Probably unlike most other contributors here I had had cows taken because they failed the skin test. It was one of the many reasons I decided to retire. My cows did not have TB as the autopsies showe… (View Post)

The premise is wrong. The finances of the country were difficult and have been since COVID but a re-elected Conservative government would have run on much as it has since 2015 making very modest impr… (View Post)

And yet we are happy to have people who have never been in industry or worked on a farm running Industrial Policy or Agricultural Policy. Not far from here we have a retired teaching couple who have … (View Post)

In 1978 I did five A Levels along with two others at a Grammar School, now a Comprehensive. I did Maths, Further Maths, Traditional Physics, Nuffield Chemistry and General Studies - B, C, A, A and A.… (View Post)

That skill should have been taught in the first nine years at school, would be ready to leave education at 14 (View Post)