Cotswold District Council leader Lynden Stowe quizzed over horsemeat scandal

12:00pm Sunday 3rd March 2013 in News By Ian Craig

THE HORSEMEAT scandal has ridden into the Cotswolds.

At Tuesday’s meeting of Cotswold District Council Cllr Paul Hodgkinson (Lib Dem, Churn Valley) asked council leader Cllr Lynden Stowe (Con, Campden-Vale) what the authority had done to make sure meat-lovers in the district were not left with a horsy taste in their mouths.

When Cllr Stowe explained that, although the authority has responsibility for food safety in the district, the issue fell under the remit of Gloucestershire County Council’s trading standards division, Cllr Hodgkinson replied: “What you are actually saying is your council has sat back and done nothing”.

“Far be it for me to nag you but this is not just a supermarket issue,” he added.

“Given that 28 other local authorities are taking proactive action on this, is it time to put your best hoof forward and get in the saddle?”

Cllr Stowe replied he was “appalled” by the scandal, but there was nothing the council could do to deal with the issue.

“It is not up to this council, it is up to the supermarkets to sell what they say they are selling,” he said.

Comments(7)

David Broad says...
4:17pm Sun 3 Mar 13

I watch what I eat but don't want to see it in the 2.30 from Kempton Park.

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Crispin Mount says...
7:21pm Sun 3 Mar 13

The only racing certainty are certain Tories who will be heading for Inspector Knacker's Yard.

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Pentheus says...
10:42pm Sun 3 Mar 13

Has Cllr Hodgkinson quizzed the Council Leader over what is he doing about uranium enrichment in Iran yet ?
or early warning tsunami detection devices in Indonesia ?

Is that the very best the Libdumbs can come up with ? rather than horsemeat the real question is why do political parties have a disproportionate percentage of horses arses?

I suppose the conservative response from CDC would be a photo opportunity with all the usual suspects outside in Trinity Road eating a lasagne ready meal to reassure the electorate.....

Still look on the bright side the local elections are on the way as will be the vast majority of our council..so its good from them and its goodnight from me ......

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Olly Cromwell says...
4:48pm Mon 4 Mar 13

Pentheus appears to getting on his own UKIP high horse.

Best to grab some more fruitcakes before they all go off in May.

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Pentheus says...
6:48pm Mon 4 Mar 13

Nope you got that totally wrong , don't have a horse called UKIP and wouldnt anyway....merely an observer of All the political parties fighting over the "middle turf" and putting their own interests first.......

by the way why is
http://www.cotswoldc
onservatives.co.uk/p
age/

a blank page ...surely some mistake , the conservatives short of diktats ?

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Council Taxpayer says...
7:32pm Mon 4 Mar 13

Maybe they're holding an entire page open to list their defeats in the upcoming county council elections.

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David Broad says...
1:29am Tue 5 Mar 13

Disaster! Conservative Website goes down, Lib Dems have nothing to copy!

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