For being early...

One man at least wasn’t waiting for the public protest against genetically modified wheat in Rothamsted. According to mainstream news sources Hector Christie scaled the fence on Sunday morning and caused ‘significant random damage’. He was arrested, charged with criminal damage and bailed until July 13th.

Take the Flour back, the main pressure group opposing the trial denied having any warning of Hector’s solo mission but said “we are relieved that the quantity of GM pollen released by the wheat has been reduced” The group still intends do go ahead with Sunday’s decontamination.

Meanwhile for light relief, National Farmers Union president, Peter Kendall, took the opportunity to invoke Godwin’s Law and compared Hector’s actions to those of the Third Reich, because of course a bit of premature wheat harvesting can only lead directly to a mechanized war of racial annihilation.