Will Blackburn
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- Cheshire
I like farming and I was very fortunate to inherit a tenancy. I can say I have never hankered after being in demolition, what an odd thing to say.
A question for Ollybloggs Oliver Harrison
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Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Apparently i do also , it aint all that bad ! Mind the benefit scroungers in town are all prowling about in new volvos and cant afford one so must be trueaparently i live in poverty , i don't have sky or an i phone
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- Bedfordshire
I’m over here!- Location
- East yorks
Will be if it doesn’t stop raining and shows no signs of that
Scholsey
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- Herefordshire
Yet another anonymous faceless person publically criticising someone who is actively trying to help British agriculture rather than sitting on their computer/phone shouting in an echo chamber but doing F all about it.
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Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Olly has went public on his views on farmers protests etc on Instagram and they've not went down very well.
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- Limousin/Charentes toad land
gone up the hill
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- Location
- Devon
What did he say about the protests?
What has made Olly look bad ( rightly or wrongly ) is the fact he said he was going to run for the top NFU jobs but then at the last minute back tracked on that and did not put his name up, by saying he was going to stand it will have no doubt put off other less well known people from putting their own names forward as they would have thought they would not have had a chance to get elected against someone who is very well known and popular like Olly.
And now the NFU is getting a new president by default as no one is standing against him for the role.
- Location
- East Yorkshire
he wasnt the only you tube farming hero either to do that just as well neither are involved in nfu or it might look staged
Chae1
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- Aberdeenshire
He just said he doesn't think protests are a good idea.
Nothing controversial or anything can really disagree with.
Will Blackburn
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- Cheshire
Political staffers often have a file on rising stars to use just in case they need, to get their pick.
gone up the hill
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- Devon
The problem he has thou being that he is high up in the NFU that whilst he said protests are not the answer he did not come back with a credible way/answer of changing the current situation ref farmers anger/feelings that farmers views are being ignored over red tape/ red tractor/ imports of food produced using chemicals etc banned in the UK etc etc.
Virtually every other country in Europe think it's the right time to protest, what make Britain different?
Will Blackburn
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- Location
- Cheshire
Because here the union runs the farmers, in mainland Europe the farmers run the union.
He also said “British farming ain’t that bad, it’s much harder in wales and Ireland”
Reedy, you're required on the other thread, there is some electric fencing that needs your attention
Need to change that then ,dont we.
Just hope the BFU is strong enough to stand up to
Contact Ministry and let them know of the change, now 2 unions representing farmers, 1 for real practical producing farmers with dirt on their hands, the other with the supermarkets wearing gilets
NO jest , just do it!!!
- Location
- Essex
What did he say and who did it not go down well with?
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