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Nothing to stop E, S & W farmers doing the same. Not as if there is a border of any sort in the Irish Sea? Or a phytosanitary border meaning full scrub down procedures - both ways - surely?

If RoI retains Green Red Diesel, what will there be to stop NI farmers filling up in RoI?

Fury over chancellor’s plans to scrap red diesel duty rate © Tim Scrivener Farmers have reacted with fury and astonishment to fresh reports that the...

They have already made the fields into waterways in preparation.

VAT and public bodies really causes major problems. Many years ago, an involvement with the NHS let me into some of the issues. Like if a new project is being planned they do not, initially, know if they will be able to reclaim the VAT. So they usually make an allowance which is approximately...

For those who live in England and are not old enough, young enough, on some benefits or suffering in various ways already, you are now treated to: The NHS prescription charge in England is set to increase by 15p to £9.15 from April. The Government has announced that the price of single...

The criminal aspects of red diesel are appalling, I agree. But I also question the impact of the end of red diesel on bodies such as local authorities and airports. Not out of sympathy but simply out of consideration of how budgets and contracts will be impacted. Gritters Cutting verges...

JLR are doing so well... Jaguar Land Rover to shut Merseyside plant for 10 days Carmaker also altering schedules at Castle Bromwich and Solihull due to weak sales

The farmers will love this: Rishi Sunak is set to announce in next week's budget that red diesel - so-called because it is marked with a dye - will no longer attract a lower fuel duty. It currently accounts for about 15% of total diesel sales in the UK and costs the Treasury about £2.4bn a year...

Quite a while since mention of Yaxley-Lennon: Tommy Robinson charged over Center Parcs swimming pool assault

Is that where you have to eat crow? :)

Couldn't help chuckling at this news: E10 petrol: UK to standardise higher ethanol blend Government says ‘cleaner’ fuel will help cut carbon dioxide emissions before electric cars become the norm E10 doesn't half LOOK like an EU designation - though it is just expressing 10% ethanol. But...

One, twice, three times a ... Priti Patel accused of bullying a third senior civil servant Whitehall sources claim she ‘harassed and belittled’ staff while international development secretary A Tory source told the programme that members of the civil service were attacking Patel because they...

Another fine example of leadership: Majority of retired NHS staff don't want to return to tackle Covid-19 crisis Some former workers say going back would threaten their mental and physical health...

I don't remember a great big yellow arse leading Village People...

Filled up my car today. 116.9 per litre - the cheapest in something like three years. If the world economy is suffering and people are staying at home, perhaps it will drop even further?

I did like this: I wish there were a vaccine against abject stupidity

Our pussycat most certainly would not drag him in! Far too intelligent and cultured.

DC is so big and tough and such a genius he can take the pressure, whatever is thrown at him. Until someone suggests he might have been a touch unkind. I am sure Leonard had different thoughts in his mind: If I, if I have been unkind I hope that you can just let it go by If I, if I have been...

The world has changed so much 'twixt then and now I don't think that experience has any relevance now.