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I've lived in North Wales for 6.5 years and Sheffield for 10 years before I came back to Sussex. I made a choice to live out in the sticks because 10 years in Sheffield confirmed I don't like too many people around very much. As I've grown older, I think I prefer Worthing and Upper Beeding to...

From the FT today https://www.ft.com/content/0179adf7-e22e-4969-8143-986517b669d4 UK business activity has slumped to a 13-month low, as companies gave a “thumbs down” to policies announced in the Budget, according to a closely watched survey. The S&P Global flash UK PMI composite index fell to...

That seems to be a recurring theme recently. I'm sure they will announce a massive training programme for 18-30 year olds and restore full employment by Easter.

We as in infrastructure, you know, the essential stuff. It doesn't seem to matter who owns it, it affects us all so we all have to deal with it.

And we can't deal with the shit that produces now.

Plenty of snow north of Chichester this morning, can't see the Trundle

Or just decided to ignore it like putting 100000 pensioners into poverty. Maybe we should stop subsidising other things like steel, cars, energy and go full on capitalist. Maybe some of us care where our food comes from and how it is produced. Not really nuance (noun: nuance; plural noun...

They only had 34% for them at the election. It's not really turning against them when the majority were never for them. They're doing a good job of turning the politically ambivalent against themseves at the moment. Starmer and Reeves are less popular than Farage. How do they turn that around?

I sort of agree with this. However, we have had 20+ years of encouraging diversification. Most of the farms around me run shoots, have livery yards (often run by someone else), offer rental accomodation and some have other light commercial activities. We should remember than small farms shape...

And Robin Cook's ethical foreign policy is back https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/nov/19/keir-starmer-declines-to-directly-condemn-jailing-hong-kong-pro-democracy-figures

No. This and the WFA aren't really about the money they may make, nor are they about addressing some abhorent inequality. The appologists keep trotting out they will only affect a small number of people, an extra100000 people into poverty is no big deal to them. I like the assumption that there...

Addressing a packed room of MPs, Peers and NFU representatives, Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner committed to “enhance” Britain's food security with “a new deal for farmers” (07.24). https://www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-information/nfu-summer-reception/ That didn't last long then. Don't worry...

And the best bit is they have provided a good solution for less wealthy people to avoid IHT. Give your house to the children, buy a farm for around £1.4M and live seven years. You can also pay each child £7.5K a year rent with no tax liability for them. The budget so far actually seems quite...

I voted no, but on reflection I think they'll have it spinning around in circles for a while. A bit like sewage going down a drain.

yes, it makes you wonder why they didn't do exactly that.

It's not just the land value either, a tractor will set you back £250000 without attachments. Like most of the budget, the ideas are OK but there has been scant attention to detail and how things would work in practice leading to pretty crappy outcomes for many. More urban tosh as far as I am...

I find a good Kenya tea makes a suitable alternative as well that from Mauritius. English Breakfast is good for the compost heap.