s looking to abolish the armed forces.
David Cameron probably knows where you can find one. Ask for the sauce on the side…
Only tangentially related but this reminds me of a funny family story from back in the day when you could smoke in restaurants.
I have two brothers, #1 is a goody two shoes type who judges others, and is basically a self important asshole. Brother #2, let’s just say, has enjoyed the fruits of life. 
He lives life to the fullest. He smokes, drinks, womanizes etc.
One year at a family reunion we all went out to dinner at a restaurant. Brother #2 fired up a cigarette at the dinner table; and brother #1 says “I’d rather you pass gas than have to smell those cigarettes!” Brother #2, always well spoken 
takes a nice long drag off his cigarette and blows it up in the air and says wistfully: “I sure wish I could muster up a good fart right about now.”
So if you don’t mind, I’ll keep eating meat. FYI, Brother #2 was asked to quit smoking by my daughter 15-20 years ago as she offered him all the money in her piggy bank; and he said OK, and never smoked again. (Unfortunately that cute 6 or 7 year old, now smokes herself.)
I fully support meat smokers.
I think it’s properly called a bacon butty.
yeah, but if you smoke your meat on the Underground you deserve to be ostracized. Especially if you don’t offer me any.
What the hell is up with that anti-smoking poster in the link? Do British cigs have their own tumors?
Ooh, ooh! I’ve got one:
Do we really understand the dangers of second-hand meat?
This quote of Kerry McCarthy’s from the article:
Well, that’s bad news for cows if everyone did that, isn’t it? They don’t exactly make ideal pets, and most domesticated breeds would fare badly on their own in the wild, certainly the milk production ones. Highland cattle would probably be OK.
“Jeremy Corbyn’s decision to appoint a vegan in charge of Labour’s dealings with farmers disappointed some in the industry”
True, but it’s a great time-saver to know that she’s not going to have to talk to all the meat farmers and just focus on people who go around tearing innocent plants out of the ground. Poor things can’t even run or cry for help…
<Grumpy Bunny> I think they’re properly called coos.</Grumpy Bunny>