Category: Columns
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Furlough vs Key workers
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 its “Furlough vs Key Workers”. Thanks to the Conservatives at Westminster the biggest beneficiary of the pandemic are Furlough workers. 80 percent of salaries paid for up to…
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Tories pushing Scotland and rUK over the cliff
This week Bosco Santimano founder and executive director of social enterprise You Can Cook, shares his thoughts on a Brexit extension beyond December 2020 and the devastating fallout on Scotland’s economy, food and people… Michael Gove has done it again! The cheerleader for the Vote Leave campaign which was founded in October 2015 by political…
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UK Food Standards Compromised After Brexit
This week Bosco Santimano founder and executive director of social enterprise You Can Cook, shares his thoughts on the Agriculture Bill going through Westminster and the House of Lords and the lowering of food import standards after Brexit. I am lost for words as it is becoming very clear to me that the UK is…
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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…