Adrian Taylor

Arable and contract farming partway down the regenerative route. Trying Aberdeen Angus sucklers on herbal leys.

[David Passmore @mays_farm]

Golf more important than food or chalk streams?
The lush green grass of my neighbouring golf club getting another dousing
In 2024 @EnvAgency gave them permission to abstract from the Chilterns chalk aquifers whilst my farm’s historical licence from same aquifer bans irrigation

[Adrian Taylor @AdrianT29150602]

@WCrawshaw17872 @dufitalexis1 @donnarainey4 I agree new hedges need looking after. 1500m of hedge we’ve planted this year have been watered twice already. Will probably have to do again soon. Probably payment for outcome would improve matters.

[Matt Le Tissier ✝️ @mattletiss7]

Taxes

OH …UNITED KINGDOM
This is very interesting.
If I give you £1 billion and you stand on a street corner handing out £1 per second, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, you would still not have handed out £1 billion after 31 years!

Now read on. This is true and rather hard to really understand.

The next time you hear a politician use the word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about whether you want the 'politicians' spending YOUR tax money.
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of its releases.
1. A billion seconds ago, it was 1959.
2. A billion minutes ago, Jesus was alive.
3. A billion hours ago, our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
4. A billion days ago, no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
5. A billion Pounds ago was only 13 hours and 12 minutes, at the rate our present government is spending it.
We are charged:
· Stamp Duty
· Tobacco Tax
· Corporate Income Tax
· Income Tax
· Council Tax
· Unemployment Tax
· Petrol/Diesel Tax
· Inheritance Tax (tax on top of tax)
· Alcohol Tax
· G.S.T.
· Property Tax
· Purchase Property Tax
· Tax on Title Searches
· Tax on Building Inspections
· Tax on supplements
· Taxes on various food items
· Taxes on Dining out
· Tax on all utilities – Phone, hydro, water, waste disposal
· Service charge taxes
· Social Security Tax
· Vehicle License / Registration Tax
· Vehicle Sales Tax
· Workers Compensation Tax
· And now Carbon Tax
AND I’m sure you can think of more...

STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed 60 years ago, and our nation was one of the most prosperous in the world.
We had absolutely no national debt.
We had the largest middle class in the world. A criminal’s life was uncomfortable. What on earth happened?

[Adrian Taylor @AdrianT29150602]

@mattletiss7 @AllisonPearson Did your service tax include insurance tax, one of the many dreamed up by that arch chancellor Gordon. Also aggregate tax and climate levy charge!!!!

[Adrian Taylor @AdrianT29150602]

@CarlBovisNature We see the daily on our bird table.

[Decado @ItsDecado]

I am an Iranian inside Iran, and I am begging you for 43 seconds.

Watch this video.

Look into her eyes.
Listen to her voice.

Even if you do not understand Farsi, even if you ignore the English text on the screen, you will know what she is asking before the video ends.

Shayan is 17.

SEVENTEEN.

A child standing at the edge of execution by the terrorist Islamic Regime occupying Iran.

And what was his crime?

He stepped into the streets with his people and asked for what every human being should receive by birthright:

freedom,
dignity,
and the chance to build a future in his own country.

I think this is why many in the West struggle to understand Iranians.

Everything we are dying for was handed to them at birth.

The right to speak.
The right to dream.
The right to work hard and believe tomorrow can belong to you.

For Shayan, that simple human birthright became a death sentence.

A talented, athletic, intelligent young man should be thinking about his future, his sport, his life, his dreams.

Instead, the moment he stepped outside the regime’s line of slavery, they put him in a cage and marked him for the gallows.

So please.

Do not learn his name after the rope.

Flood the world with his face while he is still alive.

Shayan Hadian.

Seventeen years old.
A son of Iran.
And not theirs to kill.

[Adrian Taylor @AdrianT29150602]

@CarlBovisNature Wren

[Adrian Taylor @AdrianT29150602]

@SaintsRugby Heady

[Adrian Taylor @AdrianT29150602]

@CarlBovisNature A variety of shots suits me.

[Adrian Taylor @AdrianT29150602]

@CarlBovisNature 🙈

[Adrian Taylor @AdrianT29150602]

@CarlBovisNature We see the odd one in N. Oxon. Not a common sight though.

[Adrian Taylor @AdrianT29150602]

@CarlBovisNature Hello Puffin

[Adrian Taylor @AdrianT29150602]

@CarlBovisNature Most days on our farm

[Adrian Taylor @AdrianT29150602]

https://t.co/TnRcKOVhJH

[Adrian Taylor @AdrianT29150602]

@SaintsRugby We’ve already got tickets! Had faith!🤣🤩

[𝔗𝔯𝔲𝔱𝔥 𝔐𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔰 @politicsusa46]

Sometimes you just have to tackle Russian propaganda head on. This is a masterclass by Polish Foreign Minister, Radoslav Sikorsky, during the plenary of the UN General Assembly.

His forensic dismantling of the Russian position should serve as mandatory training for EVERY nation leader in this fight to preserve democracy.

🎥 TikTok - https://t.co/8BOkrZKjgi

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

“The British countryside is glorious. It’s like that because of British farming. The farmers care the land, care about the environment and care about their animals. Stop demonising farmers.”

[Hubert Smeets @hubertsmeets]

Bansky 👇

[Carl Bovis @CarlBovisNature]

As it's Friday, I'm asking all my followers to please retweet (and comment) on this post if you see it, to help my bird account be seen! 🙏😀
To make it worth sharing, here's the moment a Swallow zooms out of a hole in a shed door! 😍
Thank you very much! 😊♥️