Category: Columns
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Recycling Tools Project Scuppered Due to local politics!
Bosco Santimano founder and executive director of social enterprise You Can Cook, shares his thoughts on how a successful reuse project set up under the You Can Grow umbrella was scuppered by nepotism, favouritism and local politics! During the final year of delivering our pioneering growing project “Food for Life” at St. Ronan’s primary school, Innerleithen;…
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Teach them young
This week Bosco Santimano founder and executive director of social enterprise You Can Cook, shares his thoughts on growing food as a subject alongside home economics in schools. One thing the Covid-19 pandemic has definitely taught us is that humanity has to get its act together in order to survive on this planet. No more…
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Priti Patel – The Tories Poster Girl for How to be a Bully!
Having moved to Peebles in 2002, ‘Stooriefit’ Bosco Santimano gives us his own take on what he feels is the hot topic of the day. This week it’s bullying and Boris Johnson’s support for his Home Secretary Priti Patel despite the conclusion of an inquiry into these allegations. It beggars belief that anyone at the…
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Disposable Face Masks the new Plastics!
This week Bosco Santimano founder and executive director of social enterprise You Can Cook, shares his thoughts on disposable face masks and the huge environmental impact on our planet! Since the Covid-19 pandemic officially began in March this year in the UK, capitalists have taken advantage of the crisis to boost their profits along with…
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Post Brexit Food Standards!
This week Bosco Santimano founder and executive director of social enterprise You Can Cook, shares his thoughts on Post Brexit Food Standards! In June this year I wrote about the ruling Conservative party voting to compromise high UK standards by pushing through the controversial Agriculture Bill in parliament by 51 votes! This bill moved to…
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Breaking the Law is now acceptable under the Tories
Having moved to Peebles in 2002, ‘Stooriefit’ Bosco Santimano gives us his own take on what he feels is the hot topic of the day. This week it’s the UK Governments Internal Market Bill… Boris has done it again! This guy has all the making of a Dictator and is actually putting Trump to shame…
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Bedroom Tax – Tory Policy to cull the Working Class
Having moved to Peebles in 2002, ‘Stooriefit’ Bosco Santimano gives us his own take on what he feels is the hot topic of the day. This week it’s the “The Bedroom Tax”. Since the Tories came to power at Westminster in 2010 led by David Cameron winning the largest number of votes and seats but…