Bez 4 PM

[Mich the Tester]

So he spent years battering drugs and not he turns his nose up at a field of maize.

Did he deep fry the drugs and eat them with tartare sauce after he battered them?

[SimonMac]

So he spent years battering drugs and not he turns his nose up at a field of maize.

WHS

[darmstadt]

Some sort of performing artiste, one might assume?

<ZG still in Lord Denning mode>

Performing - yes
Artist - debatable

[MicrosoftBob]

Probably the first time Mitch wouldn't be interested in fine pair of maracas

[minestrone]

Who is this "Bez" character?

<ZG in Lord Denning mode>

Onstage dancer for the Happy Mondays.

Thick as 2 short planks, no doubt exacerbated by humungous amounts of drugs.

[darmstadt]

Who is this "Bez" character?

<ZG in Lord Denning mode>

You're twisting my melon, man. Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile. Kuff Dam...Freaky Dancin'

[minestrone]

So he spent years battering drugs and not he turns his nose up at a field of maize.

[doodab]

Any evidence that they are NOT safe?

No idea, but given the risks and rewards it seems the onus is on those who promote them to prove that they are safe.

Personally i'm not against them, we've been selectively breeding stuff for years, which is much the same thing, but I do think there are aspects of them (such as sterility, which means farmers have to buy seed every year) that primarily serve the desires of big agro business, and i'm not convinced these companies are worthy of trust.

[MicrosoftBob]

Any evidence that they are NOT safe?

Bez the man of the people said so, he doesn't need no stinking evidence

[Mich the Tester]

Any evidence that they are NOT safe?

What if they give you a face like Bez?

[Project Monkey]

Many people remain unconvinced as to their safety and the only evidence they are safe comes from industry funded groups with a vested interest. Such is the distrust of big business these days that this situation is not acceptable to many.

Any evidence that they are NOT safe?

[doodab]

...and the evidential problem with GM crops is.... what?

Many people remain unconvinced as to their safety and the only evidence they are safe comes from industry funded groups with a vested interest. Such is the distrust of big business these days that this situation is not acceptable to many.

[Freaki Li Cuatre]

...and the evidential problem with GM crops is.... what?

Don't know. Ditto fracking.

Need to do some research.

[Project Monkey]

...and the evidential problem with GM crops is.... what?

[Freaki Li Cuatre]

Standing as an MP because he doesn't like fracking ang GM crops according to The Graun

A lot of stuff about permaculture and how he has relinquished personal ownership (fookin' 'ippy!) but he's spot on here:

There is a fellow called Owen Paterson who is trying to rush genetically modified crops into Britain. The government have all been bought and paid for by the bankers. They have been lobbied out of their minds. Not one of them has got any concern for the people they are representing or the environment. All they are interested in is lining their pockets.