Cliched "socialist" stereotypes again Shaw. Is that really all you can come up with? Agricultural Revolution and the "agrarian revolution" are exactly the same thing, but then you would have known that if you had read anything about it. You were asked some questions about the last load of twaddle that you trotted out, but I see as usual you have ducked those. And let's see what was introduced by way of deflection - Maize, Oilseed rape (Apparently growing feed for livestock according to Shaw should now be a crime) Bees, Wind Farms (Thought that the Labour Party were big fans (pun intended) of Wind Farms - it was after all they who started this latest bonanza). Liked your take on the "contractors" and harvesting - your suggestions would beggar practically every arable farmer in the country.

In researching for these little exchanges I was amazed to read that as much as the EU Commissioners have fucked up this country's agriculture British Farmers still are capable of supplying the country with 60% of everything we need.

Thompson:
Thank you for responding on behalf of Jack Campin, thought that he'd gone awfully quiet on the subject. As for your response:

"The Bin Laden family were hugely wealthy builders and developers, who made their fortune through contracts in Mecca and Medina; Osama Bin Laden was a road builder on a big scale. I wouldn't personally see him as a statesman."

While the Bin Laden FAMILY might have made their money from civil engineering, Osama bin Laden was never ever part of the family business was he?

Mohammed bin Laden {Osama's father} divorced Hamida {Osama's mother} soon after Osama bin Laden was born. Mohammed recommended Hamida to Mohammed al-Attas, an associate. Al-Attas married Hamida in the late 1950s or early 1960s, and they are still together. The couple had four children, and bin Laden lived in the new household with three half-brothers and one half-sister

Osama bin Laden:
1968 to 1976, he attended the élite secular Al-Thager Model School
He studied economics and business administration at King Abdulaziz University. Some reports suggest he earned a degree in civil engineering in 1979.

In 1979 he went to Pakistan to assist in the fight against the forces of the USSR in Afghanistan

In 1988 he formed Al-Qeada

He returned to Saudi Arabia in 1990 and offered his services to the King to protect the country against Saddam Hussein's forces, an offer that was rejected.

Osama bin Laden was stripped of his Saudi Nationality and banished from the country in 1992.

No mention at all of him ever building any roads.