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Is it immoral to eat animals? TV chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has declared that eating puppy meat is no
more morally objectionable than consuming pork.

"In principle, but not in practice, I have no objection to a high-welfare organic puppy farm. You can't object, unless you also object to the farming of pigs. It's an artificial construct of our society, a cultural decision, to make pets out of dogs and meat out of pigs. Both animals could be used the other way round, although pigs probably do make better meat than dogs and dogs better pets than pigs, but it's not a foregone conclusion."

Do you want Britain out of the European Union? The eurozone debt crisis shows no signs of abating, so are we better out than in? Is it time to stand alone and leave the restraints of a united Europe or should we stay put and play a part in its recovery?

It is a decision that appears to be splitting some political parties. Last night a former Tory treasurer defected to the UK Independence Party in protest over David Cameron's stance on the European Union. Lord Alexander Hesketh held a number of ministerial posts under Baroness Thatcher and John Major.

This morning we have found a high profile Convservative in Kent has also defected to UKIP. Janice Small is a former parliamentary assistant to Gravesham MP Adam Holloway and Dartford MP Gareth Johnson and stood as an MP at the last election.