Andrew Torrens

Northern Irish man working in Leicestershire, Rutland and Nottinghamshire. Spoiling the beautiful game every Saturday by refereeing rugby

[Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10]

There are a lot of very stupid things being said on the family farming tax, by people who are proving themselves to be entirely ignorant of British agriculture.

The farm may be worth millions, but it's worth NOTHING until it's sold. So when the farm is passed down, and this huge tax bill arrives - what is the family supposed to do? They don't have hundreds of thousands of pounds sitting in the bank...

Farming is not a lucrative career. It does not make much money. The land is valuable, but the returns are not.

Running a farm is bloody expensive - profits are minuscule in comparison to the value of the actual farm.

This is really not a complicated principle, yet I see idiots parroting utter nonsense.

Labour's farming tax will force thousands of farming families to sell the farm to pay the inheritance tax bill. Farms that have been in those families for generations - if it were not for this tax, they would never dream of selling.

It's really that simple, and it will change British farming forever.

This is a tax drawn up by people who have NO understanding of agriculture. There are three farming MPs in Parliament, I am one of them...

Trust me when I say this - Labour does NOT understanding farming. It would be laughable if they were not running the damn country.

I wouldn't be surprised if a majority of Labour MPs believe that potatoes grow on trees. These are urban people who think that a farm is a family day out, an opportunity to feed the sheep and ride the tractor.

Clueless. On farming, and so much else.

I will be standing alongside thousands of other British farmers tomorrow. We must make our voices heard.

Reeves must reverse her cruel assault on British family farms. Either she does it now, or we'll do it in 2029.

[Alex Armstrong @Alexarmstrong]

Fantastic video from these young farmers explaining the basic economics and mathematics of the inheritance tax law that Rachel Reeves from customer service and is clearly incapable of.

Please share this to inform the left wing echo chamber where needed.

[Farmers Weekly @FarmersWeekly]

Share far and wide. 🇬🇧

[Andrew Torrens @andrew_t2]

@LeicesterTigers
On Saturday the 2nd of March
@MeltonRT479 with the Matt Hampson trust will be auctioning this off this chair!
There are tickets available for the dinner if you’d like a chance to bid for it
Thanks to @Manthorpe Furniture Ltd for the hard work!
#meltondomore

[Andrew Torrens @andrew_t2]

@richrobscows1 You’re doing a great job, keep going! Don’t be ashamed of being hurt by it!

[Andrew Torrens @andrew_t2]

@ThrimbyFarms @Lauratobin1 It’s probably reasonably easily worked out. Most cattle produce approx 2 tonne of methane per year

[Andrew Torrens @andrew_t2]

@Lauratobin1 Like a few others have said, I’d like to see the source of that? What about a reduction in rice? (Grown in paddy fields which due to their anaerobic environment produce more methane than that of ruminant livestock!)

[Andrew Torrens @andrew_t2]

@Lizhaines6 I had in my wrist, and it was massively inflamed and it was obviously swollen. Ended up having to get a steroid injection to sort it out and worked wonders

[Moz Perkins⚓️🇨🇶🇬🇧 Author 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @MozPerkins]

On November 7th, 1920, in strictest secrecy, four unidentified British bodies were exhumed from temporary battlefield cemeteries at Ypres, Arras, the Asine and the Somme.

None of the soldiers who did the digging were told why.

The bodies were taken by field ambulance to GHQ at St-Pol-Sur-Ter Noise. Once there, the bodies were draped with the union flag.

Sentries were posted and Brigadier-General Wyatt and a Colonel Gell selected one body at random. The other three were reburied.

A French Honour Guard was selected and stood by the coffin overnight of the chosen soldier overnight.

On the morning of the 8th November, a specially designed coffin made of oak from the grounds of Hampton Court arrived and the Unknown Warrior was placed inside.

On top was placed a crusaders sword and a shield on which was inscribed:

"A British Warrior who fell in the GREAT WAR 1914-1918 for King and Country".

On the 9th of November, the Unknown Warrior was taken by horse-drawn carriage through Guards of Honour and the sound of tolling bells and bugle calls to the quayside.

There, he was saluted by Marechal Foche and loaded onto HMS Vernon bound for Dover. The coffin stood on the deck covered in wreaths, surrounded by the French Honour Guard.

Upon arrival at Dover, the Unknown Warrior was met with a nineteen gun salute - something that was normally only reserved for Field Marshals.

A special train had been arranged and he was then conveyed to Victoria Station, London.

He remained there overnight, and, on the morning of the 11th of November, he was finally taken to Westminster Abbey.

The idea of the unknown warrior was thought of by a Padre called David Railton who had served on the front line during the Great War the union flag he had used as an altar cloth whilst at the front, was the one that had been draped over the coffin.

It was his intention that all of the relatives of the 517,773 combatants whose bodies had not been identified could believe that the Unknown Warrior could very well be their lost husband, father, brother or son...

THIS is the reason we wear poppies.

We do not glorify war.

We remember - with humility - the great and the ultimate sacrifices that were made, not just in this war, but in every war and conflict where our service personnel have fought - to ensure the liberty and freedoms that we now take for granted.

Every year, on the 11th of November, we remember the Unknown Warrior.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.

[Andrew Torrens @andrew_t2]

@ThrimbyFarms Yeah you weren’t the only one! It was a slow drive home!

[Andrew Torrens @andrew_t2]

@iandicko73 Sorry to hear Ian!

[Andrew Torrens @andrew_t2]

@BakersofHP They are a great piece of kit! Can be a bugger to use when they decide to play silly!

[Emma @agwithemma]

Grateful for a powerhouse of an industry and the people that fuel it

[Andrew Torrens @andrew_t2]

@willpenrievans He’s amazing in concert. Might try to get to see him in England when he comes.

[Andrew Torrens @andrew_t2]

@CharlesAnyan Well done Charles!! Keep up the good work!

[Andrew Torrens @andrew_t2]

@CharlesAnyan Sorry to hear that Charles! Dogs leave such a massive hole in our lives when they are gone!

[Andrew Torrens @andrew_t2]

@CharlesAnyan If you ever want a walking companion give me a shout!

[Andrew Torrens @andrew_t2]

@CharlesAnyan Looks amazing!