 Unstunned or non-stun slaughter is pretty much what it sounds like. It's slaughter without stunning. Now the law in this country requires animals to be stunned to unconsciousness prior to slaughter and this means a bolt of electricity to the head which instantly renders them completely unconscious then the slaughter takes place and the animal the idea is that the animal doesn't feel the physical pain of the slaughter or indeed the fear and distress associated. Now there is a religious exemption which allows halal and kosher meat to be produced and this is produced by cutting an animal's throat while still fully conscious. This religious exemption is a joke a very unfunny joke it allows the very people who want to carry out unstun slaughter to do so rendering the law completely meaningless. Now for Britain's policy on this is very very clear we will end all unstunned slaughter. People religious traditions will simply have to change this is the 21st century we will not allow medieval barbaric cruelty in the United Kingdom so we are clear we will remove the religious exemption and all meat produced in this country will be produced from animals who are stunned to unconsciousness prior to slaughter no exceptions it's clear it's unambiguous and we mean it we mean it I've cared deeply about animals all my life I'm not going to stop now. So yesterday I published a blog about Jonathan Bartley the co-leader of the Green Party now he said on radio that he would ban halal slaughter I even said good for him I wrote in my blog good for him well I take it all back because unsurprisingly he has now apologized for deep heart feelings that he has caused. If anyone thinks I would ever apologize for defending animals think again not in a million years. Now the Green Party policy on halal is to label it and they put this in with their animal welfare policy but this is not an animal welfare policy labelling it is is achieves absolutely nothing for the animal. It's a cop-out a cowardly political trickery cop-out policy the animal doesn't care if it's labelled or not the animal is still going to be tortured to death a label isn't going to make that any easier and I wonder how many animals were tortured to death while Jonathan Bartley was apologizing for defending them. This is animal welfare is a huge issue in this country and politicians sit up and take notice they make all the right noises or at least they do at a convenient time to a convenient audience. When I was in UKIP I was campaigning for an end to non-stand slaughter. When I was running for UKIP leader my policy was an end to non-stand slaughter. When we started for Britain my policy was to end non-stand slaughter for as long as I am active in politics my policy will be to end non-stand slaughter. I'm not concerned about people's hurt feelings I'm concerned about the animals being tortured to death I will stand my ground on this for good there is never ever going to be any bending from for Britain on this and our animal welfare policy isn't just about halal or kosher read it I'll link to it below is by far the most comprehensive wide-ranging animal welfare policy ever produced in this country and once again even more importantly is that we mean it the Greens are it's you know they want unlimited immigration and protection of green spaces they want they want to appease religious minorities as well as protect you know it's a joke it's an absolute joke they're trying to please everyone and achieving nothing typical typical politics but I'm not here to complain about the greens they can they're they'll expose themselves I'm here to say once and for all and to everyone in this country who cares about animals as I genuinely do there is only one political party that is with you there is only one party for you to join it is uncompromising in this regard we will stop cruelty to animals full stop no apologies no backtracking the end of animal cruelty is with for Britain if you care about that join us now