| Rape of the Fair Country 12:59 - Jan 22 with 5620 views | johnlangy | I just signed the petition 'Save the Cwrtycadno Valley'. This is what they are trying to prevent. ************************** The Cwrtycadno and upper Cwm Cothi valley in Wales is an ancient area of exceptional beauty within a council designated Special Landscape Area and CADW designated Registered Historic Landscape. But it is currently under threat of being irreversibly destroyed. A Guernsey incorporated private equity company, Foresight Group Holdings Ltd, registered in The Shard in London, has bought up an entire farm, Frongoch, in the centre of the valley. Their original plan was to blanket plant commercial, non-native conifers over most of the existing fields and hillside, selling off carbon credits to their financial investors for profit. Such a proposed plantation would destroy productive agricultural land, both on the valley floor and on the hilltop, which has been sustainably sheep farmed for generations. A monoculture tree species of Sitka Spruce and Douglas Fir would detrimentally impact on native biodiversity and local ecosytems. It would irreversibly ruin the landscape of the valley. Disturbingly, despite being incorporated off-shore, Foresight are also applying for Welsh tax payer money to cover their costs of the planting. *********************** I've already emailed our MS, Rebecca Evans. Hopefully the rest of you will do the same and email your Senedd member to ask them to prevent this criminal act. John |  | | |  |
| Rape of the Fair Country on 13:02 - Jan 22 with 4230 views | max936 | You got a link for the petition John? |  | |  |
| Rape of the Fair Country on 14:31 - Jan 22 with 4178 views | Kilkennyjack | We should all be like John. I’r gad. ðŸ´ó §ó ¢ó ·ó ¬ó ³ó ¿ |  |
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| Rape of the Fair Country on 14:33 - Jan 22 with 4177 views | Lohengrin |
| Rape of the Fair Country on 13:02 - Jan 22 by max936 | You got a link for the petition John? |
https://www.change.org/p/fores |  |
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| Rape of the Fair Country on 15:23 - Jan 22 with 4162 views | max936 |
Cheers Loh, signed. |  | |  |
| Rape of the Fair Country on 15:27 - Jan 22 with 4157 views | Lohengrin |
| Rape of the Fair Country on 15:23 - Jan 22 by max936 | Cheers Loh, signed. |
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| Rape of the Fair Country on 17:37 - Jan 22 with 4120 views | johnlangy |
Thank you Loh. Just got back from the game ( ) so you saved me the effort. |  | |  |
| Rape of the Fair Country on 20:03 - Jan 22 with 4089 views | Catullus | OK, I've signed it but I have to ask, why would the Senedd allow this or is it part of their great tree planting plan? |  |
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| Rape of the Fair Country on 20:07 - Jan 22 with 4079 views | felixstowe_jack | You would think Drakeford's Green friends would be pushing to stop this |  |
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| Rape of the Fair Country on 20:12 - Jan 22 with 4073 views | majorraglan | Done. Incorporated offshore and applying to the Senedd for tax payers money to assist with the planting. I have no issues with government supporting environmental causes, but companies should be transparent and paying taxes here to benefit from Government support. |  | |  |
| Rape of the Fair Country on 20:25 - Jan 22 with 4063 views | max936 |
| Rape of the Fair Country on 20:12 - Jan 22 by majorraglan | Done. Incorporated offshore and applying to the Senedd for tax payers money to assist with the planting. I have no issues with government supporting environmental causes, but companies should be transparent and paying taxes here to benefit from Government support. |
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| Rape of the Fair Country on 22:02 - Jan 22 with 4033 views | Flashberryjack |
| Rape of the Fair Country on 20:03 - Jan 22 by Catullus | OK, I've signed it but I have to ask, why would the Senedd allow this or is it part of their great tree planting plan? |
Could be part of Drakeford plan, wasn't it recently announced that everyone in Wales would be given a tree to plant. |  |
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| Rape of the Fair Country on 22:41 - Jan 22 with 4008 views | johnlangy |
| Rape of the Fair Country on 20:03 - Jan 22 by Catullus | OK, I've signed it but I have to ask, why would the Senedd allow this or is it part of their great tree planting plan? |
There have been many stories recently of Welsh farms being bought up for this purpose (you're probably aware of this). I don't understand how it can be allowed to happen or if it can be stopped. When Rebecca Evans replies to me i'll let you know what she says. In the meantime, as I said earlier, it wouldn't do any harm if you all pestered your MS reps with the same complaint. |  | |  |
| Rape of the Fair Country on 08:16 - Jan 23 with 3953 views | Catullus |
| Rape of the Fair Country on 22:41 - Jan 22 by johnlangy | There have been many stories recently of Welsh farms being bought up for this purpose (you're probably aware of this). I don't understand how it can be allowed to happen or if it can be stopped. When Rebecca Evans replies to me i'll let you know what she says. In the meantime, as I said earlier, it wouldn't do any harm if you all pestered your MS reps with the same complaint. |
I have seen stories of farms being bought, and of farms being fined stupid amounts because trees were planted a few inches out. I have emailed my MS, its Jeremy Miles, likewise, I shall let you know when/if I get a response. |  |
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| Rape of the Fair Country on 10:33 - Jan 23 with 3925 views | johnlangy |
| Rape of the Fair Country on 08:16 - Jan 23 by Catullus | I have seen stories of farms being bought, and of farms being fined stupid amounts because trees were planted a few inches out. I have emailed my MS, its Jeremy Miles, likewise, I shall let you know when/if I get a response. |
The more of us do this the better. |  | |  |
| Rape of the Fair Country on 17:21 - Jan 23 with 3883 views | Kilkennyjack |
| Rape of the Fair Country on 15:27 - Jan 22 by Lohengrin | And me 👠|
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| Rape of the Fair Country on 19:41 - Jan 23 with 3840 views | Boundy |
| Rape of the Fair Country on 22:02 - Jan 22 by Flashberryjack | Could be part of Drakeford plan, wasn't it recently announced that everyone in Wales would be given a tree to plant. |
Does the tree come with garden in which to plant it also I see a bit of a problem for those living in Dyfatty flats and similar abodes |  |
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| Rape of the Fair Country on 19:50 - Jan 23 with 3830 views | Lohengrin |
| Rape of the Fair Country on 17:37 - Jan 22 by johnlangy | Thank you Loh. Just got back from the game ( ) so you saved me the effort. |
No worries, you beat me to the drop, John. I intended posting that up myself. 👠|  |
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| Rape of the Fair Country on 17:54 - Jan 27 with 3691 views | ExiledJack | Good work John, signed |  | |  |
| Rape of the Fair Country on 18:16 - Jan 27 with 3670 views | johnlangy |
| Rape of the Fair Country on 17:54 - Jan 27 by ExiledJack | Good work John, signed |
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| Rape of the Fair Country on 18:18 - Jan 27 with 3664 views | trampie | In the main it's financial opportunists coming over the border. Signed. [Post edited 27 Jan 2022 18:20]
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| Rape of the Fair Country on 18:45 - Jan 27 with 3644 views | Catullus |
| Rape of the Fair Country on 18:18 - Jan 27 by trampie | In the main it's financial opportunists coming over the border. Signed. [Post edited 27 Jan 2022 18:20]
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| Rape of the Fair Country on 18:51 - Jan 27 with 3634 views | britferry | big piece about this on tonights BBC Wales (6.30pm) |  |
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| Rape of the Fair Country on 19:09 - Jan 27 with 3624 views | trampie |
| Rape of the Fair Country on 18:45 - Jan 27 by Catullus | Another veiled attack on the English? |
I didn't write the book mind you, I know there is a lot of things you don't know (I can tell by the way you write on a range of topics), the title thread is a book and certain people are not seen in a good light in the book, in case you don't realise it it's not my book. |  |
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| Rape of the Fair Country on 19:52 - Jan 27 with 3596 views | Catullus |
| Rape of the Fair Country on 19:09 - Jan 27 by trampie | I didn't write the book mind you, I know there is a lot of things you don't know (I can tell by the way you write on a range of topics), the title thread is a book and certain people are not seen in a good light in the book, in case you don't realise it it's not my book. |
I don't know very much, neither do you. Even very clever, very intelligent people will tell you that in the grand scheme they don't know very much. What I do know is, you often snipe at the English and you do like to talk up the Russians. If you were half as clever as you think you are, you'd be twice as clever as you actually are. I'm fully aware of the Chartists but we aren't living in the 1830's. Well maybe some of us are. |  |
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| Rape of the Fair Country on 21:19 - Jan 27 with 3572 views | trampie |
| Rape of the Fair Country on 19:52 - Jan 27 by Catullus | I don't know very much, neither do you. Even very clever, very intelligent people will tell you that in the grand scheme they don't know very much. What I do know is, you often snipe at the English and you do like to talk up the Russians. If you were half as clever as you think you are, you'd be twice as clever as you actually are. I'm fully aware of the Chartists but we aren't living in the 1830's. Well maybe some of us are. |
My tip to you is don't fall for the propoganda, Blighty is not always in the right and Johnny Foreigner is not always in the wrong, we are not always great at everything and they are not always rubbish at everything. |  |
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