Guy Smith @ meeting with guth today

[Henarar]

Seriously GUTH was his normal restrained self

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Met @gone up the hill at market today and he wouldn't talk to us
I spose its hob knobbing with folk like Guy ?
Gone to his head I recon

I been talking to someone for months on Facebook, I shouted hello at the mart to him and he egnored me. Quite strange I thought

 

[Henarar]

I been talking to someone for months on Facebook, I shouted hello at the mart to him and he egnored me. Quite strange I thought

Some are like that
Guth was ok we were yacking so long the sale had ended and they had cleaned the ring time we had finished
still the world is put to rights now

 

[joe soapy]

they are all available online anyway, like all accounts if you want to really see whats gong on you need to dig in quite deep through and that takes time, part of me says life is just to short to give a XXXX sometimes !!

.......but if I ever get bored and its raining a lot !!

People have been burned after digging toooo deep into things.

 

[Clive]

People have been burned after digging toooo deep into things.

Think I'm already firmly on the hit list !

 

[Qman]

re referendum of EU I'm not sure TBH - genuinely think it could go either way and will be close when it comes down to it

if it was called today Joe public would be out but after all the campaigning we will get and employers influencing workers etc vested interest votes then I think it would be a hard and close call

..............at least we get to vote...............which is nice ! @Guy Smith take note ! that's how democracy works !

There wasn't too much democracy in Oldham this week, or in a lot of towns where there is a big number of people who don't want to or can't speak English. The postal ballot has turned into a scandal where one person has all the votes.

At our AGM there wasn't much demand for OMOV at all. Many members said that the delegates know who is who at headquarters and they know best. I didn't agree with this but it seems most folk don't really care who the President is.

I see you West Country chaps are going for Minette, I think she would do well and I hope Derbyshire go for her.

 

[gone up the hill]

There wasn't too much democracy in Oldham this week, or in a lot of towns where there is a big number of people who don't want to or can't speak English. The postal ballot has turned into a scandal where one person has all the votes.

At our AGM there wasn't much demand for OMOV at all. Many members said that the delegates know who is who at headquarters and they know best. I didn't agree with this but it seems most folk don't really care who the President is.

I see you West Country chaps are going for Minette, I think she would do well and I hope Derbyshire go for her.

Im not so sure about MB tbh, what I don't like is she has done NOTHING for 21 months after being elected onto the top team but then 3 months before the next election she suddenly starts pushing her profile up....

You can agree or dis-agree with GS but at least he has/ is prepared to put his head above the hedge and talk on places like TFF/ meet with genuine members etc and that is something MB doesn't seem to want to do, although she is quite happy to give dubious statements about TB etc...

 

[Qman]

She came to a meeting in Derbyshire six months ago and impressed us.

 

[exmoor dave]

Who's going to the south molton meeting tomorrow?

 

[TINTIN]

wont have time to go tomorow.
i am hoping to go to exeter though!!
need to ask some decent questions!!

 

[Sid]

Who's going to the south molton meeting tomorrow?

I just got home from it...all very quiet...no real argy bargy...maybe keeping their powder dry for the Exeter meeting?

 

[exmoor dave]

I just got home from it...all very quiet...no real argy bargy...maybe keeping their powder dry for the Exeter meeting?

I had planned to go but I went to a livestock board meeting yesterday so heard plenty from AHDB staff at that.

Plus it was too nice a day here to miss after all the wet weather.

11am meeting is no good really, what with it being nearly the shortest day.

What was discussed?

 

[Sid]

I had planned to go but I went to a livestock board meeting yesterday so heard plenty from AHDB staff at that.

Plus it was too nice a day here to miss after all the wet weather.

11am meeting is no good really, what with it being nearly the shortest day.

What was discussed?

The fact Sir(which he doesn't like being called)Peter has his henchmen from the NFU around him. seems they were the only capable people that applied for the jobs.
That Adam Quniney? doesn't know when the lamb market is at its peak so they can market British lamb!
He even stated that VW sales were down...finger well off the pulse!

All the office holders stated that lots of information and research produced by AHDB is used by the press and other organisations, they do not always state where they get it from.

People also complained they don't see enough advertising, but its not directed at us but the consumers. it also has to be cost effective.

Interestingly the dairy side now have a person employed just to look after the large levy payers not us run of the mill levy payers.

 

[Sid]

They are only a small % of the UK population thou!! and TBH they have been buying our sheep for a long time anyway, what is needed is work increasing sales with the average housewife/ professional working people etc.

So how do you increase sales rather than just make average jo public swap from beef to lamb ?