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    Banana shortage

    Supermarkets do very well with paying low wages which are topped up tax credits which are tax payer funded.... why are we funding that. Regrettably modern society seems to be a great big Ponzi scheme that we can't get off....
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    Banana shortage

    Where can you get 2 Australian pink ladies for a pound???? I would have thought you'd have to buy them at least a couple of drinks before anything else and that would be £20 for a kickoff??? ...or have I got the wrong end of the stick again...
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    Banana shortage

    Isn't it to do with Banana Payment System - hasn't BPS decreased over the years so fewer are grown...... 🍌
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    Workwear trouser recommendations?

    Just swapped from Screwfix site harriers to regatta pro scandal - really tough cordura that feels more hard-wearing. Tend to be one size bigger than my regular size (so bought the next size down) but apart from that I'm impressed.
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    things that make you smile

    Trees coming into leaf and blossom... Thank goodness..!
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    Land Drainage

    Double standards.... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0018h15 Speechless as to how your comment broke their stated rules - especially in light of them commissioning a whole series on subjects designed to provoke comment and debate..... including, is the countryside racist.
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    Land Drainage

    Might be serious, BBCs picked up on it!! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68792017
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    Recycled Brown Bin Compost.

    Had 20 ton of it once - never again, riddled with plastic and assorted crap. Sticking with horse and stable muck to build up organic matter especially as it's free!!
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    New limits to SFI.

    Regardless of how it's done it feels like we're being subsidised to produce cheaper food for processors and supermarkets to sell cheaply to the British public some of whom pay tax to the state to subside us to produce cheaper food for processors and supermarkets to...... Just feels like a big...
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    New limits to SFI.

    And that's not counting the jobs it has created for specialists fixing the motors.... 🤪
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    Outpourings from Ben Goldsmith recently

    Yes, still plenty roaming around Westminster and the local environs...
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    SFI is NOT the answer

    SFI might not be the answer but I'm still struggling with what the question that's trying to be answered is.... .. honest!
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    Electricity tariffs/Prices

    Utilita 54 for first kWh per day then 27.5 thereafter. No standing charge so works out well cheaper for my very low usage.
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    New limits to SFI.

    Apart from "welcoming the announcement", where is the NFU on all of this?? A simple Google search for NFU in the last 24 hours doesn't come up with any meaningful statement, press release, etc...... I'd like to think/ hope that they're visiting all the newspapers, radio and TV stations to get...
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    Fuel price tracker

    Just been quoted .81ppl for 500l from previous supplier - DE74 Notts/ Derby/ Leicester border. Future farm coming out at .77ppl(Your NRG) Any other suggestions to call that cover this area....
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