Now without wishing to sound negative about this, I am really hoping that Westminster don't try to make political hay on this issue.

Bird flu and the H5N1 strain in particular is a horribly serious threat which according to the WHO, in a best case scenario, the UK could see between two and seven million people die if the flu manages to progress to being a pandemic.

Thats a fairly frightening figure, especially since it is very rarely that the best case scenario actually takes place.

Its very difficult to know what to do in this situation, but with the virus hitting over 2000 birds in a Suffolk bird farm, I feel a little suspicious when I'm told that the situation is under control.

How is it possibly under control? Did nobody notice these birds getting sick? If not, I would pay an absolute fortune to see some footage of all those birds keeling over dead at the same time. Not because I think it would be funny, more because of the sheer scale of the collapse.

As an aside, with the 2000 turkeys dead from bird flu, the other 159,000 birds on the farm will have to be slaughtered. That makes - and I will type this out - ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ONE THOUSAND turkeys on the farm.

I've seen how big some of these farms are, turkeys are big animals, how do they fit that many onto that small a space? I certainly won't be buying any more Bernard Matthews poultry products. How can people possibly wonder why these animals get sick when they are kept in what must be hideous conditions.

Anyway, here's to hopingthe government does the right thing, both in urban and rural perspectives. Not like foot and mouth, which was a completely botched operation.