General Discussion
@Carer , would you say that there's absolutely no need for for food banks, breakfast clubs in Schools to feed malnourished children and winter fuel allowances so a large proportion of pensioners don't freeze to death each winter? Which reality do you refer to? Your own or that of wider society?
@DAC " Are we living in times of austerity or not?" According to the doom and gloom brigade, we are, but in reality, we are not.
More business means more employment and more tax revenue, so it will pay for itself and probably other things.
So get businesses that directly benefit from tourism to pay for it. Are we living in times of austerity or not? I don't see the tourist trade having such a positive impact on the wider community, we have to pay higher water bills to deal with the seasonal increase in sewage and the impact on local beaches. Council tax in Dawlish is the among the highest in the area, I don't see the tourist trade ...
@Steve It'll be going on in this country because it's profitable. The RSPCA turn a blind eye to cruelty against animals every single day of the year from farming to horse racing. What makes anyone think they'd intervene in the halal slaughter of animals?
Why is it even going on in this country and where is the the RSPCA?
It's a great idea. It's the type of thing that attracts tourists.
The money could be spent on much more worthwhile things. Painting that shabby railway viaduct for example. No money to reinstate the other Manor Gardens bridge, but there is money for a statue of Brunel??
@Paul Which mainly concerns you? Animal welfare in general or simply at the point of slaughter? Or Jewish and Muslim practice of eating the flesh of animals that aren't stunned prior to slaughter?
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700557?reveal_response=yes "In modern society, we believe more consideration needs to be given to animal welfare and how livestock is treated and culled. We believe non-stun slaughter is barbaric and doesn't fit in with our culture and modern-day values and should be banned, as some EU nations have done." Parliament will debate this ...