Dale Vance - Conflicts of Interests?

 

Dale Vance

Labour donor and green entrepreneur, Dale Vance, says that he wants to talk to the Labour government about scrapping compulsory meat and dairy in school meals in England.

Personally, I wouldn't want vegan meals foisted on myself or my children but I believe children should be given a choice.  Vance who has gifted more than £5m to Labour, says that vegan meals are healthier and better for the environment. But is that true?

It's by no means certain if vegan meals are much healthier for children, or adults. A vegan is someone who doesn't eat food derived from any animals but lives on a plant-based diet. Most UK medical practitioners would recommend that you eat a balanced diet. It is known that vegetarians can be at risk of vitamin deficiency, but most Hindus are vegetarian.

We know that the Irish peasant once subsisted on the lumper potato. Although this must have been a rather boring diet, it was a perfectly healthy one. Apparently, the potato and the skin, is high in nutritional value. By all accounts, the only thing the Irish cottier needed to add to his diet of potatoes was butter milk.

Vance is campaigning for an end to the farming of animals which he believes is the biggest driver of the climate crisis. He told a fringe meeting at the Labour Party conference that his company 'Devil's Kitchen', already supplies vegan meals to 'one in four' primary schools.

It sounds to me like Vance has a vested business interest in lobbying for vegan meals to made available in schools. Selling and promoting vegan meals has made him a multimillionaire. Is this why he's donating money to Labour and why he thinks farm animals are driving the so-called 'climate crisis'?