“I hope no-1 is fagetting our brave solders hu need the milk also it is about time Gnome Chomsy had a chayng of idenntitee so we can go on in suport of things we dont suport but do suport as long as thay r not on ur dorstep by whitch I do not meen cows of corse but the heroick Vulcan witch without enuf milk cud becum a musseam peice. Cows canot fly but by thickineng air neer the ground thair bovine gasses shud make a softr landing for planes witch is wot maters - not sum kids eyes wattering or the wide open spaces of flys witch can neway be used 4 target practiss an if u say difrent u r a terrurrist or vegun witch is the same.”

“Ah - Gnome - I think you may be letting your mask slip... You need to read more carefully and perhaps employ the powers of analysis of the noted intellectual whose name you've bastardised. Read my posting and you'll see I'm simply quoting Mr Avizienius and his colleague as they both are distancing themselves from perceptions that the RSPCA are supporting the proposal. As I'm sure you well know, the vast majority of people wouldn't want this farm anywhere in this country at this size - we do not have the open space that the US has so it can't be placed easily anywhere in England for all the reasons that have been repeated time and again - not animal welfare as that is not a planning consideration as you should know. Tell you what, why don't you just wait until the objections start flooding in responding to the new application when it's submitted and see then whether you find all the reasoning by myself and fellow campaigners is muddled... and then get some assistance to do the reading you'll need to do to find a viable rationale to argue the case for this proposal.
It's not a case of not in my back yard (and in actuality it isn't) - but not in this country.”

“Do you want it on your doorstep, Gnome?”

“Gnome,

The issue is that this sort of agro-industrial installation should not be allowed on anyone's 'doorstep'.

There is no planning precedent for this kind of development in the UK but experience in the USA has led to regulations that would require a separation distance of 8 miles from residential buildings for a CAFO of this size.

Additionally, Willes has a record as a known polluter and the CAFO will be built on a fragile geology that supplies water for Lincoln. The impact of the bovine effluent could be catastrophic.

No, not on anyone's doorstep, thank you.”

“Deborah, you clearly do not want the dairy near to you, but you are muddled on your reasoning. Mr Avizienius simply said that big farms are not necessarily bad for animal welfare. His statement that he is not overtly backing the Nocton plan does not mean he is specifically opposing it. He means it may not be the monster you imagine.

Do you object on animal welfare grounds, or because it is on your doorstep?”