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A headline in the Express today (16/12/99) declares British back the farmers who sue GM crop giant. Reading on, one finds that the "British" in question are Greenpeace UK and Friends of the Earth, both of whom have expressed support for a lawsuit against Monsanto filed by US and French corn and soybean farmers.
Whatever one may think of Monsanto, the many British scientists and others who disagree with the views and actions of unelected groups such as Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth will be surprised to find that these groups are now regarded as representing the British nation, as the headline implies.
The article also reports that Greenpeace UK and Friends of the Earth have demanded "independent research into the potential effects of the controversial technology". This is also somewhat surprising, given Greenpeace's attempts to sabotage precisely such research by digging up GM trial sites.
