matelot

The best shooting I ever done was going to a farmer's yard and shooting rats. The rats were living under shipping containers, someone used a telehandler to lift the containers up and the rest of us shot the rats. It always makes me chuckle how people spend thousands shooting grouse and deer while shooting vermin is the most enjoyable shooting there is imho.

I found I was catching all sorts with my squirrel traps. If you put them higher up you shouldn't catch hedgehogs. I also find if you lay them at an angle with the entrance at the high end you don't catch pigeons.

I use an air rifle for dispatching squirrels in live traps. To be honest it's harder than it sounds, you have to put the barrel in and then wait for the animal to put its head under the barrel. I found the easy way to kill them is shotgun from twenty yards. At that range the trap isn't damaged. Obviously not an ideal solution in a garden.

Tbh, it's people like you that made people vote Brexit. You come on a thread spouting rubbish about exchange rates and then when I point out how stupid your comments are you ignore them and start with the personal insults. The fact remains, the UK was the top performing economy in 2016. None of your insults is going to change that. Lol, as Thatcher said, it's good when an opponent starts insulting you, as it means they've ran out of arguments.

1. There are markets outside the EU. You can be fairly sure that British companies will be selling more things to them after Sterling has dropped in value. If the EU starts tariffs the UK will put tariffs on EU products. The UK has a trade deficit with the EU... who will collect more in tariffs? The UK 2. If British goods become cheaper British people will buy more of them.... 3. Everyone in the world wants to go to the UK for a holiday. Visas or tighter borders aren't going to stop them.. Do you think Americans are going to say "The visa for the UK is too expensive, let's forget London and go to Bulgaria instead." 4. Yeah, you keep the banks and it means EU taxpayers will have to bail them out at the next financial crisis. Ahhh, personal insults! Your "debating skills" aren't very good.

Advantages of a weak pound: 1. It's easier for UK companies to sell goods abroad (that will reduce the trade deficit). 2. We get more import substitution (that will reduce the trade deficit). 3. We will get more tourists coming to Britain. 4. Stockmarket at all time high as foreign earnings are worth more. I would suggest your earlier, barely literate, response hardly inspires confidence in your "debating skills".

I have to admit, whenever I see Dianne Abbot I wonder if she would have got where she is if she was white.

Tbh, your comment doesn't really "mean anything". I doubt many people would understand what point you were making....

Or to look at it another way: The pound has lost value meaning that British manufacturers find it a lot easier to export stuff to the rest of the world?

There does seem to be less house burglaries nowadays. I cant help thinking that nowadays things like televisions and dvd recorders aren't worth stealing.

We were told that a Brexit vote would lead to immediate economic disaster. The Chancellor (George Osborne) said a Brexit vote would mean an emergency budget.... it never happened. Admittedly it's early days, but the scare stories from the Bremain side have not materialised... I enclose a screenshot below from the BBC that was pushing their normal propaganda and lies.

It looks like the UK economy is doing rather well. How can this be? We were assured that if we voted for Brexit there would be economic devastation. I've also not heard anything about the war that David Cameron said a Brexit vote would bring. The headline below is from the FT..

it sounds normal practice to me. unfortunately we live in a society where people are sued for trivial reasons. they will need the Traffic Management so that if an accident occurs the HSE cant give a royal bumming.

I know plenty of people that have been made redundant through no fault of their own. I wouldn't feel particularly guilty if someone lost their job after conning the taxpayer and boasting about it online.

The Transport Minister is the Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP. His contact email is: [email protected] National Audit Office's (they monitor how public money is spent) contact form: https://www.nao.org.uk/contact-us/contact-us/

Are the logs you are burning dry? I normally find dry logs burnt well don't really give off a lot of smoke. The way I read the link below is that with some stoves you can burn permitted fuels (ie logs) in a smokeless zone. https://smokecontrol.defra.gov.uk/appliances.php

Tbh, I think we all agree that Trump as an individual is an ar4ehole. However he's a million times better than "traditional" politicians. Traditional politicians allowed the mass migration of third world migrants into Europe. I don't think native Europeans want these migrants in Europe. After each terrorist attack in Europe more people will vote for the right wing parties. whenever I hear of a terrorist attack in Europe I blame the traditional politicians that allowed a violent culture into europe....

Just think. We've another four years of salivating at the world's ultimate mother and daughter....

Tbh, I think this is why Trump got in. People are fed up with political correctness.

Ohhh, so you think the electorate are so stupid that they cant decide the candidate that will act in their interests? I guess we might as well let the Queen reign over us then? Wow! Someone that can tell the future! What else does our crystal ball tell you? Did your crystal ball tell you that Trump would send a few tweets and Ford deicide to open a new car plant in America instead of Mexico? A couple of thousand jobs is hardly a "soundbite". Where did you get your crystal ball? Or are you someone that makes stuff up on the internet to appear smart? Why don't you consult your crystal ball to see how long "right wing populist politics" lasts? I predict it will last a long time as Westerners are getting fed up with politicians that don't listen to them.

Do you think the traditional politicians have done a particularly good job? It was traditional politicians that got us involved in Iraq and Afghanistan. How many US/ British servicemen died there? Tens of thousands? How many civilians died in Iraq and Afghanistan? Millions? Did our involvement in these countries improve them? Areas like Detroit are economic disasters because the car manufacturers moved to Mexico. It was traditional politicians that signed the trade deals that allowed the car manufacturers to move to Mexico. Whenever Islamic State commit a terrorist attack it's traditional politicians that lie to the electorate saying that the attacks have nothing to do with Islam. You say "populist" like it's a bad thing. The main duty of a politician is to look after the interests of their electorate. However traditional politicians seem to ignore that and invite third world migrants to the West. You Liberals could have had adult conversations about things that concerned the electorate. However you decided to shout down debate with the cry of "racist" and "bigot". It's people like you that have forced people to vote for the likes of Trump.

Who told you that? Are you the managing director of Nissan? Do you have a crystal ball? The fact is that the UK will continue to buy cars after we leave the EU. It's also a fact that the weakening of sterling has been brilliant for UK manufacturing....

Two weeks ago Ford cancelled a new car plant in Mexico because of some tweets Trump made. The plant was half built and suddenly Ford decided to open a new car plant in America. That's a couple of thousand new jobs in America. Not a bad start for the new President. "Uneducated white democratic"? In your last post you were accusing Trump voters of being bigots. It appears that you are the bigot. Trump's mum came from a humble background. It's possible that he will stand up for the working man more than you think. The West badly needs politicians that actually listen to the concerns of their electorates. I think Trump is one such politician.

Tbh, I think it's the Liberals that have been stupid. For the last 50 years they've been telling everyone that "all cultures are equal" and "there are no disadvantages to mass immigration". I think western electorates are now being forced to accept that some cultures arent very good and don't belong in the West. We are starting to see that mass migration is turning the West into the same s@&£ holes that the migrants have come from. Anyway, do you have anything intelligent to add to the debate? Or do you just have childish insults to add?

Trump's mum is Scottish and he owns some golf courses in Scotland. I think Trump will look favourably on the UK. Rightfully or wrongfully, I think the political landscape is changing. I think western electorates are getting fed up with political correctness and western politicians putting foreigners ahead of native populations.