Tory Cabinet Minister says "badgers are moving the goalposts"

Congratulations to Owen Patterson, the Secretary of State for DEFRA, who has come out with one of the all time great nonsense quotes of our time (via Patrick Wintour):

“I am not moving the goalposts. The badgers are moving the goalposts.”

Damn those crafty goalpost shifting badgers…

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