Why should I stay..............

Highland Mule

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I’ve never seen one of those!

can’t remember if it was bank of Scotland or Clydesdale Bank, but one of the £5 notes used to be made out of something akin to bog roll. Used to be scrutinised greatly even north of the border.

I bought a baked spud with one at a roadside van in Cheshire once. Had plenty change but the Scouser was adamant he took all the Scottish notes and I wanted to test him. He did.

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quattro

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I’ve never seen one of those!

can’t remember if it was bank of Scotland or Clydesdale Bank, but one of the £5 notes used to be made out of something akin to bog roll. Used to be scrutinised greatly even north of the border.
Used to like it when Scotland still had one pound notes
A few times used them in England and got change for a fiver
 
What do you mean by hillbillies? Border Reivers ?
The US hillbillies originated in the Borders, either side bearing in mind Northumberland used to reach to the Forth. They were Presbyterians and English high church came up and started topping them. They left to go to Lanarkshire and N. Ireland. Potato famine a lot left. Catholics to New York Presbyterians to Philadelphia. Rolling green hills like the borders and coal mines as in Northumberland and Lanarkshire. As in Bart Simpson Willie the gardener is a raj jock. All the films and songs about Rednecks. The US presbyterians wore a red neckerchief to delineate themselves. If you look closely you will see it is Paisley pattern on red. They had a reputation in an argument of shooting first rather than waste words. There is your history lesson for the day.
 

Cowabunga

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I haven't read through this topic throughly but just the first page or so explains why the UK is breaking up, but most starkly reflects why EU migrant workers and all immigrants to the UK feel uncomfortable, unwanted, unwelcome and why many have gone home to their original countries and will not be persuaded back even if it was made easy for them to do so. Once bitten, twice shy.

Nationalism and racism, which are often linked, are nasty pervasive and regressive notions wherever they occurs. There is hardly a redeeming feature to either and people who harbour either to any degree higher than a pride in their nationality are generally not very nice people, when it boils down to it.
 
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tje

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Seriously ?? This country is so racist that 5.2 million EU nationals have applied to stay ....


I haven't read through this topic throughly but just the first page or so explains why the UK is breaking up, but most starkly reflects why EU migrant workers and all immigrants to the UK feel uncomfortable, unwanted, unwelcome and why many have gone home to their original countries and will not be persuaded back even if it was made easy for them to do so. Once bitten, twice shy.

Nationalism and racism, which are often linked, are nasty pervasive and regressive notions wherever they occurs. There is hardly a redeeming feature to either and people who harbour either to any degree higher than a pride in their nationality are generally not very nice people, when it boils down to it.
 

Cowabunga

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Seriously ?? This country is so racist that 5.2 million EU nationals have applied to stay ....

There were more than previously thought when we were in the EU. Now that we are not and so many have been made to feel unwelcome and gone home, we are dreadfully short of all kinds of workers, from fruit picker to lorry drivers to chefs and bar tenders. Odd that you hadn't noticed this. Most people have and also noticed many empty supermarket shelves and short retail business opening hours as a consequence.
 

tje

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There's 2.4 million on furlough , people isolating due to being " pinged" .We will see how big of a labour shortage there is after the pandemic finished .

As for being racist the UK is least racist country in Europe according to the EU . Its report " being black in the EU" confirms this .



Do have any hard evidence to dispute this ??

There were more than previously thought when we were in the EU. Now that we are not and so many have been made to feel unwelcome and gone home, we are dreadfully short of all kinds of workers, from fruit picker to lorry drivers to chefs and bar tenders. Odd that you hadn't noticed this. Most people have and also noticed many empty supermarket shelves and short retail business opening hours as a consequence.
 

SFI - What % were you taking out of production?

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    Votes: 80 42.3%
  • Up to 25%

    Votes: 66 34.9%
  • 25-50%

    Votes: 30 15.9%
  • 50-75%

    Votes: 3 1.6%
  • 75-100%

    Votes: 3 1.6%
  • 100% I’ve had enough of farming!

    Votes: 7 3.7%

Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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