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Corporations squeezing out small businesses due to Covid-19
Having moved to Peebles in 2002, self-proclaimed ‘stooriefit’ Bosco Santimano gives us his own take on what he feels is the hot topic of the day. This week it’s Big Corporations and the stranglehold they are having on communities and small businesses across the world. COVID-19 or Coronavirus, no matter what you call this pandemic…
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Reality Bites as UK needs Farmworkers from the EU
What a fine mess we find ourselves in during the COVID-19 pandemic that is sweeping the world. The sector that was already struggling before the virus hit us was farming. Due to the rise of English nationalism which was followed by Brexit and the unwelcoming attitudes of all Brexiteers to European nationals; we now fully…
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Universal Basic Income: Sign of our times – Part Two
Having moved to Peebles in 2002, self-proclaimed ‘stooriefit’ Bosco Santimano gives us his own take on what he feels is the hot topic of the day. In this final column of a two-part series, it’s Universal Basic Income! In my previous column I explained that Universal Basic Income is an amount of money given to…
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Radical changes to our food policies
It’s been a week now since we are in semi-lockdown and what a emotional roller coaster it has been for all of us here in the UK and around the globe. Since news went viral on social media that 3 cases of coronavirus have been identified in the Borders, locals in the region went berserk…
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Universal Basic Income: Sign of our times
Having moved to Peebles in 2002, self-proclaimed ‘stooriefit’ Bosco Santimano gives us his own take on what he feels is the hot topic of the day. In this first of a two-part series, it’s Universal Basic Income! What is Universal Basic Income! It’s an amount of money given to citizens universally, sufficient to cover basic…
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Long term impact of using self-checkout tills!
This week Bosco Santimano founder and executive director of social enterprise You Can Cook, shares his thoughts on humans battling with the onslaught of machines in our day to day lives; this week its self-checkout tills. It’s been a couple of decades since self-checkout machines really took off on these islands. Our two big supermarkets…
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Potholes in the Scottish Borders
Having moved to Peebles in 2002, self-proclaimed ‘stooriefit’ Bosco Santimano gives us his own take on what he feels is the hot topic of the day. This week it’s potholes! I recently visited my country of birth and was amazed to see some of the infrastructure projects that have been completed and some in progress.…
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What happens to our food rights post Brexit?
This week Bosco Santimano shares his thoughts on the UK leaving the European Union. Finally its happened! We have officially left the European Union for “Unity, Peace and stability”. It’s taken three and a half years, three Prime Ministers and two elections to finally get to this stage. The initial process is now complete and…
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Britain’s Very Own Darth Vader!
Having moved to Peebles in 2002, self-proclaimed ‘stooriefit’ Bosco Santimano gives us his own take on what he feels is the hot topic of the day. This week it’s Sir Ian Duncan Smith! Recently after watching Episode III – Return of the Sith movie, from the Star Wars saga, I could not help compare the…
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Get Back In Shape!
It’s the end of the festive season and many are probably feeling physically and mentally exhausted, bloated and depressed. In my December column I wrote about how to avoid eating foods that are detrimental to our health during the festive season as prevention is better than cure. But for most of us it may have…