Making the news today....

[5thelement]

6 minutes ago, Steven P said:

 

No the point I am making is the constant and incessant posts, every other day, 'making the news today' "Illegal immigrants have come", which in this thread is often at the expense of any other discussion.

 

 

The repetition deserves the contempt he gets.

So why don’t you do us all a favour and simply ignore all his posts, everyone else does. 👍

[Johnsond]

1 hour ago, Steven P said:

'Military age'...so where is this army that is being built up over the years? Hiding out on the moors somewhere training up ready for the war to start.... or perhaps trying to build a new life and working in normal jobs, raising a normal family when they are allowed to do so?

Fool

[Johnsond]

43 minutes ago, Steven P said:

However I can see the thrill in the D household on a Monday, just after you have finished knocking one out when your 2 favourite topic appear on the same news story

 

"Hey, D, can you take the kids to School"

"In a minute Mavis, I just have to post this on the Arborist forum, the guys will be as excited as me to know that Kier is going to do some effective border controls.... Yeah I know most will be setting up on site for a days work just now, it will keep them buzzing till lunch! So excited today Mavis with this news, I could squeal with excitement"

 

 

However I do think you are posting this on the wrong thread, try the Employment thread - always posts asking for groundies - 30,000 'military age' - so lets assume you know more than me that they are also fit and healthy  - would cut the shortage in workers here in a blink of an eye. That would be good wouldn't it?

You are embarrassing yourself again. Try posting something about arb or milling yourself SP. 

[5thelement]

1 minute ago, Johnsond said:

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A first class non political post by Christopher Stoner about this failed budget that does not serve...

Pretty much everyone I talk to feels the same. I’m good pals with a local farmer part owned part rented land. He’s 46 and has worked the land since childhood. It was a written that he’d inherit the farm, talking to him on Saturday and he’s literally on the verge of quitting as there zero chance he will be able to afford the IHT, they have just invested a fortune on new potato sheds and machinery. Absolutely up to eyeballs in debt. 
Labour government have not thought this out.

How much is this farm worth exactly? 
From what I understand, a farm has to be worth more than a million to qualify, a married couple would be 2 million/up to 3 million to pay IHT that everyone else in the country has to pay, which is a tiny amount of family farms in the UK. 

Farmers will be taxed at 20% rather than the 40% we would have to pay. 
Sounds like they are still getting a sweet deal compared with the rest of us. 

The way I see it, It’s not the government that is screwing the farmers, it’s the supermarkets with their record profits. 
 

[Steven P]

6 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

He repeats it because it is repetitive.

It is happening every single day.

 

And it needs to stop.

 

This is true, however telling an arborist forum the daily tally isn't going to change a single thing though is it? Winds up a few folk in the morning to improve their day... but nothing we read here will change anything really will it? For that you need to be putting pressure on the politicians, perhaps giving them suggestions for solutions, looking at the issue in depth rather than what the Daily Mail and Farages sound bites allow you to know.

 

I'd be very surprised if there is anyone who reads this thread isn't aware of the issues surrounding migration. So perhaps change the tune, highlight 'making the news today' with something we might not know about - whether it is serious or funny stuff.. but the same story again... and again... and tomorrow as well... Something where I can say to my colleagues "Did you see this" rather than "did you see this" and they push me out the van "Yes, you read that out from the forum yesterday as well, and every day last week, find something interesting to tell us"

[Johnsond]

3 minutes ago, 5thelement said:

How much is this farm worth exactly? 
From what I understand, a farm has to be worth more than a million to qualify, a married couple would be 2 million/up to 3 million to pay IHT that everyone else in the country has to pay, which is a tiny amount of family farms in the UK. 

Farmers will be taxed at 20% rather than the 40% we would have to pay. 
Sounds like they are still getting a sweet deal compared with the rest of us. 

The way I see it, It’s not the government that is screwing the farmers, it’s the supermarkets with their record profits. 
 

Sweet deal 😳 you think so 

380acres 

£10k an acre up here for good agricultural land plus buildings and assets etc 

 

 

[Johnsond]

13 minutes ago, 5thelement said:

So why don’t you do us all a favour and simply ignore all his posts, everyone else does. 👍

🤔 I’ve just replied to your reply 

[Steven P]

13 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

Fool

Serious question, you keep quoting military age young males.. as if there is a hidden military force out there... so where is it hiding?

[Johnsond]

57 minutes ago, Steven P said:

However I can see the thrill in the D household on a Monday, just after you have finished knocking one out when your 2 favourite topic appear on the same news story

 

"Hey, D, can you take the kids to School"

"In a minute Mavis, I just have to post this on the Arborist forum, the guys will be as excited as me to know that Kier is going to do some effective border controls.... Yeah I know most will be setting up on site for a days work just now, it will keep them buzzing till lunch! So excited today Mavis with this news, I could squeal with excitement"

 

 

However I do think you are posting this on the wrong thread, try the Employment thread - always posts asking for groundies - 30,000 'military age' - so lets assume you know more than me that they are also fit and healthy  - would cut the shortage in workers here in a blink of an eye. That would be good wouldn't it?

The statistics for age and sex are on the government site if you want to know. 

[Johnsond]

1 minute ago, Steven P said:

Serious question, you keep quoting military age young males.. as if there is a hidden military force out there... so where is it hiding?

Who mentioned a hidden military force or the moors 🤷‍♂️you not me. 
Thereare enough examples of these unvetted illegal economic migrants murdering or committing crimes to know we have an issue 

Seems a few oddballs like you want to welcome all and sundry here with open arms.