Petty minded village politics !

I knew it at some point I would run into petty minded village politics.

My brother has had an allotment in the village for some years and now he doesn't want it and has offered it to me .

So I have taken it on but its is neglected and full of coche grass so I asked if anyone would like to share a bit of it .

oh god now I have the village petty tyrant on the case !

I cant sublet ( FFS I am not subletting I offered to SHARE the allotment my brother has paid for ) goodness its only £5 pa anyway .

Some pathetic power play by some constipated old bag who has nothing better to do .

I hate petty minded village politics !

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I feel for you. They are a pain, though I've not come across any lately I have in the past. Villages always have one like that.

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They're bored stiff, village folk aren't they, Muddy?
They'll get a road closed if a rare special kind of newt walks across a road every six months.
They moan about post offices closing and the lack of shops or bus routes stopping - well, move nearer to a town then or get a bloody car!
It's not always cost effective to keep a Post Office open just so Mrs. Ethel Sproggins can buy two first class stamps every other Wednesday to post her letter to Ernest Bicycle-Smythe in the next village but one.

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You are subletting, forgoe the £2.50 per annum and use or sell the whole thing.

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I am not subletting I get it for free and I suggested SHARING with some one doing a project for autistic youngsters for free .

But they are so up their own fundaments here

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How weird! Most of our village allotments are shared on a casual agreement nothing down in writing... works a treat.

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I think that works for most people Ripple but this is twee little Cotswold village .
With the usual AHs who like there little power play I haven't even met this woman !

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Is there a waiting list for allotments?

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Is that a scheme run by the council ? Our council here is asking for people to run a similar thing and the produce will go to the food banks. I think it's on a national scale.

The foodbank thing makes me furious though . Not about the poor people needing the food , but the fact that governments have simply shirked their responsibility and allowing the public to feed the country. If we don't give to foodbanks, the government and councils would have to pull their fingers out of the very lucrative pies THEY indulge in.

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My next question.

Is it run by the council, or private?

And just what position is this busy body in, that she can object like that?