So this is a problem we cannot afford to accept and we cannot afford to ignore.

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"It is a country, an economy and a trading nation that we cannot afford to ignore, let alone forget about, " he said.

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And the reality is that we cannot afford to continue to ignore the group that generally is responsible for the election and that is the white male.

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"While I don't want to see the wholesale slaughter of wildlife, I recognise that we cannot afford to sit back and ignore the very real threat posed by bovine TB to animal health and the farming industry, " he said.

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And we cannot afford to just past them over, ignore them and act as if they don't exist.

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