Off Topic The Politics Thread

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Should the UK remain a part of the EU or leave?

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Nice, but the article says the rise in pets resulted in shortage of dog food. It's probably dog owners that are buying it, I would have thought.

But as we know, during those times people were utter ****s and bought more items than they would ever use, without any reason other than greed and fear. It doesn’t in anyway show that more pets, and specifically dogs were being purchased.
Happy to be convinced if you can show some clear evidence
 
Have you any reports/evidence of dog ownership going up over lockdown ? I never heard that

There was a report from the RSPCA last week about behavioral problems with "covid puppies" as the come of age.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-66723458

In the report it also states...

The UK's dog population increased from an estimated 10 million to 11 million over two years, an earlier hearing was told.

Much of that was driven by demand for fashionable breeds such as French bulldogs and cross-breeds such as Cockapoos, with more animals being imported without pet passports or bought from the internet.
 
There was a report from the RSPCA last week about behavioral problems with "covid puppies" as the come of age.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-66723458

In the report it also states...

The UK's dog population increased from an estimated 10 million to 11 million over two years, an earlier hearing was told.

Much of that was driven by demand for fashionable breeds such as French bulldogs and cross-breeds such as Cockapoos, with more animals being imported without pet passports or bought from the internet.

Thanks mate. Something more specific at last
 
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Anyone landing on watching the top secret “bombshell” dispatches programme on Channel 4 tonight ? Seems to be a big expose coming up

Think I’ll wait to find out what it is and watch online if it’s worth it. Quite strong rumours on who it concerns and it wouldn’t be much of a surprise if true.