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A good description
- Thread starter Kevtherev
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- Welshpool Powys
Spotted this today and thought how true.
Share in as many places as you can.
Share in as many places as you can.
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- Welshpool Powys
All the talk about equality racism and BLM isn’t it time that farmers and rural folk stood up against what can only be described as ‘rural persecution’
Or is that too strong of wording?
Rural communities need protecting and I feel very strongly about it too.
Or is that too strong of wording?
Rural communities need protecting and I feel very strongly about it too.
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- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
Robin Page used to say something similar
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- Welshpool Powys
Anyone heard of these guys
Steevo
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- Gloucestershire
Never. A good find that.
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- Lincolnshire
I absolutely agree. And I fear it’s now easy for the government to pick on farmers as they are a small minority. I can see we could become victims of a raft of balmy populist policies in the name of winning the green bunny hugger vote.
Lazy Sod
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- Warminster Wiltshire
RLM. Rural Lives Matter.
Countryside United in National Tradition..... ? 
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- Welshpool Powys
We certainly need a group to represent us country folk
FAIRLY.
FAIRLY.
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- Welshpool Powys
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- DD9.
Do you have a PR qualification?Countryside United in National Tradition..... ?
Wasted talent if you don’t.
Wuffler
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- Northumberland
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- Lincolnshire
Without getting too political, the biggest worry for me is that for a decade now the Tories have been a been a suburban party with little interest in real farming. They’d sell us down the river in an instant if it means popularity with their suburban voters who outnumber rural voters many times over. The days when we benefited from rural landowners with seats in parliament are well and truly over. Our own Conservative MP is more interested in keeping footpaths open for ramblers than helping agriculture. It’s purely about majorities and sucking up to whatever pressure group is flavour of the month in the local rag.
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- Lincolnshire
And parish councils which now count as the much beloved local democracy rarely have a farmer on them nowadays. Wouldn’t want our lot dictating how the surrounding is to be managed.
Somebody bin this nature recovery plan quickly.
Sorry wrong thread but of some relevance.
Somebody bin this nature recovery plan quickly.
Sorry wrong thread but of some relevance.
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- Owaka, New Zealand
The environmentalist doesn't seem to notice that the land has been shaped by us ALL
Where are all the old trees, probably gone for one of several possible uses over the years - whether burnt to keep us warm, for houses and furniture to keep us warm, or even for props down the mines - so we could keep warm
creating this illusion that the farmer cut them down so he could fit more wheat or sheep onto the property is available - but it isn't real.
What it represents is a general dodging of the fact that it was "us" who caused it, not just the farmer that occupies it now, but within that dodging of the truth becomes justification
it was all justified once, because people didn't care about the future, just the now.
You still see it, eg the farmers who don't want to do anything about the mistakes made before our time, they just want to grow as much crap as possible, and feel justified in doing that.
Who takes the high ground is probably going to not see this for what it is, but it is there to be seen.
People did this, millions of them
Where are all the old trees, probably gone for one of several possible uses over the years - whether burnt to keep us warm, for houses and furniture to keep us warm, or even for props down the mines - so we could keep warm
creating this illusion that the farmer cut them down so he could fit more wheat or sheep onto the property is available - but it isn't real.
What it represents is a general dodging of the fact that it was "us" who caused it, not just the farmer that occupies it now, but within that dodging of the truth becomes justification
it was all justified once, because people didn't care about the future, just the now.
You still see it, eg the farmers who don't want to do anything about the mistakes made before our time, they just want to grow as much crap as possible, and feel justified in doing that.
Who takes the high ground is probably going to not see this for what it is, but it is there to be seen.
People did this, millions of them
TBH, no political party has been interested in agriculture in my lifetime.
It was only post war governments that showed an interest, and then only because we had food shortages and rationing.
It was only post war governments that showed an interest, and then only because we had food shortages and rationing.
I’ll join that one already got the tee shirtCountryside United in National Tradition..... ?
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- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
I believe the UK has more ancient trees than the rest of Europe
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- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
The only news channel that seems to support meat eating is GB News, I saw Dan Wooten talking last night about it, problem being I don't think there are that many people who watch GB News