The Guardian’s piece on Lord Stern’s comments about climate change also raises the current controversy over palm oil production. I am proud to report I purchased orangutan-friendly black pepper oatcakes this morning, which are made with olive oil rather than palm oil like most oatcakes. Now we need David “oatcakes are my favourite biscuits”* Cameron to confirm likewise.
*They’re not biscuits.
Speaking of apes, the adorable and fluffy AA Gill has upset people by revealing he shot a baboon on safari in Africa “to see what it would feel like to shoot a person”. This gives me not only the opportunity to re-use my favourite holiday snap, taken in Victoria Falls a couple of years ago and previously used to illustrate a particularly insightful blog post on men sitting with their legs apart on trains…
… but also to draw attention to the fact that the delightful Mr Gill also confirmed what we all know, that arguments in defence of fox-hunting are just spurious efforts to justify bloodsports: “The feeble argument of culling and control is much the same as for foxes: a veil for naughty fun.” While Mr Cameron is answering my question about oatcakes, perhaps he could also reveal how many live animals he’s shot and killed for sport?
Shot by both sides 