A lot at steak for Ben

DOG hopes Tory Minister and manifesto mastermind Ben Gummer has more campaign success than his Dad – former Agriculture Minister John Gummer. At the height of the BSE ‘mad cow’ disease scare in 1990, he tried to force daughter Cordelia to eat a beefburger to boost public confidence. She refused and ‘Gumdrops’ senior was a political laughing stock from then on.