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Can you give us a link to the council planning page where your TPO app (and any responses / progress / feedback) should be on public record?

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I’d of thought that would be a relatively easy fix with something like a slow release chlorine tablet??

Sorry to hear that about yr Dad Richard, I did see your previous worrying post comment about possible vaccine association but I didn’t feel it was appropriate to comment. Best wishes to you all for whatever lays ahead.

It’s rarer than hens teeth for me to find myself ‘nodding along’ while listening to James OBrian on LBC. He was fair tearing into this story today, and I was fair nodding along. With all the dark state mechanism of Buck House, security agencies, upper civil service and the pick of the (supposedly) greatest legal, cultural, constitutional, administrative and procedural advisors..... He was bumming around with a right bunch of noncing, wrong ‘uns and NOBODY thought to reign him in...? Nah, I’m not ‘aving it. If you want to catch a professional rant worth getting OBrexit on catch up at LBC.

That’s mad 😃

Have you had proper advice on inheritance / capital gains tax? I’m sure you will have - I was under the impression - not at all first hand knowledge - there were significant advantageous conditions: Inheritance Tax and Capital Gains Tax Planning for Farmers | Simmons Gainsford LLP WWW.SGLLP.CO.UK

Would anyone be willing to say what sort of money they are paying per year for water rates? Trying to get a feel for what it might be. I'm £282 for period 1 Apr 21 - 31 Mar 22 (that's with some sort of magical added government rebate of £50 - not sure how that shit works? Government tax me then give me my money back as a rebate in the water bill? And also something called South West water Water Share - if SWW 'outperform' their business prediction - I get £20 off my bill - so again, SWW take MY money for their business then if they take more than they needed they give me some scraps back.) The bill appears to tell me that I am charged according to the rateable value set by the LA and that since 1990 it has not been possible to seek to change a rateable value. It doesn't tell me what my rateable value is though - like, where am I on the scale and what additions deletions might have been applied when the rateable value was set. I've just set up an online account with South West Water to try and find answer to my questions (do I have a rebate / reduction for no foul mains) but it's about as much use a tits on a flat fish. I'll probably have to phone Mumbai for a couple of hours tomorrow... Detached, 4 bed, with septic tank (old style soak away) and no mains sewer connection. Rainwater goes to soak-away or to ground. What are people paying if on a meter?

The naivety of the well intentioned... A an unexpected windfall purse for the church and the removal of a financial liability. Any of that money ever find it's way back into community causes I wonder?

I know of one - but it was a bit of a special case. May be able to link details later if time permits.

On my list of bills to examine with a much finer toothed comb too. Been meaning to check it out for ages. Maybe not directly relevant to yourself (unless septic tank is involved in your situation too) I think, there is a reduced rate if you don't discharge to mains sewer - hopefully someone like the eggmeister might know something about that... So I don't 'know' that the water company have me listed as not discharging to mains - I need to check that.

So = a load of old bollox presented to justify inappropriate activity / policy changes... Wars have started over similar....

I didn't have chance to come back to you on these points yet Richard. I was trying to find a previous thread where the farm subsidy thing was discussed in detail. It might have been this one - but I'm not sure that is the one I was thinking of. Either way, some great names we don't see so often anymore in there. I have always felt that, if a subsidy should be paid, then it should be paid to the 'hands on' farmer rather than the absentee land owner. I also have some skin in the game since the c*nts at HMRC define a business as that which is capable of making a profit. Therefore, any farm that relies upon subsidy and would otherwise not be a viable business - cannot, by definition (of HMRC) be a business. It should naturally follow therefore, if you can't be a (ag) business then you also can't claim the unbelievably and often overlooked plethora of additional 'business' benefits afforded to the ag sector - reduced planning constraints, reduced council tax, rebated diesel, reduced driver age, relaxed inheritance tax etc etc etc... The list is truly staggeringly advantageous when compared to just about every other industrial sector. I know it's been done before. but couldn't resist the opportunity... Final question... "....he bought the farm years ago to hide some money I’m guessing? In 2008 I think he said..." Did you mean your dad or Clarkson?? 😂

Is that a bit like Trump then? The only way he’d end up with a million is if he started out with 2? Clarkson - reported £48 mil personal wealth, paid heaven only knows how much for a farm - and a ridiculously over spec’s tractor - drew down a shed load of tax payers money (quite properly (if you think the subsidy system ‘proper’)) and turned an £85 profit after a year? There’s a discussion running about how silly it is to work on a Sunday and folks’ business acumen been questioned (only joking Mick) but folks here want to present Clarkson as a paradigm of industry? I’m completely unable to take that at face value.... Others may disagree.

There is a huge amount of contradictory “opinion” about the Clarkson effect available in the googlesphere. Much of it is complete wankjuice with the primary purpose of promoting the show to the direct financial benefit of - well,, maybe you can figure that out for yourself.

As it comes or with a sauce? Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.... Is this a perpetuation of bad habits being presented as current / best practice? If so, that is the cause of the problem rather than the potential solution. Just because one might only be familiar with a single, intensive system, it does not make that system the only / best system. Dam rearing systems are possible and have significant positive effects on cognition and social skills of dam reared calves. The largest local dairy hereabouts has a similar approach to the ‘ethical dairy’ currently featuring on the beeb prog. I’ll go out on a limb... The greatest issue facing the ag sector in the coming decade is losing its connection with the consumer. Failure to embrace better practice and an overt unwillingness to proactively engage the consuming public will accelerate that disconnect. “We’ve always done it that way” is one of the worst possible scenarios.... {Holy crap! Watching Panarama on catch up and by God if those London elite, champagne socialist, lefty, townies biased no-good interfereniks at the Beeb haven’t read my script....}

I watched about 10 mins. Maybe it was just the ****************offery of TV sensationalism that pissed me off but genuinely couldn’t stand that he was so inept and clueless. There was a feature in the Oxford Mail last week. A county council trying to impose vegan meals at council meetings was met with a “very British protest” of farmers - including Clarkson apparently - handing out free meat snacks. So, yes, I’d agree, he is no doubt on the side of the farmer - he’s recently become one (wonder if I might try and look up his subsidy levels,) The appropriate question might perhaps not be whether Clarkson is on side though.... It’s the consumer public that needs to be on side.... Without that, it really is hopeless.

The thread has (not may have) touched upon aggression and the perceived reasons for it. Bit confused by next bit - do you mean the cattle in the incident which is the subject of the thread. I did go back and re-read the original HSE article to check detail. It is sketchy but you make reasonable assumptions - assumptions are a degree or two short of facts / proof though.

Countryfile has been a misnomer for yonks.... Kind of agree though. What’s even worse is that complete tosser Clarkson throwing ££££s at land and kit (whilst milking subsidy) and pissing around like a fool in a tractor.

Ah, like the joke you have explain.... I perhaps shouldn’t have linked that article to that part of your previous post - it was only intended as an amplification of the perception of a gulf between ag and gen pop. I probably didn’t think or present the point very well - it’s just that it literally popped up on BBC news at 6 as I was reading your post. Wasn’t intended as any sort of criticism. The thread has touched upon several potential contributory factors in what might be perceived as an increase in herd aggression. I think it would be fair to consider external financial pressures leading to less sensitive farming practices might have a part to play... I think so. (Heaven forbid anyone suggest a link between bTB and intensive dairy practice - that really would kick start the detail!)

Jeeeeeez! BBC news at 6 + Panarama program (presumably on later) featuring dairy cruelty... Doesn’t make for easy watching. They’ve just said “milk is far too cheap” and it absolutely is. I love my cheese / cream / milk etc, but I abhor modern diary practice. Panorama 14 February 2022: A Cow's Life: The True Cost of Milk? TVEVERYDAY.COM Most of us drink cow’s milk, but are we paying enough for it? Panorama investigates the dairy industry to find...

The abject lack of awareness, coupled with an overt willingness to publicly state an intent (and or history) of unlawful activity in relation to potential firearms offences is absolutely staggering. If ever there were a call for tighter firearms regulations, posts like that which claim to have repeatedly / routinely misused firearms is the golden ticket. Yes, of course irresponsible dog ownership is a significant problem which needs to be addressed - but such ignorance is frankly staggering. How the thread has even morphed from the prosecution (yes prosecution - it has already been subject to judgement despite the obvious disagreement from some posters here) for H&S failings to somebody claiming to, and advocating, the shooting of dogs - for me - just about typifies the ever growing delta between the agricultural sector and society. If he really has shot that many dogs he’s lucky to have avoided a nap in the slurry pit courtesy of one of those dogs owners.

You know the difference between a buffalo and a bison right....?