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As a farmer the messaging coming out of Defra UK is really messed up. Capital payments for trees in agroforestry on hold but yesterday Defra launch a new tree planting task force to plant more trees.🤯defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk/2024/11/28/new…

“My fear is that farmers will wash their hands of involvement with unpredictable government schemes & intensify agricultural production. They’ll think ‘why don’t I take all the green crap out & intensify?” Good to speak with Will Humphries The Times and The Sunday Times. thetimes.com/article/0024af…

Dr Arun Advani of CEN tax whose research Rachel Reeves used to come up with her farm tax tells Efra committee that farmers' ability to pay the tax bill ie their income vs the annual bill has not been modelled by him. He is working it out now and will publish in the Spring.

This is the best summary of the current geopolitical situation I have seen. Sir Alex Younger was head of MI6 between 2014 and 2020. Really worth watching.

Whoever released a new batch of #WildBoar into Dartmoor has no one’s best interests at heart. Dartmoor has too little woodland to provide the refuge that boar need in a modern, human populated landscape. This isn’t the place for them - yet. thetimes.com/article/13bd22…

Revealing that Steve Reed MP can go directly from an audience with 700 anguished farmers, hearing concerns that elderly & sick relatives will take their own lives before the IHT changes come in, and subsequently make light of it. Mindset of this govt.

The Times is free to read today at thetimes.com Gives you a chance to read about Henry Orlik, a recluisve artist, and the housing association which ‘disposed’ of his paintings worth £10 million after evicting him when he suffered a stroke thetimes.com/uk/arts/articl…

Bungling Islamic kidnappers were foiled after their attempt fell apart within seconds and their Israeli victim escaped from the radiator he was handcuffed to Free to read at The Times and The Sunday Times website, with no paywall all weekend thetimes.com/article/d0e6e3…

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A family judge found to have abused their adopted children applied to the high court for anonymity - and has been granted it, despite the media arguing to name them. My The Observer comment piece on a scandal; first, the child abuse, then the cover up: observer.co.uk/news/national/…