As some one who lost their viable Dairy Farm after the "BIG" F&M disaster and is a trained Microbiologist Is would say that the Government have a number of issues to consider.. Of course I am biased... F&M cost me in excess of a £500,000 loss including my home farm and business with NO ( repeat NO - contrary to popular belief) financial help from the Government.

1. Why is a notifiable disease hitting our community so often?
2. Why are these so called labs so Bio-insecure. Its not rocket science to control pathogens. Thousands of labs do this routinely around the world?
3. Have the agencies considered the impact of mass livestock transport in hours not days like the 1960's outbreak.

But then I am just a tax payer... what right have I to expect the government its agencies and contractors to spend money wisely and review policy in light of industrial, demographic and social changes......... Its about staying in power or gaining votes silly me!

Brian, Wiltshire, UK

No 10 must be greatly relieved that most UK citizens sit glued to the tv watching "reality' programmes, a misnomer if ever there was one. The real truth seems to be something the government cannot or will not disseminate. Does this censorship of the truth come from our "elected" reps or the mandarins of Whitehall I wonder? The media falls in with the d-notices and the public who are paying for all this have to swallow so many lies and nonsense and are fed so much pap to divert them from the real problems.

Look after your own and your self because the government aint going to do it.

Mitch, Saumur, France

The Public Sector seem not be able to run themselves these days ... budget overuns and underruns in the NHS, failing schools, not enough prisons, security breaches in dangerous disease labs causing millions of pounds of damage to the whole of the food business and lost CDs with what should be secure data of 25 million people causing unaccountable damage in terms of criminal offences of money laundering, fraud, identity theft and all the misery that goes with it. And this is just a few from the list of failures.

If the lab should be shut then so should HMRC and all other government departmental IT systems until there has been a thorough review of security and operational procedures.

This government is both inept and deceitful. It has caused untold damage to the economy, our consitutional institutions and sovereignty and oveas reputation.

Now we can all see what was behind Blair's smarmy grin all those years. The country's worst fears have been realised.

Edwin Thornber, Bucharest,