Boris Is Toast

[Bongodog]

Nothing to do with rational reporting.
He's lucky to find another bit of driftwood to cling onto.
It is amusing to note that the sad fekk ran away from a new project when he discovered he had virtually no following at all. At least. Not enough to give him a stiffy.
In fact.
You've probably got a bigger audience than he.

is this the same Andrew Neill that Ian Hislop referes to as "brillo pad" and repeatedly prints photos of him in a vest ?

 

[le bon paysan]

is this the same Andrew Neill that Ian Hislop referes to as "brillo pad" and repeatedly prints photos of him in a vest ?

The same Andrew Neil who gave Farmers a complete slagging off " paid to do nothing" etc. in the era of set aside, and promptly bought a farm near Shipston on Stour.

 

[pgk]

The same Andrew Neil who gave Farmers a complete slagging off " paid to do nothing" etc. in the era of set aside, and promptly bought a farm near Shipston on Stour.

Never knew that sure you dont mean Andrew Knight of News International?

 

[le bon paysan]

Never knew that sure you dont mean Andrew Knight of News International?

I was born in Shipston, he bought the farm on the top crossroads. Don't know the chap you reference.

 

[pgk]

I was born in Shipston, he bought the farm on the top crossroads. Don't know the chap you reference.

I live in Shipston, most of land round the crossroads has been owned by Andrew Knight for at least last 25 years, he was I believe a tax exile but wished to own all the land he could see from his pile at Compton Scorpion. Maybe he bought it off Neil?

 

[David.]

Pamela Bordes, there's a name from the past, used to get around a bit.

 

[le bon paysan]

I live in Shipston, most of land round the crossroads has been owned by Andrew Knight for at least last 25 years, he was I believe a tax exile but wished to own all the land he could see from his pile at Compton Scorpion. Maybe he bought it off Neil?

Trying to think which year setaside came in.
Is Norgren still there?

 

[bobk]

Trying to think which year setaside came in.
Is Norgren still there?

97

 

[le bon paysan]

97

Just looked it up
Set-aside became compulsory in 1992 for large arable farmers as part of the MacSharry reform of the Common Agricultural Policy. It was originally set at 15% and reduced to 10% in 1996.

Set-aside - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[czechmate]

97

93?

 

[bobk]

Just looked it up
Set-aside became compulsory in 1992 for large arable farmers as part of the MacSharry reform of the Common Agricultural Policy. It was originally set at 15% and reduced to 10% in 1996.

Set-aside - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Kin hell , how time flies

One of the worst schemes ever imo

 

[le bon paysan]

93?

92 as above

 

[czechmate]

92 as above

We posted at the same time, I was pretty impressed I was so close

 

[bobk]

We posted at the same time, I was pretty impressed I was so close

I used to make hay of it , baled in september , not the best stuff

 

[czechmate]

I used to make hay of it , baled in september , not the best stuff

We had a neighbour, I’m sure he just managed to fit in growing wallflowers to lift and sell to garden centres

 

[pgk]

Trying to think which year setaside came in.
Is Norgren still there?

No, Norgen now a housing estate. Are building below and across from Norgren as well.

 

[Hindsight]

Just looked it up
Set-aside became compulsory in 1992 for large arable farmers as part of the MacSharry reform of the Common Agricultural Policy. It was originally set at 15% and reduced to 10% in 1996.

Set-aside - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Kin hell , how time flies

One of the worst schemes ever imo

Hi can I be pedantic (well yes of course I can!!!!) Set aside was not compulsory but the Arable Area Payment (AAPS) was only payable on condition the business had land set aside. In the first year or two a few farms did ignore set aside but forwent the AAPS payment. There was the Small Farmers Scheme which allowed small farms to not have set aside - now I will have to check this but a tonnage of some 94 tonnes rings a bell and that was converted into an area based on UK standard reference yield. Long time ago!

 

[le bon paysan]

No, Norgen now a housing estate. Are building below and across from Norgren as well.

Was such a pretty little town.

 

[bobk]

Was such a pretty little town.

You wouldn't recognise this country

 

[Tarw Coch]

Hi can I be pedantic (well yes of course I can!!!!) Set aside was not compulsory but the Arable Area Payment (AAPS) was only payable on condition the business had land set aside. In the first year or two a few farms did ignore set aside but forwent the AAPS payment. There was the Small Farmers Scheme which allowed small farms to not have set aside - now I will have to check this but a tonnage of some 94 tonnes rings a bell and that was converted into an area based on UK standard reference yield. Long time ago!

The simplified scheme I think it was called for arable up to 38 acres IIRC. Claim arable payment with no need for set aside.

The set aside requirement changed towards the end though, we had to have some set aside for the last 3/4 years or so, can’t remember the details