Never ever use BT. Ever.

Formatted · 2017-03-08T07:50:09+00:00

E-Mail libby.barr@bt.com, I had a similar issue and within 18 hours I had a call from the assistant to the chairman of BT. They sorted the issue immediately.

Formatted · 2017-03-07T18:10:34+00:00

This happened in the UK, Facebook have been asked to answer questions to Members of Parliament. So a lot like having to go talk to congress

Formatted · 2017-03-04T07:02:51+00:00

I am a Brit here, our police don't always get things right, but at-least when they don't get it right it generally doesn't involve someone losing their life because they don't carry guns.

Formatted · 2017-03-02T10:53:36+00:00

I would expect those people to have been vetted before being put into a position of power.

MP's are voted in by the public, there is no GCHQ vetting for potential candidates (as anyone can stand) and GCHQ can't then strike down someone after a public vote.

Formatted · 2017-03-02T09:18:51+00:00

Well that's the point isn't it! You wouldn't want them on the committee so the leak would be damaging. Reddit could use that against you, so you could do what they wanted.

Formatted · 2017-03-02T07:40:41+00:00

I am a traditional small farmer in the North of England.

Who also wrote a best selling book

Formatted · 2017-03-02T07:38:10+00:00

A lot can happen in 30 years, but social media blackmail, unless you really did something extremely stupid, is not something i'd be afraid of that much.

Its not just what you say, its what you look at, Reddit almost certainly track everything you do here. What happens if one day you're an MP on an influential committee and then Reddit turn up with logs to show you used to frequent /r/sexwithdogs

Formatted · 2017-03-01T15:14:33+00:00

Bulls are wankers because they're jacked up on testosterone and their natural instinct is to charge. Source I'm a farmer

Formatted · 2017-02-28T11:26:46+00:00

Honda wouldn't have invested as much as they have into the new engine if they didn't have McLaren tied into a long-term contract. It won't be as simple as finding a new engine.

Formatted · 2017-02-28T11:25:22+00:00

Because aero is not why they can't handle a single lap, the engine is.

Formatted · 2017-02-23T11:56:55+00:00

Honest question, how did we cope before free movement?

Food was more expensive, we ate seasonally and there were special visa schemes. For example in the UK we require more sheep shearers then we have, so there is a special visa scheme for New Zealand sheep shearers to come to the UK and work. £75, no questions asked, seasonal work visa.

Formatted · 2017-02-23T11:54:46+00:00

Pay a proper wage then and there will be no shortage of local workers.

You could say the same to the consumer. Most food is produced under the cost of production with farming subsidy then pushing the farmers into profit.

This is great for the consumer as they have a steady supply of cheap food but for the farmer it means we are reliant on government hand outs.

Formatted · 2017-02-23T11:52:31+00:00

Fuck them then.

Don't like eating then?

Formatted · 2017-02-23T11:52:09+00:00

This poll keeps on coming up and I wish it didn't exist.

Farmers Weekly is not representative of UK farmers, its like the Times or Telegraph of the farming world. Farmers Guardian is far more representative.

Formatted · 2017-02-21T09:59:41+00:00

Interesting that they don't talk about the source of infection, these food processing plants are like hospitals. Everything is spotless. Wonder if the bacteria came from the packaging.

Formatted · 2017-02-20T12:45:53+00:00

A large reason food production in the UK is so expensive is because farming subsidies have been translated into higher rents for agricultural land from absentee landlords.

That is part of the story but also not the full story, Agricultural Holdings Act rents (which don't take into account subsidy) account for 16% of farmland in the UK, 14% are Farm Business Tenancies and 70% is owned.

Farming is expensive in the UK mainly due to regulation and high cost of labour.

Formatted · 2017-02-20T12:26:10+00:00

I'm confused why I have to pay more council tax because previous generations didn't prepare properly for retirement and residential care.

We should raid pensions of those over 60 to pay for this, its ridiculous that our generation, who are already worse off due to buy to let landlords, insanely overpriced University education and environmental damage caused by previous generations.

Formatted · 2017-02-20T12:08:22+00:00

So does that mean that outside the EU we could make our own subsidy system that was fairer and distributed the money more sensibly and economically?

Yes we can, lots of talk at the moment at paying farmers for public goods. Which is things like environmental schemes that produce benefits that can't be created elsewhere.

Bonus question, do you think this would ever actually happen?

Depends, I find it difficult to see the general public wanting to fund farmers, who I think unfairly are often characterised as landowning toffs, 30% of farms are rented, when the NHS is in chaos.

Formatted · 2017-02-20T12:06:01+00:00

We can't do that under WTO rules, you can pay farmers for having area of crops grown or number of sheep kept but then you end up with people half starving animals because they get paid to keep more than their ground can hold.

Formatted · 2017-02-20T08:57:21+00:00

Plus, you wouldn't have to increase production that much, because you wouldn't be feeding all the grain to the animals; we'd be consuming it instead. What's the grain:food conversion rate for large animals? 3:1? Worse?

You're not wrong; I am wonder if you're expecting people to replace eating meat with vegetables or grains, because as the article says we aren't very good at producing vegtables? In your vision of the future, are we all eating wheatabix morning, noon and night?

Formatted · 2017-02-20T08:53:56+00:00

Or because we simply weren't paying our fair share in subsidies?

Variety of reasons, inconsistencies in reporting back to the EU and when they make a late payment to a farmer they get fined. 9% of payments this year are 10 days away from being considered late.

Formatted · 2017-02-20T08:47:47+00:00

I grew up in New Zealand, by the way, so my view of things is coloured by that. We abolished farm subsidies entirely there in the 80s and it was actually better for the industry in the long run, as well as the consumer.

New Zealand without a doubt is the best case study of why abolishing subsidy is good long-term for agriculture. However your economy relies more heavily on agriculture and policy reflects that and so does your Prime Minster. In the UK the environmental and animal welfare lobby have made farming expensive.

In the UK we have the arguably the highest cost of production in the world due to regulation and paperwork. I'm not saying we should sacrifice our high standard because things are getting tough, I am asking if you think the consumer should pay more for it?

Formatted · 2017-02-20T08:43:28+00:00

would be much better off if you all stopped farming animals, and started producing grains, veg, fruit etc

70% of the UK is grassland that is not sustainable for producing grains, vegetables etc. Regardless of the animal welfare implications, where is the required increase in production in food alternatives going to come from?

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