Walterp
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A sense of responsibility is the curse of many an eldest child - parents or siblings can frolic and get up to mischief, but the eldest child will ponder and fret about the sensible thing to do. And then do it, sometimes at great expense and personal sacrifice.
I don't know why they do this. Perhaps precisely because the others are, well, so irresponsible?
Back in the day, the ant beavered away whilst the grasshopper idled away the Summer; my upbringing taught me that the grasshopper was held to account for his shortcomings - come Winter, he went hungry.
Apt imagery, perhaps, for a professional adviser - get the advice right, do your utmost, and come clean if you get it wrong, to minimise the collateral damage. The ideals of the ant.
But what about the pleasure-seeking grasshoppers? I hear you wonder.
The President of the NFU, Minette Batters, campaigned vociferously in 2016 for 'leave' and claimed, at frequent intervals, that UK farmers would be able to 'exploit the opportunities of Brexit'.
It was utter xxxxx, of course, and she probably knew it. Now that it is clear there are no such opportunities, why does no NFU member seek to hold her to account for her error?
Or do we get the farming leaders we deserve?
I don't know why they do this. Perhaps precisely because the others are, well, so irresponsible?
Back in the day, the ant beavered away whilst the grasshopper idled away the Summer; my upbringing taught me that the grasshopper was held to account for his shortcomings - come Winter, he went hungry.
Apt imagery, perhaps, for a professional adviser - get the advice right, do your utmost, and come clean if you get it wrong, to minimise the collateral damage. The ideals of the ant.
But what about the pleasure-seeking grasshoppers? I hear you wonder.
The President of the NFU, Minette Batters, campaigned vociferously in 2016 for 'leave' and claimed, at frequent intervals, that UK farmers would be able to 'exploit the opportunities of Brexit'.
It was utter xxxxx, of course, and she probably knew it. Now that it is clear there are no such opportunities, why does no NFU member seek to hold her to account for her error?
Or do we get the farming leaders we deserve?
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