Making the news today....

[DanHorrich87]

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.

[donnk]

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.

 

Universal basic income in Wales could halve poverty - report

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

 

 

[AWarb00]

Government to introduce 'Harper’s Law' - GOV.UK

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Emergency workers will receive greater protection from violent criminals after...

 

Some good news for once 

[Mark J]

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.

 

Universal basic income in Wales could halve poverty - report

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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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.



 

Edited November 29, 2021 by Mark J

[sime42]

Robotic tree cutters are on the way as well. We're all fcked then. Technological advancements, so called progress eh?

[openspaceman]

1 hour ago, AWarb00 said:

Government to introduce 'Harper’s Law' - GOV.UK

WWW.GOV.UK

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Emergency workers will receive greater protection from violent criminals after...

 

Some good news for once 

Shame it won't be retrospective.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

Labour re-shuffle....

 

What a bunch of no-marks and non descripts :

 

 

Labour reshuffle: Yvette Cooper becomes shadow home secretary

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Sir Keir Starmer makes big changes to his shadow cabinet, for the second time as Labour leader.

 

[Macpherson]

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.

[difflock]

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.

[MattyF]

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.

It's been banned since 2004.. now I don't know really about the rest of the country but I know my local hunt has no terriers , they are nearly all working class hill farmers who meet up because they have been great horsemen for generations and it's a good day out for them to meet up with friends , no toff vile sadistic killers there just some of the nicest genuine people I have come across.. the only people who object are folk like my partners ex boss whos mental ness I could write a book about..Now I can appreciate there is some ville utter bell ends involved in the sport , the hunts master local to me when I lived down south knocked me for 1k on the first job I did self employed and didn't pay up until my local pub said they would not serve him until he did ....he then took me for a ride in his plane and then started on how people like me should be working for £100 a day.. some thing about the bloke was just not wired right despite being a brain surgeon too.
I'm not sure how such a bell end ended up in charge though, Shame as I think it was handed to him by my land lord at the time who had been an admiral who was a great guy who did a lot to make sure young people got houses in an area that was getting unaffordable due to London incomers and helped me a lot in my business too.