Is Richard Tice turning into Britain’s RFK Jr?
Politics is less about engaging with the hard challenges of governance and more about turning up at every opportunity to offer glib, idiotic, intuitively “right” answers.
In the slim chance you don’t stay up to date with news from the world of flatulence relief, last week a story broke about a drug called Bovaer which is given to cows to reduce their methane emissions by a reported 30 to 45 per cent.
The story was high in Times Radio running order last Thursday after social media had apparently become agitated by rumours that traces of the drug had been detected in milk. “Just chucked my Lurpak in the bin,” claimed one user, reflecting the concerns of many who had suspicions about the drug, given (checks notes) the involvement of Bill Gates. As is routine in these conspiracies, Gates denied any involvement, though didn’t deny rumours that he can still afford to buy Lurpak.
Nevertheless, Times Radio was evidently doing the right thing. They were asking an expert in the field to contribute to the story and hopefully counter all the misinformation out there.
But that was “later in the hour”.
First… Well, here’s the thing.