Here's a transcript of the latest Conservative press release on the Foot and Mouth Crisis:
Shadow Environment Secretary, Peter Ainsworth said:
“It comes as no surprise to learn that the latest outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease is the same strain as that of the outbreak in August.
“But it does raise further questions about why the Government felt able to declare that Foot and Mouth Disease had been "eradicated". This was clearly a tragic misjudgement.
"If this is what happens when Gordon Brown takes personal control of a crisis, he's better off out of it.”
A classic example of petty, political point scoring. No wonder more and more people are turned off by politics.
If the Tories want to gain some credibility, how about coming up with some practical solutions and measures...