Briefly RN, 40 years in pubs, ex EA Thames. CRT vollie lockie. Chair, Wick & Abson Parish Council. Cotswolds National Landscape board member. Constantly miffed.
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I worked in the pub industry for 40 years. I managed scores of country pubs that a Labour minister describes as "a far right hallucination" & can confirm that most of Hall & Woodhouse's pubs sell cask ale & welcome dogs. I can assure the lady that she is talking utter bollocks.
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I don’t want to stockpile anything.
I want to live in a first world country that actually functions.
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The National Planning Policy Framework is a spectacular failure.
All at once, it ignores communities, fails to build homes we need, and is a labyrinth of empty process that doesn’t protect the environment or uphold decent housing standards.
Scrap the lot and start again.
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In 2025, there was enough brownfield land to accommodate a minimum of 1.54 million homes across England, exceeding the government’s national housing delivery pledge of 1.5 million. Over the last 4 years (2022-25), there has been a steady increase in brownfield sites, area and minimum net dwellings – each year, there is more brownfield land that is left untapped.
cpre.org.uk/2026-state-of-br…
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Guess what, tourists already pay tax on hotel stays…it’s called VAT and it’s currently 20% in the UK. Way higher than our European counterparts who currently have a tourist tax. People are sick of paying TAX and seeing no improvement to quality of life or public services.
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Sending the cops after journalists who ask a public figure difficult questions is Banana Republic 101.
Surely to God they have learned by now?
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The very best pubs are the one's where one is able to drift between the past and the present.
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Farming should be put right at the top of a government’s agenda. No ifs. No buts. Because no farmers, no food.
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𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗕𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠 𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚?
A new extra-tall mooring bollard designed to make tying up easier and safer for disabled boaters is being trialled on the Grand Union Canal.
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