The leading anti-badger cull group – which has over 100,000 likes on Facebook – is taking full advantage of the stretched police resources thanks to their friends at the extremist Extinction Rebellion protests this week. The group, which features a burning tractor and masked saboteur in its cover photo, has told its followers:

“Tory police cuts combined with XR protests, may well now mean a significant drop in policing levels across the badger cull zones. Have fun pixies…”

Guido doesn’t want to badger, but the sooner these protests are over the better…

Since badger killing is in the news at the moment, worth taking a look at the Corbynista view of the cull. Angela Rayner’s husband Mark, a top trade union official, suggests an alternative plan on his Facebook page, posting this charming “Cull the Tories” graphic. Kinder, gentler…