Modern Times!!

 I am obviously further out of touch with modern life than I realised. As regular readers of my FaceBook posts will know last Saturday my youngest son took me to Twickenham to see England v South Africa (Rugby Union for the uninitiated).

This week I received a survey from Twickenham asking me what I thought about the ground and match facilities. The focus was on the "experience"; the entertainment, the fanzone (didn't know there was one) etc etc.

All I wanted to do was watch a good game of rugby, share some banter with those around me during the game, have a couple of beers before the game and at half-time (not during the game) and be able to get to the toilets without having to queue for about 15 minutes! Perhaps a beer after the game!!

I have been going to Twickenham on and off for seventy years, my dad used to take me and we stood on the old South Terrace.

Yes the game has changed, the venue has changed and the "experience" has changed. Whether the changes are for the better is open to debate - but then I am just curmudgeonly old man!

Farmers and Inheritance Tax

 I am somewhat confused by the furore over the inheritance tax bill that will fall on farmers. If I understand correctly (and I sometimes don't). The government is saying that it will only affect relatively few farmers. In which case it won't raise much money. So why are the government doing all this when the benefit to the exchequer is so low?