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Musician, songwriter and producer with a passion for land rights and social history, creator of @threeacresacow

Sheffield, UK
Joined December 2008
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Farmer and strategist @emilymnorton writes in @FarmersWeekly, with some interesting suggestions to tweak the IHT reforms of Agricultural Property Relief. Personally I still think getting rid of the Rollover Relief loophole for Capital Gains Tax is vital to make this work.
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It was an honour to meet the inspirational @MalalaYousafzai as she visited Parliament to discuss the importance of women’s rights and girls’ education in Afghanistan. Gender equality is a fundamental human right.
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🚨 NEW: @narottammedhora and I used pretty much every #ddj tool at our disposal to map exactly what properties the King and the Prince of Wales own. Here's how we did it... /1 @thetimes thetimes.com/article/48e4765…
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As the dust settles after yesterday's reforming #budget2024, it's time to look at what the reforms to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) from Inheritance Tax (IHT) actually mean, instead of the toys out of the pram reaction from a section of the farming community. A short 🧵 1/7
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Robin Grey retweeted
omg best album ever (@rgrey): music.robingrey.com/album/st… I never get tired of this album.
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Look what’s on sale at Labour Party Conference… “If the Labour government is serious about wilder National Parks, THE LIE OF THE LAND is the place to start” - @RoseONei11 @Campaign4Parks “If you care about our environment, read this book” - Prof Sir John Lawton
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BREAKING: It's now got even harder to uncover who owns land in England & Wales. The Land Registry is more than *doubling* the cost of looking up who owns a parcel of land - meaning it would cost £168 MILLION to find out who owns England & Wales. 1/ gov.uk/government/news/chang…
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Replying to @guyshrubsole
@guyshrubsole's excellent new book ‘The Lie of the Land’ is out this week. You can also catch him in person on tour this autumn too. Finishing reading my copy in a wooden cabin at the top of a rewilded Welsh valley on a rainy Sunday feels just about right!
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This is an astonishing resignation letter from Mark Smith of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. We wait with bated breath for this extremely serious matter to be covered by all of the mainstream media & for government ministers to be rigorously questioned.
Full resignation letter from FCDO British diplomat Mark Smith:
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Full resignation letter from FCDO British diplomat Mark Smith:
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Man hoarding £30b who moved to Monaco to avoid contributing £4b in tax complains that everything in the U.K. costs too much, public services are in poor state & he can't wear his watch in London. We can't afford billionaires.
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It’s more important than ever to know exactly who Farage is 👇
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The beauty of wildlife - a thread 🧵 1. Dick Van Duijn captured the exact moment a squirrel stopped to smell a flower
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1/6 🧵I’ve given a few talks recently about trans-Atlantic slavery in British history, to people who really don’t want to hear it. I don’t mean haranguing shoppers in Oxford Street, but talks to church, community and business groups comprised of small ‘c’ conservative White people who’ve been willing to hear me out, even if they find it uncomfortable. I’ve kept it factual and based it on two main databases: slavevoyages.org/ on British participation in the trans-Atlantic slave ‘trade’ and ucl.ac.uk/lbs/ on slave ownership. On every occasion, there have been two main objections. In case its useful for others, this thread sets out what they are, along with my own attempts to answer:
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The herd are over the moo-n to announce our autumn northen tour which starts in Weston-Super-Mare, obviously. threeacresandacow.co.uk/show… "Everybody should see this show" George Monbiot #history #folk #landrights #landjustice #landback #song #story #storytelling #theatre #moo
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Good to see Labour committing to reform CPO rules and set up new public development corporations An important step towards creating a new public-led development model that actually delivers the housing we need in the places that need them inews.co.uk/news/abour-plan-…
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Industrial farming is where this virus appeared and now it’s threatening to evolve to harm humans with potentially very serious consequences . The message is clear - we must change what we eat and how we produce that food ⁦@ciwf⁩ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clee…
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We are mulling taking our show to Lincoln for the first time this autumn... Do we know anyone there? Any recommendations for where we might perform?
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I couldn’t quite belief this when I read it. Our water industry has effectively stolen from all of us, with full permission from our government…. Here’s the full quote from the @FT
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Increasing profiteering in the education sector from academy trusts who develop resources and then charge schools excessive fees for access - say no to neoliberalism in education
New: Small multi-academy trust gains £4.6 million in a single year from phonics product educationuncovered.co.uk/new… Piece on the Wandle Learning Trust, which has received £8m in three years from the Little Wandle programme it developed with Little Sutton primary school.
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