There Would Be Carnage In The Streets ...

[wolf63]

I hadn't heard of this being mentioned before, and if they had attempted to kill all domestic cats there would be riots and uprisings all over the place.

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/ministers-considered-culling-every-cat-in-britain-at-start-of-pandemic_uk_63ffb9a2e4b072dc59582ff3

Prime minister Larry would not have been impressed

[fitdarren]

I don't have a cat, but I like them and feed and look out for one who lives around here and isn't the owner's priority. They would have culled him over my dead body!! A ridiculous consideration and I'm not surprised it didn't get off the ground. It's the sort of thing they do in backward countries and see it through, not civilised countries.

[ichkeria]

I'm sure Tora is right: it's brainstorming, one of no doubt many daft suggestions that were tossed up the proverbial flagpole.
This is why half-arsed leaks like this can be so damaging.

[naomi24]

It would be a drastic measure. We accept it with wild animals, albeit grudgingly perhaps, but if our pets were under a similar death sentence it would be like something out of a horror film really.

[fitdarren]

I'm afraid I don't accept it with wild animals either naomi. We need a cull of humans. starting with paedophiles, baby and child murderers and the like! The world would be a much better place then imo.

[douglas9401]

This street carnage, would it be named Pussy Riot?

[Old_Geezer]

Would there have been enough freezer space for all the pet meat ?

[ToraToraTora]

"This street carnage, would it be named Pussy Riot? " - PMSL doug!

[royfromaus]

I'm not surprised. The government, the opposition and a good many of the general public lost their minds over covid.

Many are sticking by the nonsense they spouted despite the evidence.

[jourdain2]

royfromaus. I won't get it, but I wouldn't mind a general acknowledgement that those of us who objected to lockdown and other idiocies were not loony 'granny killers' (I'm a granny) and threatening everyone's health. I got called all sorts of stuff - including by one or two on here who should have known better.
You can't run a country solely by science. Hubris gains the day.

[douglas9401]

It was indeed quickly obvious that nobody knew much and were unprepared to back down.
I was cowed for a while by the onslaught on our screens but came to realise that pride and a lust for power were driving things.

[wolf63]

I think that the solution would have been to eradicate the politicians (all parties) and let Larry &Co run the country.

Meanwhile, in Hong Kong its the Hamsters that they are killing off.