wasted years
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You've missed the point of Tom's post.
NFU Leadership Election - how would you vote ?
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Are you still in touch,and get much feed back?That is the most interesting bit about politics,to hear at first hand what goes on,and to try and get to know what they really think off record.
wasted years
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Yes, What Tom is saying is that if the election was held before the conference then the question of whether the new President has a cock or not can be overshadowed by what would hopefully be a successful first speech by whoever won, pertinent to the issues of the day, week, month or year.
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Whats qualifies them to be the best person for the job?
Experience?
Likeability?
Cross sector joined up thinking?
Best speaker?
all of the above and much more
number 1 important theses days is being VERY media savy - just look at our last few PM's Blair was shite but christ did he understand how to play the media game
perception matters more than reality these days, i'm not saying that's a good thing but it is the world we live in
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Agree.Paxman cites Blair and Clinton as the sharpest interviewees he had.Jim Turner had the speaking ability apparently,but then he was president in an "easy" era when food and farming was wanted.When the age of plenty arrived,he found Westminster and politics a much more unfriendly place.(Hope Guy Smith reads this because he wrote a piece about Turner in the Farmers Weekly a few months ago)
ISCO
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Hopefully, both Guy Smith and Minette Batters may be able to derive some positive inspiration from this evening's great expected event :-
https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/speech/2018/mark-carney-speech-at-regents-university-london
How to pretend still to be on the moral high ground whilst nearing the end of one's own term of lost opportunity and ineffectiveness.
https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/speech/2018/mark-carney-speech-at-regents-university-london
How to pretend still to be on the moral high ground whilst nearing the end of one's own term of lost opportunity and ineffectiveness.
Danllan
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We now see each other probably three or four time each year, speak every month or so and e-mail every few weeks, sometimes more often, sometimes less. We used to have a drink together at least every other week, even when he was a humble backbencher, but the thing is, quite apart from my having moved back to Wales, he simply has no free time now, none at all.
I'll not disclose his job, just that he is in the top set, but will say that the amount of work he has to do - and actually does - is unbelievable until it's seen; and that is not intended to be a party political point in any way, because ministers of any party in government get the same. I know for a fact that it puts a lot of stress on his marriage, having discussed it with both him and her, and that despite her sharing his beliefs and ambition, there is a cut off date by which he'll retire from the Front Bench. He always looks tired now, but I think he bares up well.
He won't discuss anything 'sensitive', full stop; and, although of course I am interested, I don't ask daft questions. What is interesting, and what he is happy to discuss, is the personality clashes between the big players; a few are genuinely close personal friends, yet they are political adversaries. This is true across party lines too, he has good friends in Labour.
The most amusing thing I hear from him, for me anyway, is that the constant clash between politicians and Civil Servants shown in Yes Minister etc. really is true. The manoeuvres that both he and his staff go through to try and get some things done 'their' way, really do beggar belief and the frustration is enormous on all sides.
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Since his first promotion I've never seen him more than 'merry', and then fast asleep; but, yes, before that he did like a few, and then a few more.
Bet he beers up well, too, if anything like the two or three MPs of my acquaintance.
However, as I wrote above, he just has so little time now and what he does get is spent with family, or sleeping.There are a lot MPs who are utter prats, that's a simple fact. But once someone holds office the weight of work really does increase very greatly; I used to work silly hours sometimes, I guess the equivalent amount would seem a typical day for him now.
I know a couple of other MPs too, and a couple of ex-MPs; they certainly have a hard job - if they are doing it right - but it's just not a patch on holding office. Not a job I'd want.
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I will vote for whoever actually has the balls to recognize that the RT assurance is a scam.......... that leaves one candidate out, as one of them hasn't got a pair and is on the RT board peddling this constant 'Farm to Fork' traceability lie !
Good luck to the other candidate ........
Good luck to the other candidate ........
tom
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... would that be this one wanting the Red Tractor mark to get the promotional budget it needs:
http://www.fwi.co.uk/farm-life/guy-smith-recognised-by-rase-for-communications-work.htm
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see this on the bottom of the article ? > ' What do you think of Mr Smith’s thoughts? Let us know on the forums'
WTF .......... not communicating well with 90% of farmers then !
I'll vote for 'None of the Above' in that case !
