Alastair

Small independent fruit grower in Kent. Apples and Pears.

[Alastair @AlastairLarge]

@RupertLowe10 thank you for finally doing the report no one would.

[Alastair @AlastairLarge]

@RupertLowe10 Thank you.

[The Jackal… @ToonDazza]

Dear @Keir_Starmer - this lady followed the rules at Her Husbands funeral.

You broke them for a Voice Coach.

Just know the UK hates you right now 😡😡😡

[Benonwine @benonwine]

Who Agrees Keir Starmer should Resign for breaking Lockdown rules and lying about it, please raise your hand 🙋‍♂️ and repost?

He demanded Boris Johnson’s Resignation for less!

[Alastair @AlastairLarge]

Another kick in the teeth for the struggling fruit industry unable to meet input costs as it is. Unable to recoup from retailers this will lead to further growers giving up or not planting. No clue at the top!

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 BREAKING: The National Living Wage will rise from £10.42 to £11.44 next April

[Alastair @AlastairLarge]

@yvette_austinTV

[Alastair @AlastairLarge]

Long form diatribe on supermarkets, picking, labour, and the government in respect to apples and pears in the UK.

https://t.co/cGFVsT6Fzn

@FarmersWeekly
@NFUtweets
@bbcsoutheast
@GregClarkMP

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

The test produced approximately 7.9 million lbf of thrust (~3,600 metric tons)

[Alastair @AlastairLarge]

@sussexfarming And how am I supposed to walk my lockdown dog through all the long grass, biting insects, and those larger dog things? It'll be my right soon....

[Alastair @AlastairLarge]

@roviroo123 @FarmersWeekly @Merry_Meredith Mark's powers are too limited. The GCA needs a massive boost and broadening of role into a full regulator to be effective.

[Alastair @AlastairLarge]

@sussexfarming @kieran_sullivan It is amazing that people treat agriculture with such little regard. Perhaps it's a sort of collective oversight that they forget as an industry what we do. How vital it is to survival.

[A. R. Peters & Son @sussexfarming]

@kieran_sullivan 37% of emissions but feeds 100% of the population which some people find useful

[Alastair @AlastairLarge]

Such a good idea! @Hutchinsons_Ag @AgrovistaUK @agrii

[Brett McRae @mcrae_brett]

Dear chemical and ag retail companies,

When purchasing chemical, can we get a pair of chemical gloves rather than the free hat?

Thanks
Signed:
Every farmer with 8000 hats and only two left handed chem gloves…

[Alastair @AlastairLarge]

Would any farmer vote for a party that would introduce a right to roam? What an own goal straight off the bat for @labour trying to win the rural vote.

[Alastair @AlastairLarge]

@Wyefarm She is an inspiration to us all....

[Alastair @AlastairLarge]

@PolitlcsUK @guardian I thought the pledge was to reduce the small rh boat migrants. Not the genuine hardworking SAWS fruitpicker? Oh it's a smokescreen to make you look like you're doing something. It's just the wrong thing......

[Alastair @AlastairLarge]

Rishi sunaks six pledges of shite. Not a single one of them were quantifiable. What a silly man. #backbritishfarming

[Alastair @AlastairLarge]

@angusgowthorpe @JoeWStanley Well the data suggests that if they're allowed to be retreats for wildlife. Like they are now and are remunerated as that, then there would be no loss. This idea of trampling field margins into rural pavements is horrific.

[Alastair @AlastairLarge]

So. It seems that stealing old wooden bulk bins is now a thing. I've had some stolen this weekend. Probably to sell to repurpose as compost bins in a trendy Londoner's garden down after COVID. #ruralcrime #lifesucks

[Alastair @AlastairLarge]

@sussexfarming Don't be daft! We only need places for dog walking COVID lockdown pets.