Recent content by tom

Thanks for this thread, I was looking at the same tractor on Gumtree and thought I'd check the name here first, beware [email protected]

I think michael N123 may have got a very good introductory deal, good luck to him for that but watch out for a hefty increase next year (whether it is the right policy or not I don't know but the Mutual tends to do just the opposite sometimes giving a loyalty bonus). At the end of the day it...

... by 'local branch' do you mean your local branch of the Mutual? The person you need to be asking is your NFU county adviser (and if my county adviser asked who I was insured with he would get told it is none of his fecking business). Better still if you can get to the Stoneybeck Inn...

... well spotted Fortunately In membership remains even higher; last year In the North West we had a net gain of 58 members and an increase of 9303 acres.

... the Mutual was set up by the NFU over 100 years ago to get farmers a better deal, they worked from the same offices for decades but there is a bit more separation now (though most years the Mutual does make a donation to the Union). I think it is still the case that most counties have a...

Hi Honeyend, I'm not sure if the person who came to see you was an insurance salesperson from the Mutual (in which case they wouldn't try to explain the benefits of joining the Union) or someone from the Union (who wouldn't be able to give you an insurance quote). However if you want to put...

I don't know about 50 years ago but I went to my first branch meeting about 40 years ago and it was that boring (and dominated by a clique of farmers) that I didn't go back for another 20 years. Then I went to a regional event where I got a piece of advice which saved me about £1k/year for many...

... please do pass them on to me, this looks it needs investigating.

... that sounds a bit worrying, has any member on here ever had trouble with BPS and been told "sorry we can't help you, your claim isn't big enough"?

... good idea. It was possible to interact with some of the sessions at conference via an app on your phone (which was a bit annoying for me as my phone is not smart enough to cope and as I was trying to ask questions the old-fashioned way I kept losing out to people who weren't even in the...

... insuring with the Mutual isn't compulsory (my car isn't) nor indeed do you need to be a Union member to insure with them, but as I keep being reminded you don't know how good your insurance really is until you need to make a claim.

Hi Danlian, by self-selected I meant those at conference were the ones who had chosen to be there and I appreciate not everyone could have made that choice. I read a piece by Monbiot where he said the only way to get truly representative government is to select people by lottery much like...

Hi Chaffcutter, I'm not too keen on GM or the electoral system myself (nor indeed Red Tractor, as I was going into dinner at conference their chief executive sought me out about a comment I'd made the week before). I could also list even more compelling reasons to keep my money in my pocket if I...

The elections are over and I get the impression that many of those who most disappointed with the result are also the ones most unimpressed by the NFU. As Henarar and Werzle say on another thread if you watch just one thing from NFU18 make it Meurig's opening address here. Then when you...

... would that be this one wanting the Red Tractor mark to get the promotional budget it needs: http://www.fwi.co.uk/farm-life/guy-smith-recognised-by-rase-for-communications-work.htm