World Vegan Day at UK Parliament (1 of 2)

November 1st, 2011. Witness an historic moment for veganism - the first time that World Vegan Day was marked in the UK's Parliament.

Vegan MP, Kerry McCarthy, presents positive information about the health benefits of a vegan diet and highlights the cruelty of the meat, egg and dairy industries. She also warns of the disease risks linked to meat-eating and the environmental destruction caused by the livestock industry.

Watch part 2 at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPG72ICmC00

Read a transcript at
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2011-11-01c.895.0

Find out more about Kerry McCarthy and her fellow vegan MPs at:

www.kerrymccarthymp.org
www.chriswilliamson.org
www.cathyjamieson.com

Support the work of the Vegan Society at
www.vegansociety.com

Be inspired to Go Vegan for the animals, your health and the planet. Download a vegan starter guide at http://veganfuture.wordpress.com/resources

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• world vegan day
• uk parliament
• house of commons
• westminster
• london
• england
• kerry mccarthy mp

[sums100]

A light in the darkness.

[mooker5600]

Awesome! I am from Bristol South, and wish we had a local MP as cool as Kathy. I didn't know we had MP's like this around but am glad to be aware now. So inspiring.

[SJwasMADEin1987]

F***ing Awesome! Well done lady, excellent job!

[smithrosechloe]

Respect for this woman!

[mooker5600]

The film 'Forks over Knives' that Kerry mentioned is a great film, it shows why a plant based diet is the way to go. Very interesting, with people whom are foremost in the field regarding the matter. Please watch the film.

[mooker5600]

@ianveganoption I found the discussion from the website on your channel and listened to it (appreciated and enjoyed it too) and also signed up for notification of future discussions. Thank you for the information and link.

[ianveganoption]

@mooker5600 The 3 vegan MPs in this debate were interviewed together for The Vegan Option, answering questions from their counterparts throughout the world. If this is of interest, you can hear their interview about veganism in politics at our website. In the absence of links in YouTube comments, google "Kerry MP vegan option" to hear them talking about their journey to being the biggest vegan caucus in the world.

[NightgauntGer]

A little sad that she had to hold her speech in front of 10 people in there.