Craig Bennett CEO of Wildlife Trusts getting an education on Twitter

[Chris F]

And rightly so. Has can someone in such a position know so little and say “facts” like this.

He hasn’t even had the decency to delete his tweet. In fact he has doubled down and re-tweeted it.

I just hope the farmer of that field comes forward and says it was direct drilled.

i know drilling is a farming term that most of the public don’t know, but they do know the difference between planting and ploughing.

 

[Gong Farmer]

Ploughing? In Cambridgeshire????

 

[7610 super q]

Ahhhh

Farmer bashing is now actually a bigger industry than farming itself......

 

[Clive]

Oh dearly quango me !

 

[Clive]

i know drilling is a farming term that most of the public don’t know, but they do know the difference between planting and ploughing.

He's not just public though knowing these basics is part of his job (which I expect is rather well paid !)

 

[Chris F]

Ahhhh

Farmer bashing is now actually a bigger industry than farming itself......

and for that alone Craig should resign or be sacked.

 

[TechWise]

These sorts of organisations are such a circlejerk that I don't know how farming can ever possibly stand up to them. This tweet will now become another gospel truth that his followers can band about among each other and use to influence the general public who don't know any better.

 

[delilah]

I did suggest to @Guy Smith on here some time ago that he should be locked in a room with Craig Bennett (then at FoE) and not let out until the pair of them had a common understanding that the most environmentally benign diet was a UK produced one.
Guy replied that he didn't think he (Guy) was important enough. Which was a p!ss poor response. Which pretty much sums up the problem; we don't want to work with the environmental movement, we prefer the lazy route of standing at opposite sides of the field shouting at each other.

 

[Chris F]

This is his job description


Overall purpose of the job

To provide inspirational and authentic leadership, playing a central advocacy role in the promotion and representation of The Wildlife Trusts.
Bringing together the voice of the movement for maximum impact of collective goals; a visionary and collaborative leader who will take the movement and its people forward through strategic development and collective governance,
Ensuring that The Wildlife Trusts is recognised as a high-profile champion, steward and leader for the natural environment in the UK.

Can we assume the council of trustee’s will be bringing him to task of failing spectacularly to do the above. Of course we can’t.

 

[Werzle]

Shock jock tactics by people without a clue, stirs up the troops in lockdown and makes them donate a few more quid. Anything that gives the meat bashing a break!

 

[teslacoils]

Can't win. Stop fighting. The value in salaries etc of these eco nuts dwarves what we earn. UK productivity would increase if we wilded the lot then these f**kers could go get actual jobs.

 

[Sid]

And rightly so. Has can someone in such a position know so little and say “facts” like this.

He hasn’t even had the decency to delete his tweet. In fact he has doubled down and re-tweeted it.

I just hope the farmer of that field comes forward and says it was direct drilled.

i know drilling is a farming term that most of the public don’t know, but they do know the difference between planting and ploughing.

That's a hell of a hill for Cambridgeshire?!

 

[Suffolk Serf]

Prime example of how to lose friends and alienate people. Tosser.

 

[Clive]

If only UK farmers had an effective, national organization with loads of highly paid professionals and money behind them that represented them and had the backbone to not stand for such rubbish or even take legal action when appropriate ..................................... oh

 

[Sid]

If only UK farmers had an effective, national organization with loads of highly paid professionals and money behind them that represented them and had the backbone to not stand for such rubbish or even take legal action when appropriate ..................................... oh

not much said on twitter matters at all as reach outside of faming is small

But why would they waste resources on something that doesn't matter as the reach outside of farming is so small?

 

[Clive]

But why would they waste resources on something that doesn't matter as the reach outside of farming is so small?

twits keep chipping away and (have) changed public perception of our industry

farmer’s on twitter are all talking to each other. Environmental CEO’s probably have a wider and more relevant audience

 

[TechWise]

If only UK farmers had an effective, national organization with loads of highly paid professionals and money behind them that represented them and had the backbone to not stand for such rubbish or even take legal action when appropriate ..................................... oh

TFF?

 

[Sid]

twits keep chipping away and (have) changed public perception of our industry

So does Twitter matter or not I'm confused now.

Also traffic a bit slow? @Chris F seems to start alot thread lately?

 

[ajd132]

His last line is correct though, far too much soil ends up in watercourses (I can see some of mine running down wet tramlines).

 

[lloyd]

If only UK farmers had an effective, national organization with loads of highly paid professionals and money behind them that represented them and had the backbone to not stand for such rubbish or even take legal action when appropriate ..................................... oh

Great deals on Toyota pick up trucks at the moment though (Other pick ups are available).