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Gordon Brown in Shock Diet Change

Independant Reporter | 01.04.2009 04:00 | G20 London Summit | Animal Liberation | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Birmingham | World

Here`s some news from today`s Independant that will surprise and open the eyes of many people. Please forward this important news to your friends and family.

Gordon Brown in Shock Diet Change

The Independant 1-4-09

We can exclusively reveal this morning that Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced his conversion to veganism. The government will also be taking a series of bold steps to deal with the environmental threat posed by the consumption of meat and dairy products.

On the eve of the G20 summit, Gordon Brown intends to send a clear message to other world leaders by disclosing the lengths he and the Labour government are prepared to go to in order to tackle climate change.

Gordon Brown said yesterday, "I can no longer justify my consumption of animal products. After alot of consideration over recent months, I`ve decided that taking direct action in this way is vital, in order to limit my personal impact on the planet. When you consider that livestock cause more climate gasses than all of the world`s transport it`s a no brainer to be honest. I love my steaks but giving them up is a small price to pay in order to save the planet."

"The government now intends to make up for lost time on this issue. We are considering what steps we can take and it looks likely they will include a system of meat/dairy rationing and a new `farm to fork` environmental impact labelling system for all food products, so that consumers can make an informed choice. Parliament will from now on enjoy weekly `meat-free Mondays` in our canteens and we will work towards enforcing this in all government buildings."

"The global financial crisis is obviously the primary reason for the G20 meeting this week, but I will be raising the issue of diet where appropriate and I`m optimistic that we can come to an agreement to begin to tackle this critical issue globally."

"I would like to take this opportunity to advise people here in the UK that they can make a real difference to the future well being of their children simply by changing their diet. The government will of course do what we can to reduce the devastation caused by the animal farming industries, but the easiest way of dealing with the problem is simply for all of you reading this to start cutting meat and dairy from your diet."

A number of environmental organisations have already congratulated Gordon Brown on his positive step towards truly sustainable living.

Mark Hughes of Friends of the Earth commented, "Adopting a vegan diet is probably the single most effective action an individual can take to reduce their environmental footprint. Whilst most people are now aware that if they want to be eco-friendly, they should recycle, switch to renewable energy, use public transport etc, many people do not realise that the adoption of plant based diets is equally if not more important."

"We hope that Gordon Brown`s decision to go public with his new green lifestyle choice, will result in many more people following suit, by switching to a truly sustainable vegan diet."

Anyone wanting more information about the environmental benefits of vegan lifestyles should see the Vegan Society website  http://www.vegansociety.com

Independant Reporter
- Homepage: http://www.vegansociety.com

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good work

01.04.2009 05:03

who was it last year? always works to get the fools talking....

april fool


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01.04.2009 08:18

Don't really like jokes about what is a very serious issue. About as funny as "HLS has closed!" - Oh wait! It's April Fools' - 500 more animals will be killed today after all - very f*cking funny!!

Not laughing


seriously tho

01.04.2009 09:12

a friend got a shit load of grief after texting and telling everyone obama was vegan because of an april fools last year. people report indy as fact, so shit like this ends up discrediting our movemet

tim


@ tim

01.04.2009 13:03

No Tim, it's complaining that an April Fool's joke is going to damage your precious image that hurts your movement.

It just reinforces the idea that you're a bunch of puritans.

MonkeyBot


very funny, but would help if you spelled Independent right!

01.04.2009 18:43

Very funny, but would look more realistic if you spelled Independent right!

And lighten up, people. Whinging and moaning isn't going to help the animals. I'm sure they would rather we were laughing because then we are better psychologically equipped to kick animal abuser butt.

vegan


to: not laughing (why not?)

03.04.2009 02:02

"Don't really like jokes about what is a very serious issue."

Are you seriously trying to claim that Gordan Brown's diet is a 'very serious issue'? It really isn't. State puppets are powerless as individuals. Even if he was vegan, it wouldn't of made a shitting bit of difference, apart from maybe turn people AWAY from veganism!!

"About as funny as "HLS has closed!" - Oh wait! It's April Fools'"

There's a difference. A political celebrity & war criminal (that everyone despies) changing their lifestyle to cruelty free is completely ludicrous - hence its a FOOLS joke.

For anyone who fully or partially believed this, I pitty your naivity....

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