Anyone in Nigel Farage’s orbit can be completely ignored tbh
qwerty_1965 on
He’s probably right but obviously it also aids Reform UK now funding is coming under pressure!
fern-grower on
Thay will with no fertiliser coming out of the middle east.
Sluggybeef on
Arable farmers are being absolutely squeezed. The only thing they have made money off this year has been straw.
The biggest issue is we have a government that have undervalued agri in the first year of their government. Brought in poorly thought out taxation. Removed subsidies which offset low prices and now want more focus on environmental payments while allowing the inport of basically anything
Zenigata on
Never thought I’d see a party with realistic chance of power calling for a return of the corn law.
Tens of millions of Britain buy wheat, thousands grow it. Crazy to suggest tens of millions should be harmed to enrich a few.
Thetonn on
Farming in the UK is a complete shitshow.
We have somehow created a system where the state heavily subsidises mass environmental destruction, regularly giving millionaires massive amounts of tax breaks and direct fiscal transfers in a manner that is highly regressive, for little to no public benefit. The result has been rich people buying up farms to use as tax wheezes, crowding out most non-millionaires from being able to set themselves up in farming.
I am increasingly of the view that we should just go full Kiwi, remove all subsidies and protections, let the majority of farms fail, and then support new farmers coming in that think they can actually compete.
Dial-Appreciator on
Or…just cut taxes for farmers. They need an incentive to keep making stuff we need for a price we can afford
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Anyone in Nigel Farage’s orbit can be completely ignored tbh
He’s probably right but obviously it also aids Reform UK now funding is coming under pressure!
Thay will with no fertiliser coming out of the middle east.
Arable farmers are being absolutely squeezed. The only thing they have made money off this year has been straw.
The biggest issue is we have a government that have undervalued agri in the first year of their government. Brought in poorly thought out taxation. Removed subsidies which offset low prices and now want more focus on environmental payments while allowing the inport of basically anything
Never thought I’d see a party with realistic chance of power calling for a return of the corn law.
Tens of millions of Britain buy wheat, thousands grow it. Crazy to suggest tens of millions should be harmed to enrich a few.
Farming in the UK is a complete shitshow.
We have somehow created a system where the state heavily subsidises mass environmental destruction, regularly giving millionaires massive amounts of tax breaks and direct fiscal transfers in a manner that is highly regressive, for little to no public benefit. The result has been rich people buying up farms to use as tax wheezes, crowding out most non-millionaires from being able to set themselves up in farming.
I am increasingly of the view that we should just go full Kiwi, remove all subsidies and protections, let the majority of farms fail, and then support new farmers coming in that think they can actually compete.
Or…just cut taxes for farmers. They need an incentive to keep making stuff we need for a price we can afford