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34 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

I wouldn’t say I’ve ever been a big fan of the hunt, but I’m certainly not opposed to it either.

 

The digging out of foxes that have gone to ground never sat well with me, though.

I suspect I’m not alone in this.

I've said it before, a Fox should be able to go to ground, no digging, no blocking bolt holes. Under those circumstances a fit Fox will get out of the way.

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2 hours ago, Toad said:

I genuinely wouldn't be surprised if fox hunting caused more people to have negative views of the countryside ...

Yes, but trying to analyse and reason or appeal to tradition, herd instinct, blood lust, won't separate a cosmopolitian sentimentalist from his feelings. As many have said, it's emotive. Killing is savage just as butchery isn't for squeamish. But death is part of life. Meat doesn't come from cling-filmed styrofoam trays in the shop. Using words like effective and efficient misses the point IMO. I've worked for a forester/gamekeeper on a small estate for nine years and am on arbtalk for trees but could say more on this.

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more lala land labour nonsense in the land of my fathers..

 

Maybe someone will tell them that in order to 'give away' £60 quid a week they need to take in £80 a week in tax first.

 

Looney Lefties not only walk among us but actually got elected! The mind boggles.

 


The scheme - which pays people regardless of income - will be trialled in Wales.

 

 

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1 hour ago, donnk said:

more lala land labour nonsense in the land of my fathers..

 

Maybe someone will tell them that in order to 'give away' £60 quid a week they need to take in £80 a week in tax first.

 

Looney Lefties not only walk among us but actually got elected! The mind boggles.

 


The scheme - which pays people regardless of income - will be trialled in Wales.

 

 

Universal Basic Income is likely to be the future whether you like it or not.  It's nothing to do with loonie lefties. 
AI and automation are going to make millions of people redundant from their jobs.



 

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26 minutes ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

Labour re-shuffle....

 

What a bunch of no-marks and non descripts :

 

Yep, I don't think I could name a single Labour politician any more and now that I think of it tbo the same applies to the SNP up here. apart from the Kranky cnut of course.

 

I wonder if this disconnect from politics in general that I have due to a lifetime of listening to their shite and observing their corruption, stupidity and pocket lining is also common enough in other folk globally. and to a large extent this absence of oversight has led to the ability of these halfwits  to rise up into positions of power that they don't deserve making decisions that we're unaware of but that affect us all... or perhaps this has always been the case particularly, when you look back into human history ! 

 

And it seems now that the upshot of this intellectual dearth and the absence of morals in favour of greed and personal agenda's in politics has allowed big tech / pharma to a position where they now have the technical ability and power to enable them to pounce on the whole of humanity completely unchecked..  only my opinion, most will probably disagree.

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16 hours ago, Commando said:

Yep i like to see terriers on rats, IMHO a better way than poison.  However I don't get people who say they are happy to see terriers killing rats but think hounds on foxes is unacceptable/animal cruelty.🤔

I honestly see no difference between rats or foxes as prey animals, but I do not buy into the nonsense that hunting with hounds is the most effective or efficient way to kill foxes, which would be lamping with a rifle. Also large numbers of horses plundering about through the countryside has its drawbacks, it always did, but back when the Gentry mostly owned the countryside and were also the RM etc, it was "different". Times have changed.

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