Peter McCann
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Northern correspondent for @farmersjournal. Sheep and suckler farmer in Co. Derry.
Limavady, Northern Ireland
Joined June 2015
RT @yellowwelliesuk: This year’s hero film, inspired by Van Morrison, highlights farming’s highs and lows. Let’s cherish what we love about…
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High St in Oxford blocked by farmers protesting about inheritance tax changes ahead of @SteveReedMP speaking at @oxfordfarming this morning
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Great opportunity to join our team in Northern Ireland. Feel free to reach out with any questions. Closing date for applications is 23 December.
💼 | We are hiring! We’re looking for a Northern Ireland Correspondent to join our growing editorial team — details at Closing date: Mon 23 Dec
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RT @StuartMaggs: Really pleased to have been asked by @DanNeidle to comment on his detailed work. His final proposal (raise cap to £20m bu…
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RT @StuartMaggs: Dear BBC Verify, unfortunately your article on the #FamilyFarmTax misses a great opportunity to bring clarity to the diffe…
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RT @nvonwestenholz: I would urge anyone taking this as "the truth" to proceed with caution, for the following reasons:
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RT @TWBFarms: Where he is wrong is his lack of understanding that the GENUINE viable / trading family farms would almost all be using BPR f…
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RT @StuartMaggs: @campbellclaret @DanNeidle @JeremyClarkson @Nigel_Farage In case @campbellclaret is interested in an analysis that agrees…
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RT @StuartMaggs: @BBCPolitics If the changes in IHT in 1984 (and again in 1992) quadrupled the value of UK Land, why didn't it start increa…
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RT @nvonwestenholz: A new word leapt into my head in the middle of the night - "metrosplaining". When apparent experts pass confident jud…
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RT @metpoliceuk: 🧵 | We'll post updates about today's protest by farmers on this thread. The event is underway in Whitehall with no issues…
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@JP_Biz Farming has a massive presence in every single parish and townland in the country. Financial services and car manufacturing doesn't.
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.@UFUHQ rally on inheritance tax is finishing up now. Huge crowd of over 6000 farmers in the room. Raw emotion in contributions from the floor and the platform. This might only be the start. @farmersjournal
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.@UFUHQ president William Irvine says 6000 people are at the inheritance tax rally now. "What a mandate we have. It is fantastic. The single clear message from tonight is that this decision has to be reversed. NI agriculture has spoken." @farmersjournal
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.@UFUHQ president William Irvine says current total is 5000 farmers are at the rally in @EikonCentre . Our man outside in the traffic, @dwright_IFJ, says there are still "hundreds and hundreds" waiting to get inside
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Lorraine Killen gets a standing ovation after an extremely heartfelt speech at the @UFUHQ rally. "We will fight for our farms, our families, the generations that came before us and fight all the harder for the generations coming after us." #FarmerProtests
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There's 2500 seated, hundreds more standing and even more still filing in to the @UFUHQ rally. Crowd hearing now from Castlederg farmer @Jess_Pollock_
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.@UFUHQ rally starting now an hour later than planned. President William Irvine said the huge turnout "speaks volumes" about the threat facing NI farming with inheritance tax changes #FarmerProtests
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