£45k to tell Gypsies ‘don’t eat horses’

WHITEHALL chiefs paid a PR firm £45,000 to teach Gypsies about an EU rule asking people to promise not to EAT their horses.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs gave the cash to Linstock Communications to "raise awareness" among travellers of the bizarre Brussels law change.
Under the move, owners had to sign a legal document promising not to dine on their animals. Refusal meant jail or an unlimited fine. Labour feared Gypsies would not know about the change.