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    Red tape in tooth and claw

    Sep 03, 2019 3 minutes

    Forgive me if I am still in rant mode this month but the situation with the general licences is only a temporary fix and I am concerned. The big battle awaits in February, when new licences will be announced following a review.

    While I am a pigeon shooter, I am also a farmer and have experienced how bureaucrats, whether they be home-grown or of the European variety, have strangled the life out of farmers with endless red tape. Whole industries have

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