Beef farming crisis an opportunity to re-evaluate the entire industry

It reallly is the new political frontier. Richard Bruton, the minister who has responsibility for policy on climate change, was questioned by Labour’s Joan Burton this week on whether he had become a vegetarian or a vegan.

He had done nothing of the sort. He had even posted a beef stir fry on his Instagram in recent days. He wittered on about a “balanced diet”, the dietary equivalent of one for everyone in the audience.