Afghan Arrivals Trash Accommodation
BY NICK PEARCE Loyal translators and interpreters from Afghanistan who worked with British troops merited their flight out of Afghanistan to Britain. No question about it. But those British soldiers who toiled in Afghanistan know that many of those on the recent airlift to the UK didn’t work for us because they had our values and believed in our country – they did it for … Continue reading Afghan Arrivals Trash Accommodation
Tis Seven Years Since
BY EFFIE DEANS I used to write something on the anniversary of the independence referendum as a sort of parody of Scott’s “Waverley; or, ‘tis sixty years since”. Indyref; or, ‘tis seven years since. The idea was to compare grieving Jacobites toasting their lost cause and their king oer the water with the Scottish nationalists celebrating the fact that they got 45 (actually 44.7) and … Continue reading Tis Seven Years Since
A Prayer for Friends
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine I trust that You and Your families are well and happy. This week I would like for You to appreciate Your friends and to pray for them. Never underestimate the power of your actions. With one small gesture You can change a person’s life for better or worse. God puts Us all in each other’s lives to impact … Continue reading A Prayer for Friends
Blue Ticks
BY JAMES BEMBRIDGE The intense smugness emanating from Twitter Blue Ticks is a scourge for which there seems no cure. When I say Blue Tick, I don’t mean the people its verification protects – mostly decent folk – I mean the sort who latch their personality onto it like some manky hermit crab scuttling into a beached bottle. A neo-feudal system has emerged with the … Continue reading Blue Ticks
Delectable Duck Curry
BY RUCHIRA GHOSH For spice powder: Cinnamon – 1 inch 2 sticks Green Cardamon – 3 pieces Cloves – 1/2 teaspoon Whole black pepper – 1/2 teaspoon Whole fenugreek – 1/2 teaspoon Whole coriander – 1/2 teaspoon Whole cumin – 1 teaspoon For the curry: Duck – 1.5 kg boneless and skinned Plain yogurt – 1/2 cup Ginger paste – 2 teaspoon Garlic paste – 2 teaspoon Cumin paste – 1 teaspoon Coriander powder – … Continue reading Delectable Duck Curry
Cowman
BY JIM WEBSTER I used to boast at one time that in our dairy herd we had every colour of cow, other than green. Green would be far too difficult to spot when out at grass. (Actually Black and White cows, in the early morning, can be damned difficult to spot when they’re standing against a hedge line. They’re woodland animals wearing woodland camo). But … Continue reading Cowman
Honour, Virtue & Life
BY CAPEL LOFFT It increasingly occurs to me how utterly pointless most of what passes for political debate is. While contemporary politics is conducted within the parameters of a certain set of debased spiritual, moral and cultural norms, engaging in the transitory arguments of this or that ‘debate’ makes no more sense than arguing about the architectural plans while the ground you are preparing to … Continue reading Honour, Virtue & Life
GB News
BY JON ALEXANDER And there we have it, arriving with all the grace and charm of Katie Hopkins gate-crashing a Weightwatchers meeting 4 months ago, GB News loses its Chairman and Lead Presenter Andrew Neil. Of course, this was preceded by rumours of a rift with senior management, senior management departing, a leave of absence for Neil within weeks of the channel launching and the … Continue reading GB News
PayPal a Lifeline for Scamming Sabs
BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN Like with most companies which Peter Thiel is linked to, PayPal is a seriously impressive operation. Certainly, it has no need to be supporting hunt saboteurs’ insipid grifts, which are so clearly bogus that one wonders how idiotic the sabs’ useful idiot following has become. Take two recent examples: PayPal has been told of these recent scams as have the UK authorities. … Continue reading PayPal a Lifeline for Scamming Sabs
Shame on You
BY EFFIE DEANS Until relatively recently the UK Government was planning similar changes to the Gender Recognition Act that are now being proposed by the SNP. But after listening to the concerns of women it decided to reverse course. At present it is necessary to obtain a medical diagnosis and to wait at least two years before being allowed to legally change gender. That situation … Continue reading Shame on You
A Prayer for Harvest
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well and have had an excellent week. As the leaves begin to fall, it is that time of year again. Harvest festivals are being prepared across the land. Combines are working overnight. Farmers are at full stretch. So today I would like You to pray for the farmers and a bounteous harvest. To … Continue reading A Prayer for Harvest
Universal Boarding
Dear Editor, Each weekday morning as I dawdle in my car through Wimbledon village and across the Common, I curse the Chelsea tractors and mummies with their gym-worked rears in the road who care not one jot for commuter traffic as they drop off their little Jacks and Janes at prep school and open car doors into the road. I fume at the state school … Continue reading Universal Boarding
Chris Packham – Serial Liar
BY JOHN NASH Here are 30 reasons why the BBC – paid for by the British Public – should immediately cease its relationship with Christopher Gary Packham, or ‘Pinocchio’ as he has come to be known over the years for his repeated cock-ups and deceits: Pan’s Cartoons can be followed here. Continue reading Chris Packham – Serial Liar
A Vaccine Too Far
BY JAMES BEMBRIDGE To whom does a child belong, the parent or the state? The government seems to have quietly dropped the inane maxim which once concluded their every demand, ‘follow the science’ – perhaps because the science stopped following them. According to the JCVI, the potential benefits that the Pfizer vaccine offers 12-year-olds are too minimal to justify exposing them to its risks. Still, … Continue reading A Vaccine Too Far
Food Prices on the Rise?
BY JIM WEBSTER Well, are food prices going to rise? After all, governments have successfully held prices down for decades. Milk is cheaper in the shops in cash terms than it was back in the 1990s. Is the tide turning? One advantage of living on the side of Morecambe Bay is that you get used to the tides. I once spent some time in Scarborough … Continue reading Food Prices on the Rise?
Doth Protest Too Much
BY EFFIE DEANS A Conservative MSP got into trouble this week for suggesting that Nicola Sturgeon might be anti-English. Sturgeon was pointing out that everyone who lived in Scotland was at home here, to which Tess White replied “except the English”. For this White was forced to apologise or else be suspended from Holyrood. Woe betide anyone who suggests Popes are Catholic or that bears … Continue reading Doth Protest Too Much
A Prayer for Schools
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well and that You are getting back to normal as much as possible. One area of everyday life that has suffered particularly over the pandemic has been education. So it’s a relief to see children returning to school this week and students packing for university. They have missed out on so much not … Continue reading A Prayer for Schools
Abuse of Courts Needs Punishing
Dear Editor, You will have noticed the sharp rise in crowdfunded legal actions by fringe leftie activists. The Good Law Project is one such activist-run operation, laughingly named. There are dozens of other cases funded by animal rights extremists and their charitable arms. They tend to operate with the tank-chasing variety of legal firms, who are happy to accept their silver. The recent Quorn Hunt … Continue reading Abuse of Courts Needs Punishing
Deer Managers Protest At Forest Cull
FROM THE SGA Scotland’s professional deer managers are considering withdrawing from Wild Deer Best Practice, sickened by a controversial female cull in the nation’s forests. The Scottish Gamekeepers Association (SGA) was highly instrumental in developing the nation’s codes for humane deer control. Described as the ‘highway code’ for Scottish deer managers it still guides new entrants into the rural education sector and is in the … Continue reading Deer Managers Protest At Forest Cull
Scientists’ Harsh Words
BY STEVE GRANT As the Countryman’s Weekly reported last week, a major new report by scientists at the University of Northampton’s Institute for Social Innovation and Impact showed driven grouse shooting (DGS) had positive ‘ecological, economic and social’ impacts on rural communities, including increasing tourism, employment and biodiversity and combatting loneliness. The report, Sustainable Driven Grouse Shooting? A summary of the evidence is a brilliant … Continue reading Scientists’ Harsh Words