The odious British National Party published their manifesto in the last few days. It contains one animal welfare commitment. Not surprisingly it is to “ban the burka, ritual slaughter and the building of further mosques in Britain.” Just to make sure we understand their racist policies they repeat later their pledge to “outlaw non-stunned ritual slaughter of animals” in the “Agriculture: Food and Fisheries” section. The BNP’s commitment is only related to their perception of ritual slaughter as a racist issue and has nothing to do with animal welfare.