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One of my relatives saying was when you start lying ,then you better have a bloody good memory.I do hope all the people involved in this new allegation about tax get a real kicking.

Wolborough Fen named jewel of English nature by Guardian https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/wolborough-fen-named-jewel-of-english-nature-by-guardian-799519 "A SITE of Special Scientific Interest in Newton Abbot has been named as one of the Guardian’s ten jewels of English nature at risk from the development. The Guardian describes the Fen and the other sites as ...

jack of all trades etc.  etc.  etc. knighthood on it's way

@Carer , would you say that there's absolutely no need for for food banks, breakfast clubs in Schools to feed malnourished children and winter fuel allowances so a large proportion of pensioners don't freeze to death each winter? Which reality do you refer to? Your own or that of wider society?

Carer
Carer
29 May 2025

@DAC " Are we living in times of austerity or not?" According to the doom and gloom brigade, we are, but in reality, we are not.

Steve
Steve
29 May 2025

More business means more employment and more tax revenue, so it will pay for itself and probably other things.

So get businesses that directly benefit from tourism to pay for it. Are we living in times of austerity or not? I don't see the tourist trade having such a positive impact on the wider community, we have to pay higher water bills to deal with the seasonal increase in sewage and the impact on local beaches. Council tax in Dawlish is the among the highest in the area, I don't see the tourist trade ...

@Steve It'll be going on in this country because it's profitable. The RSPCA turn a blind eye to cruelty against animals every single day of the year from farming to horse racing. What makes anyone think they'd intervene in the halal slaughter of animals?

Steve
Steve
29 May 2025

Why is it even going on in this country and where is the the RSPCA?

It's a great idea. It's the type of thing that attracts tourists.