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Tony's avatar

Retaliatory action required. Why didn't the patrons of the farm shop in question not avail themselves of some (locally grown) potatoes and insert them into the exhausts of the offending yank tanks?

That would have escalated the situation into an international incident.

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Bob Pockney's avatar

It would have been appropriate if one or more of the big black tanks collided with an oncoming JCB in one of the narrow lanes.

I wonder if "Lord" Bamford tried to sell him some kit with hydrogen powered engines ?

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Jonathan Cullen's avatar

There are no production examples for sale lol 😂.

Long may that continue...

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Andy Weekes's avatar

I wonder who he dined with at Daylesford. After verbally attacking his hosts at the Munich Security Conference, he replenished himself by having dinner with the leader of the AfL, so I wouldn't be at all surprised to learn that Rupert Lowe took a trip up the M40 that day, or to see footage of Tommy Robinson hailing a cab at Kingham station. Good day to commit a crime in the Thames Valley though (not that I did, I should clarify), with all those police guarding a man who's not clever enough to even remember what his first (Christian) name is.

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Sallyfemina's avatar

He's had at least 4 different names in his life, you can't expect a man of such limited brains to keep it all straight. (ahem)

Also: couches. I know that's a joke, but it says something about him that everyone thought it might be true.

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Ali's avatar

Your best rant ever, thanks Robert.

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Pete Gorton's avatar

^^^THIS!

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Jess Gioia's avatar

They had to keep the engines running in case a quick exit was required? What a lousy BS excuse. They just like flexing their muscle cars. How does it take longer to start a car engine and throw it into gear than it does for a whole car-full of people to have to race to the car, climb in, and shut the doors?

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Brendan McHale's avatar

Isn't it an offence in this country to leave your engine running while parked? Oh, diplomatic immunity - I forgot.

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Jess Gioia's avatar

Only on public roads. But that’s exactly what I was coming here to say. If someone had quoted that law (minus the status of the road part) to the assembled company, they wouldn’t have known it came with a caveat.

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KAREN  BROOKMAN's avatar

That IS disgraceful!!! Sadly I'm not surprised.

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M T McGuire's avatar

My uncle and family live in that neck of the woods, and I know they, too would have been disgusted.

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Robert Foote's avatar

I used to live near yourself. I shall tell you a secret about Daylesford. To keep themselves in with the Land Association (organic creditation) if they needed to buy nasty stuff that might damage their reputation and acreditation, it would be purchased on a personal credit card and claimed on expenses.

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Ant's avatar

The icing on the cake is the Foreign Secretary getting caught fishing without a license with the weasel. I love it when a PR stunt goes wrong.

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Andrew Sanderson's avatar

Excellent article.

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