The NT versus the NFU

The National Trust and the National Farmers Union are in head on collision over the maintenance of the subsidies at present paid by the EU after Brexit.  The Trust’s case is that the subsidies encourage farmers to over-produce,  destroying...

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Sweet borage with your loving eye

I’m looking at a sky blue Manchester City shirt.  I don’t think I’m getting pleasure from the colour itself.  After all science explains well enough that things are the colour they are because their molecules reflect some light waves...

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