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I’m just gonna flip that for ya Mick. You come round ‘ere moaning about how siht Brexit is because the pound bombed against the dollar and when I pointed out the same is true of the Yen and the Euro you want ME to tell you what’s good about Brexit. Well I still hold by my original preference for Brexit, what changed YOUR mind?

Well the greatest tangible benefit Mick is that the UK won't be hitched to it when it does collapse. That collapse will have a far and wide effect but the impact will be lessened by separation. There - that is a tangible future benefit.

Of course not srsly. Just chosen for effect. (much like the BS that UK £ is at an all time low BECAUSE of Brexit)

I have very mixed feelings about Scotland viz a viz UK. I worked there for long enough to form a fairly well informed opinion. Forgot to pick up the NI point. I think I saw somewhere that the demographic balance has, for the first time (recently at least 😁) tipped in favour of the potential for a republican vote to succeed. There is a part of me that would be interested to see how the government in the South would manage the inevitable 'troubles' that would follow and I wonder if the (what's left of it) UK government would have passive support for unionist minority freedom fighters? Yes, the UK £, the ￥and indeed the € - all being humped at an all time record by the $. Must be Brexit... UK/US trade deal, have to give you that one, is it better or worse than before Brexit though? And what about that $ humping the £? C*nts crossing the channel is on about the same trajectory as it would have been in or out of the EU and is only going to get worse until somebody either removes international borders and allows proper freedom of movement or has the kahoonas to enforce that which is currently enacted in law. I don't think any of your examples are exclusively, or even predominantly, aligned with Brexit although the naysayers do tend to trot them out as 'evidence' of the error of Brexit. Nope - still not buying it.

Au contraire Mr D! The error was in the incessant EU expansionism which is the real reason and which has brought us inexorably to the current Russian invasion of Ukraine. I rather doubt any sensible observer of world events would deny the benefit of the original EEC concept. The EU however has been the architect of its own demise - the UK being bold enough to take the first step in the divorce, set the standard for others to follow and get ahead of the inevitable breakdown which will likely make the current relatively minor hiccups of leaving the EU pale into insignificance. No, not yet, no regrets.

The EU you say.... So, how's that working out.....?

Can’t remember…. Can you take dog to APF? Sure I recall seeing dogs there previous years.

Legend! 🤣

I don't see the rejection of fracking as being a 'bad' decision.... Certainly some of the others might be judged that way in hindsight. This is a symptom of the parliamentary election cycle which prevents the party in power committing to the massive tax spend required for future delivery of output when they may not be in power to reap the glory - or accountable for the inevitable cost over-run cockup. Dreadful really - should be a cross-party committee for such strategic considerations

Date of decision notice (which isn't actually a DN for s211 its a notice of not imposing a TPO) + 2 years, or date of submission of s211 + 6 weeks and 1 day, then 2 years Chris? Thats what I read it as.

Just seen this one. RIP man.

Anybody looked at these in detail yet? Not sure if I've missed an already established thread?? European Arboricultural Standards WWW.EUROPEANARBORICULTURALSTANDARDS.EU European technical standards on tree pruning, tree planting and tree cabling and bracing. I'm just starting a scan through. Interesting that they are (at least currently) open source and considerably later (2022 as compared to 2010 in relation to BS 3998 and 2014 for BS 8545) than the copyright UK variants. Whether they stand up to muster is still open to debate and subject to comparison / review but it doesn't look too bad. Open source, more up to date, seemingly authoritative - the UK BS system could come under significant threat of being classed as expensive, irrelevant and outdated if these stand up to a side by side comparison. (for @Big J - this could be the long awaited, never anticipated (albeit fairly insignificant on the macro scale) example of a down side of leaving the EU 😜)

Gotcha 👍🏻 They did a cattle grid about a mile away as the crow flies - didn’t put the dampers in so every time a car went over it rang like Big Ben and could be heard for miles around! Took literally years to resolve with everyone moaning like Russian whores. Eventually they (kind of half) fixed it and everyone was really chuffed saying what a good job they’d done! It was fine before they bolloxed it up, they charged a bundle for wrecking it, had TM, machinery and manpower on it for a week when it should have been done in a day, left it for a year then charged it all over again to make it only half as bad as after they’d bolloxed it and twice as bad as if they’d left well alone! And people were stupid enough to ask the Cornwall councillor to express their thanks….

I think the biggest company in Cornwall is actually Cormac - the duck wit, incompetent, cartel 100% share owned by Cornwall council who produce this sort of sh1t at tax payer expense (as seen on FB in Pensilva today.) CTS has a ‘peculiar’ reputation around the manor but those slinging sh1t have their own skeletons so not sure how accurate or trustworthy those whispers are. The growth, size and kit list for CTS was certainly impressive! With interest rates continuing to rise all that shiny new kit is gonna start having to earn its keep or those that think credit is ‘cheap’ May have to work a lot harder to turn a profit out of their non viable business models.

That’s an old Jethro gag - timeless classic, great spot Although, on a point of technicality - it’s King Charles III 😂😂😂😂

Does for me. As ever, we can only speak for our own feelings, beliefs and opinions. As ever, there will be differences of opinion - but all are equally important to each individual.

Not my words but absolutely encapsulate my feelings: This is our country’s saddest day. In the hearts of every one of us there is an ache at the passing of our Queen, a deep and personal sense of loss – far more intense, perhaps, than we expected. In these first grim moments since the news, I know that millions and millions of people have been pausing whatever they have been doing, to think about Queen Elizabeth, about the bright and shining light that has finally gone out. She seemed so timeless and so wonderful that I am afraid we had come to believe, like children, that she would just go on and on. Wave after wave of grief is rolling across the world, from Balmoral – where our thoughts are with all the Royal Family – and breaking far beyond this country and throughout that great Commonwealth of nations that she so cherished and which cherished her in return. As is so natural with human beings, it is only when we face the reality of our loss that we truly understand what has gone. It is only really now that we grasp how much she meant for us, how much she did for us, how much she loved us. As we think of the void she leaves, we understand the vital role she played, selflessly and calmly embodying the continuity and unity of our country. We think of her deep wisdom, and historic understanding, and her seemingly inexhaustible but understated sense of duty. Relentless though her diary must have felt, she never once let it show, and to tens of thousands of events – great and small – she brought her smile and her warmth and her gentle humour – and for an unrivalled 70 years she spread that magic around her Kingdom. This is our country’s saddest day because she had a unique and simple power to make us happy. That is why we loved her. That is why we grieve for Elizabeth the Great, the longest serving and in many ways the finest monarch in our history. It was one of her best achievements that she not only modernised the constitutional monarchy, but produced an heir to her throne who will amply do justice to her legacy, and whose own sense of duty is in the best traditions of his mother and his country. Though our voices may still be choked with sadness we can say with confidence the words not heard in this country for more than seven decades. God Save The King.

And that is where anyone with any sense should be questioning and challenging the historic grant funding scheme which did VERY little to actually support those ‘hands on the tools’ members of that farmining community but rather spaffed literally billions up the wall of grouse moors, QUANGOs, charities and landed gentry. Anyone with ½ an ounce of sense would see the inequity and illogicality of single farm payment scheme and kick the NFU well and truly into touch. What actually happens is all the grant beneficiaries at the lower level suckle at the teat of ignorant subservience like crack zombies and dutifully toe the line for fear of disrupting the steady stream of crumb that is brushed from their masters’ tables. Any other ‘business’ which relied so openly and fundamentally upon tax payer support simply wouldn’t qualify as a viable business under HMRC definitions. If it can’t operate without grant funding it is NOT a viable business.

It is precisely that - Netflix garbage. Watch it if you can bear it. I’ll be surprised if you get past 3 episodes. episode 1 because you can episode 2 because you’ll believe it must get better episode 3 just out of sheer determination despite the realisation starting to become undeniable if you start episode 4 the beers are on me (APF only)

The entire SW is swamped with blow-ins and DFLs setting up ridiculously overpriced pretentious and implausible ‘business’ start ups ranging from yoghurt toothpaste to elderflower and dung beetle gin. It’s like a scene from Harry Enfield “I saw you coming.” Hilarious to watch but with serious socio-economic impacts upon the communities that are being decimated by up country cash. Dont bovver me, there’s loads of cash splashing around and I’m as happy as the next man to dip my beak in the fountain. Bit different if you’re a young un looking to buy a house though. Interest rates at 5+% and climbing next year will put paid to that anyway.

I wouldn’t book out too much social diary time for it. If yome already aggrieved with elements of that particular industry sector, watching Clarkson talk shite and act the fool isn’t going to do much to improve your view

Er, OK 👍🏻

I didn’t really need to ask did I…. Just googled it. What good bed fellows they make.

I think you’re confusing CGAS with hot and bothered. Clarkson isn’t worth my time and I’m frankly amazed that anyone would suggest him as an advocate or ambassador for modern agriculture. Policy is often madness, practice is almost without exception worse (especially when it is thought no one can see it.) Go on, like I even need to ask, I bet Clarkson expressed support for the badger cull?