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If the farmers chose who they sold to, do you really think they'd choose to sell it to someone who paid less than the cost of production? The buyers control the market, removing choice from the seller. Employed, self-employed - the effect is the same. People make a career choice and shouldn't get shafted for it.
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That's little different from saying that teachers don't have to teach, nurses don't have to provide healthcare or soldiers don't have to join the army; so therefore we can treat them any way we like. People have a right to fair treatment whatever their career choice and being put over a barrel by a customer that can dictate price is hardly fair! Also, you can't forget that many farms are tenanted - the farmers have invested a lot in their farms and can't sell up just because times are hard. Besides, if dairy farming isn't profitable, who's going to buy the land? Chances are the land is unsuitable for arable production, which is why it is in (the less profitable) dairy in the first place. Next thing we know we have planning rules being relaxed allowing farmers to sell to developers....:cursing:
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I think the can on my Fireblade is a little over 74dB
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Various reasons, some with more cynicism than others 1. It's largely carbon neutral, so effectively reduces CO2 emissions. Decide for yourself if that's important... 2. It is produced domestically, so supply is, in theory at least, more secure 3. It creates business opportunities closer to home 4. Producers convince rule-makers that it's a good idea to ensure the lining of their own pockets
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Milk might not technically be a loss leader, but the supermarkets do keep the price low to drag people in, so the effect is much the same. Anyway, I see Morrison's and the Co-op have upped the price they pay. Is it enough though?
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Half a mil is the minimum really, but a death costs about a mil to a mil and a half. How good are you?
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I take it that was a joke, but just in case it wasn't... NO!!!!! The Tories are opposed to nationalisation and Labour hate anything rural. It worked brilliantly for the banks though And in all seriousness it would probably fall foul of EU laws as a measure equivalent to a quantitative restriction (i.e. an obstacle to the free movement of goods).
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It looked taller in the original pictures
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If dairy farms close down, what will the land get used for? Who will buy it when the farmer sells? Someone who thinks he can make a profit from the land. So, factory dairies where the cows never see daylight or fresh food and identikit Barrett estates throughout the country. I'm more than happy to pay an extra ten bob a week to prevent this.
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Bilberry is a sort of natural Viagra isn't it?
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That Polish place looks amazing! I remember a lecturer waxing lyrical about it when I was at uni but stupidly I've never been.
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Opening a can of worms ... The Olympics, what is your view?!
HCR replied to will.morris's topic in The Lounge
Good post. At least the BBC London news is sounding positive now, showing the huge crowds out to see the torch, the good work done by the Police to keep it moving and the fantastic Olympic Park (on time and on budget - remember Greece??!!). All of our media love to shine a light on the things that go wrong; to me these Olympics seem like one of the better organised games. -
Had it in a pub on The Lizard once - very tasty served with spuds and veg as per a nice tasty lump of cow.
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College or just do the training and get the qualification
HCR replied to Mr. Pegg's topic in General chat
If you are young and relatively committment free, do the 2 year course, even if you don't need it now. The more baggage you accumulate (wife, kids, mortgage, etc etc) the harder it is to do courses. So even if you don't need the course right now, do it now if you can or regret not doing it in 5 years' time when you want to advance your career. -
Fair enough, but word of mouth is enough for a contract - and many of the cases that form the basis of contract law exist for that very reason. One person says a contract exist and the other (trying to avoid coughing up the dosh) says there is no contract. The court then decides whether or not one exists. Far too long winded, boring and most importantly off-topic for here though
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Just speaking from the experience of my law degree and of the legal system. What does 'official' mean? If it comes down to one person saying he had a job with another and the other denying it, the court would very quickly get to the bottom of it.
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There was a contract though. Contracts are defined by people's actions, not by bits of paper. Four elements need to exist: Offer (presumably there was an offer of employment) Acceptance (again, presumably this existsed) Intention to form legal relations (this goes without saying when you employ someone or work for someone) Consideration (i.e. money) I don't think the judge would believe the employer if he claimed never to have seen employee!
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I'm pretty sure that the doctrine of privity of contract would prevent the contractor from being prosecuted in respect of the replants. Re the bat survey - can the LPA condition a bat survey when granting consent to work on protected trees? Obviously the offence of disturbing a European Protected Species is unaffected by anything to do with TPOs, but I don't think the provisions of the relevant sections of the TCPA allow for conditions of this nature. Why are they asking for trees of local provenance? This only means that the tree itself was grown locally - the parent tree could have been as foreign as the King of Spain! Origin - the geographic locality within the natural range of a species where the parent seed source or their wild ancestors originally grew - is a more appropriate term.
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I fully agree with you and alluded to that in my original post. The employer has (by the sound of things) acted with questionable morals even if he didn't do anything legally wrong. I'd like to think that if I was that employer I would have played things slightly differently. However, I also don't think that it's worth making much fuss about - bitterness can become very consuming.
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Nice toys!
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Apples and oranges really. If I agreed to do a job for a client, then walked away without notice leaving him with additional expense I probably wouldn't be banging on his door for my full fee.
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Only once the stockpiles ran out. Then they mobilised the whole country to work in factories making aircraft, tanks, ammo etc. One of the 'advantages' back then was that most women didn't have full time jobs, so they could be brought in to work in factories. It's one thing to get someone to give up washing and scrubbing to to become a machine operator, quite another to pull them from their hard won profession.
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Tweeted. County Offaly registration...
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LANTRA Basic Tree Survey and Inspection
HCR replied to CTC Recruitment's topic in Training & education
You have email.
