BEA Bradley rejected the ‘logic’ behind culling badgers as a practical way to eradicate bovine TB (Oxford Mail ViewPoints, April 16).

I may not always agree with her usually eloquent prose but, on this point, she is perfectly correct.

This urgently needs a logically considered response from the Prime Minister. Verbally adept as he might be, he risks shooting himself – and the Tory Party – in the foot, big time, if he doesn't come clean with the real reasons for this culling action.

I would normally vote Tory in the national elections but, unless he explains fully why he is leaning over backwards to support his landowner and large conglomerate financial backers, he risks alienating the logical thinking, voting majority.

Major transportation of cattle around the country and the resultant bovine epidemic, should have persuaded even the thickest politician that this has to stop.

Why doesn’t David Cameron review other countries’ restricted food movement policies to understand why they don't suffer these problems – at least to the degree we do?

Taiwan is a prime example. Food there is localised and therefore always fresh – also because frozen meat, fruit and vegetables are not generally appreciated there. Their lack of reduced costs through lack of movement also keeps prices at an acceptable level.

Start by stopping imports of meat from Europe. We’ve had enough infected produce recently, reportedly originating from Germany so, if the supposedly highly-efficient Germans can’t get it right, why should we trust anyone else?

MICK HEAVEY, Oxford Road, Old Marston, Oxford