Gordon "we'll not spin anymore" Brown must be feeling chuffed with Debby Reynold's newest theory.
The Foot and Mouth was carried to the affected farm, from the sites where the live virus is kept and used, by the recent floods. So it is not the fault of a Government Department or even its close allies in the company next door who make the vaccine (and stand to profit from any use of vaccines) but an ACT OF GOD.
I bet DEFRA are kicking themselves that they never thought of that one last time.