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Britain’s cost of living crisis has been made in SW1
The Critic
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August 19, 2025
Economic commentators at The Guardian are warning Labour to beware of Nigel Farage and Reform “weaponising” its part in the cost-of-living crisis. It comes after Richard Tice, the deputy leader, said his party is preparing “to go to war with the...
Man burning hazardous waste on farm asked officials who's 'grassed me up'
The Scottish Farmer
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August 18, 2025
A court heard how Scott Wilkin, aged 33, had been involved of the illegal burning of waste, including household appliances and fridges, late last year. The Environment Agency carried out an investigation after complaints about burning on Henholme...
France Is Teaching Us a Lesson, But What Can We Truly Learn from It?
Marxism-Leninism Today
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August 18, 2025
July 26, 2025 First, let’s start with a necessary reminder: A year ago, France held parliamentary elections. Although Le Pen’s “National Rally” received three million[1] more votes, the “New Popular Front”[2] won the most seats in the second...
Labour's 'utter incompetence' slammed by farmers feeling 'attacked on all sides'
Daily Express
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August 19, 2025
Richard Bramley says his harvest is down 25% on expectations this year (Image: Richard Bramley) British farmers have criticised the Government for pausing a scheme that helped future-proof food production against extreme weather - after a raft of...
Brussels heads for a fall fight over limiting subsidies to big farms
Politico Europe
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August 19, 2025
Théo Paquet, senior policy officer for Agriculture at the European Environmental Bureau, which represents a network of environmental citizens’ groups, hopes that this will be a first step toward “real redistribution” and the eventual phasing out...
Assets seized as farm subsidy probe gathers pace
Kathimerini
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Authorities have moved to freeze the assets of individuals accused of unlawfully receiving European Union farm subsidies through the country’s payment agency OPEKEPE, Kathimerini understands. Police have already issued more than 50 orders blocking...
Cannabis farmer's £452k operation busted in derelict Lloyds bank with 'fully stocked kitchen'
Daily Star
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August 19, 2025
A cannabis farmer was discovered operating a massive grow house concealed within a disused bank premises. Saimir Gjoniku, 32, was nurturing 359 plants valued at up to £452,000 inside the former Lloyds branch on Bridge Street in Newton-le-Willows,...
Half of Turbines Up at Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier Offshore Wind Farm
Offshore Wind
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August 18, 2025
Half of the total of 61 wind turbines that the French offshore wind farm Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier will comprise are now in place, according to Ocean Winds, which is building the 488 MW project in a joint venture with Banque des Territoires,...
Cannabis farmer caught in middle of £452k operation in closed down bank
Liverpool Echo
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August 19, 2025
A cannabis farmer was caught in the middle of a sprawling operation hidden behind the doors of a derelict bank. Saimir Gjoniku, 32, was tending to 359 plants worth up to £452,000 inside the former Lloyds bank on Bridge Street in Newton-le-Willows,...
Ogbeh: Farmer Who Spoke Truth To Power
Leadership
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August 19, 2025
Audu Ogbeh’s death on August 9, 2025, closed the chapter on one of Nigeria’s more unusual public figures. This man moved between politics, literature, and farming with the stubborn conviction that each mattered, and that none excused failure in...
Rick Steves’ Europe: Tracking Napoleon's rise and fall in Paris
The Arizona Daily Star
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Rick Steves I can’t think of any two people more prominent in the minds of French citizens than the Virgin Mary and Emperor Napoleon. And they share an important date: August 15 – when it’s believed she ascended into Heaven, and when he was born....
What to do if your boss in Spain isn't paying your social security
The Local - Spain
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August 18, 2025
If you're working like a full-time employee but you're covering your own social security payments, the chances are that you're being treated like a 'fake self-employed worker', costing you money and work rights. Here's how to take action. It is...
Tirlán announces July milk price for Kilkenny farm suppliers
Kilkenny People
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August 19, 2025
Tirlán will pay a total of 48.58 cent per litre (cpl) (including VAT) for July creamery milk supplies at 3.6% butterfat and 3.3% protein. The July milk price consists of the following: Base milk price of 48.08 cpl (including VAT), a reduction of...
Minister of Agriculture of Uzbekistan discusses development of …
UzDaily
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Economy 18/08/2025 Minister of Agriculture of Uzbekistan discusses development of agricultural cooperation with the Ambassador of Italy Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — Today, the Minister of Agriculture of Uzbekistan, Ibrokhim Abdurakhmonov,...
U.S. Trade Deal Triggers Shut Down of Britain's Biggest Bioethanol Plant
Oil Price
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August 18, 2025
The UK’s largest bioethanol plant is to shut, its owner has said, after the government decided not offer the struggling factory an emergency funding settlement after months of fraught negotiations. Vivergo Fuels had been locked in talks over its...
O’NEILL: Animal Farm at 80 still relevant
The News Herald - Michigan
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August 17, 2025
Animal Farm by George Orwell has sold millions since its release on August 17, 1945. But it did not seem to Orwell, whose real name was Eric Blair, that the book would draw huge sales. Though released in 1945 (80 years ago), Orwell had actually...
China extends probe into EU dairy products
Kuwait Times
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August 18, 2025
BEIJING: China extended on Monday its anti-subsidy investigation into European Union dairy imports by six months, showing little sign of let up in a two-front trade war with Brussels and Washington that threatens to upend its export-orientated...
With the Ottawa Treaty under threat, one expert warns landmines won't keep Europe safe
Canada's National Observer
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August 18, 2025
An expert who has disposed of bombs in some of the world's most dangerous places says European governments pinning their security hopes on landmines are turning to an ineffective tool that will only spread misery and hunger. "It's an outdated...
Britain’s right wing just twists and shouts
The Observer
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Last Thursday morning came the news that GDP in June grew by 0.4%. It was a “positive surprise” decreed NIESR, the economic thinktank that, with its warning of an impending £50bn fiscal gap, is hardly a government patsy. Construction and services...
Nature restoration will need farmers, family farms, and grazing animals, so where is the funding?
Irish Examiner
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August 19, 2025
A few weeks ago, I visited the Daniels dairy farm near Kilmoganny in Co Kilkenny. Bryan, Gail, and their three children have 250 dairy cows, high bushy hedgerows, lots of buzzing insects, and interestingly have not used chemical nitrogen for...