Posted by Ellee on January 30th, 2009 | Categorized as Food labelling
ROBERT STURDY PRAISES JAMIE OLIVER
I would like to congratulate Jamie Oliver for his insightful Channel 4 programme “Jamie Saves Our Bacon” on pork production which highlighted the unacceptable anomalies surrounding food labelling. I know this is an issue which causes much confusion for consumers and is one I feel passionate about.
As an international trade spokesman [...]
Posted by Ellee on January 29th, 2009 | Categorized as Letter from Europe
Letter from Europe, 29 January 2009
The European Commission is muddying our waters again unnecessarily.
This time, it is our recreational sea anglers who face the full extent of their ridiculous bureaucracy which could have a considerable impact in the Eastern region.
It follows the announcement by the European Commission that it wants to impose quotas on recreational [...]
Posted by Ellee on January 1st, 2009 | Categorized as Letter from Europe
New Year message from Robert Sturdy
A new year. A new presidency. A new parliament.
While there is much speculation about whether or not Gordon Brown will call a general election next year, voters in the UK will certainly be going to the polls to vote in the Euro-election 2009.
We will be led into the elections by [...]