Making the news today....

[Big J]

11 minutes ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

My frustration is borne out of the seemingly never ending gravy train of highly paid, poorly performing quangos & civil servants that just keep making the same mistakes and wasting eye watering sums of public money. 

 

Agreed. 

 

The difficulty that is going to arise is that much of the new planting in the UK at the moment is part of the Woodland Carbon Code, which has not yet been resolved for productive woodland. The only way that the present iteration of it works is if the landowner never fells any timber, ie, the carbon has to remain standing. Then (potentially) the ownership of the carbon is transferred at the final crop stage to whomever it is that buys it, but the model doesn't really make any sense and has the potential to create a situation where the UK has vast swathes of dark, completely unthinned sitka plantation that landowners would find economically unviable to fell as it would mean giving up their carbon store, and the associated financial benefits. 

 

I had a long, and slightly circular conversation with the author of the WCC, and it is only functional for the planting of 'never to be managed/thinned/clearfelled' broadleaf woodland. They are working on a model for productive woodland at the moment, but it doesn't exist yet. 

 

It'll be interesting to see what the long term ramifications of this are. Thankfully, eucalyptus plantations are very profitable irrespective of carbon income. 

[MattyF]

 
You'd do the same if you were in that position.
 
And I'd personally much rather walk through an upland forest than a moorland.

Not if I could help it! This is akin to benefit fraud IMO but is worse as these feckers don’t need the money!
These new carbon schemes are absolutely mental... if you owned 20hectares you could effectively retire ! I find it worrying that land being owned by so few is benefiting them in such an obscene way and no ones batting an eyelid.

[Wonky]

I'll put this here 🙈
 

 

Rooster fitted with blade for cockfight kills its owner in India | India | The Guardian

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Bird with knife attached to leg ready to take on opponent inflicts fatal injuries to man’s groin

 

Edited March 1, 2021 by Wonky
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[woodwizzard]

Good! All animal abusing scum need to feel pain!

[Stubby]

5 minutes ago, woodwizzard said:

Good! All animal abusing scum need to feel pain!

Don't know if he would have felt much pain . Must of bled out pretty quick . .

Edited March 1, 2021 by Stubby

[Retired Climber]

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7 hours ago, Wonky said:

I'll put this here 🙈
 

 

Rooster fitted with blade for cockfight kills its owner in India | India | The Guardian

WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM

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Bird with knife attached to leg ready to take on opponent inflicts fatal injuries to man’s groin

 

The guy was fatally injured in the groin. I'm thinking he didn't quite understand the basic principles of cock fighting.😆

 

 

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

More a case of “Making the news day after tomorrow” but no harm shaking it up a bit....

 

It that Sunak character shafts the self employed on Weds they can count on not getting my vote when the time comes. 

[eggsarascal]

1 minute ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

More a case of “Making the news day after tomorrow” but no harm shaking it up a bit....

 

It that Sunak character shafts the self employed on Weds they can count on not getting my vote when the time comes. 

Nothing would surprise me! 

[Wonky]

54 minutes ago, woodwizzard said:

Good! All animal abusing scum need to feel pain!

He paid, and ultimately paid the price. And he,s not the first if you google it.

 

But on another note I’m glad my hormones settled down otherwise my cock would have got me killed 😂.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

12 hours ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

More a case of “Making the news day after tomorrow” but no harm shaking it up a bit....

 

It that Sunak character shafts the self employed on Weds they can count on not getting my vote when the time comes. 

Reported on wireless this morning....

 

The C19 ‘bailout’ facilities are expected to be found to have been “...the greatest fraud in British history...”

 

So, abuse of furlough by fake businesses is likely to be paid for by tax rises to the self employed?

 

Will Sunak stand up and tell us we’ve had the best business support packages in the world whilst simultaneously presiding over the greatest fraud in UK history?