Derek Mackay MSP, Finance Secretary in the Scottish Government has announced plans to deliver £580 million through the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for as long as it applies to Scotland.
Farming Matters: Enter the Zone
“How wretched is the person who hangs on by the favours of the powerful” (Robert Burns)
Thoughts on Being an Independent Part of a Collective
“It took a while for anyone to notice, then Prof. Colin Richards noticed, that the types of stone used at the Ring of Brodgar, were different, as you work your way round the circle. “
2003 – 2018 A Time of Change?
Scottish Government papers have now been released after the passing of a 15 year period
Farming Matters: For A’ That
“Timing is irrelevant. Either independence is a good idea or it is not”
Transparency and Scrutiny Needed for Post Brexit Trade Deals
Future trade deals in a post Brexit UK must be conducted with transparency and consult representatives of all the nations in the UK.
Brexit Wonderland
Racists shout, are you listening/In the land money’s missing
Farming Matters: A serious question. Why are we still here?
“Either independence is a good idea or it isn’t. The movement is a cause or it is nothing.”
“Less than what we hoped but as much as was possible under the circumstances”
This year’s agreement will see some increases and decreases in particular stocks and improved protection for the European eel .
Farming Matters:Reasons to be Cheerful
“At what point does our admirable commitment to compromise and collegiate consensus-seeking with people who have “tint their reason a’ thegither” become a lost cause?”