Andrew Balaam
@AndrewBalaam
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Arable farmer, Husband, Father of two, very occasional utility forward and reluctant painter and decorator.
Clavering, Essex
Joined April 2011
Does anyone know any body in the ecology world who is able to apply for a District Level License with reference to Greater Crested Newts. Any sensible contacts will be greatly appreciated.
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Tories vow to end Union Jack labelling loophole on food 🇬🇧❌ "When customers choose a product either flying the Union Jack flag or claiming, ‘made in Britain', it should mean exactly that." READ MORE: https://t.co/qzYX7KkZ9h
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A statement on the Gorton and Denton by-election result.
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KFC, Nando's & others ditch chicken welfare pledge @BBCNews "8 restaurant groups which include the owners of @BurgerKingUK & @Nando's have left the Better Chicken Commitment (BCC) in which they pledged to stop using fast-growing chickens" "Putting profit over animal welfare..."
bbc.co.uk
Wingstop, Burger King, and others have walked away from an industry commitment to avoid using fast-growing chickens
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Exactly two weeks to go until #AICC26 and we thought we’d remind you what made the 2025 AICC Annual Technical Conference such a success? With @Jack Axtell, an agronomist with @ApexAgronomy. #independent #agronomy
https://t.co/nAvvqdIaR2
What made the 2025 AICC Annual Technical Conference such a success? We asked @axtell_jack, an #independent #agronomist with Apex Agronomy, what he thought of this year’s conference, and this is what he had to say...
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@DefraGovUK @EmmaforWycombe just as a little heads up 🇧🇷👇
🚨 Consumers have been warned to “beware” after Brazilian beef was recalled across Europe following the discovery of banned hormones, prompting fresh concerns over the safety of lower-standard imports entering the UK food chain READ MORE: https://t.co/qqb7Np8o9B
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He lied to farmers. He promised to support farmers. But instead he betrayed them. Keir Starmer is the ultimate snake oil salesman. Don’t believe a word that he says.
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@CatSmithMP and @amcarmichaelMP asking some very direct questions of the PM. Starmer admits he knows some farmers are considering suicide because of his policy, he knows there are changes that could prevent this, but he is choosing not to change course. Words fail me.
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Our Chair @amcarmichaelMP asked the Prime Minister why he hasn’t listened to MPs calling for a rethink on inheritance tax changes. 👇
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Alistair Carmichael lists all the majority-Labour select committees against the family farms tax: "Why do you not listen to your own party colleagues?" Starmer: "I do listen to party colleagues all the time." Carmichael: "And then do what you're going to do anyway."
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Police out arresting hard working farmers whilst those climbing monuments & graffiti-ing in face masks & hoodies walk free. It makes me so sad 😞
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Removing our right to trial by jury and the right of farmers to protest. This Labour government is wafting out totalitarian dictatorship vibes. They'll cancel elections next, and the King's speech.
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EXCLUSIVE: The Met Police have been accused of "two-tier policing" after halting a protest by farmers objecting to the Family Farm Tax.
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Absolutely outrageous. Sometimes it seems like we have protests in Westminster every week - but when it comes to our hardworking farmers who work day in, day out to feed us all - the powers that be block them from holding a rally in Whitehall on the day the Chancellor is about
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Farmers planning a high-profile tractor protest in Whitehall on Budget day (Wednesday 26 November) have had their assembly cancelled by the Metropolitan
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FARMERS AREN’T GIVING UP. ❌🪧 Producers and MPs gathered in Whitehall today, urging the Government to rethink its proposed family farm tax ahead of next week’s Budget. The lobby group, which includes members of the 35-strong Labour Rural Research Group, has called on Sir Keir
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Rachel Reeves in opposition: “Now it turns out that the very people at the top making these rules, didn’t think that it applied to them.” This is why I don’t have any sympathy for these hypocrites.
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🌱 A decade after the neonic ban, UK #OSR yields have crashed, imports soared, and we’re buying from countries still using the banned chemicals. 🚢 More emissions 💷 Less profit 🌍 Unfair trade It’s time to #RebootOSR — rebuild sustainable, homegrown production.
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