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Aren't you all surprised by them blocking public rights of way and trying to intimidate anyone who says they should live by the same rules as the rest of us?

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[–] Zip2 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (9 children)

Ok, this might be controversial, but….

Farms that have been in a family for generations, and the current owner plans to continue farming should not have inheritance tax levied on them. If a farm is sold, then additional tax can be paid at that point.

Million/billionaires buying farms for the purpose of avoiding inheritance tax (Clarkson) or obtaining millions of pounds in subsidies (Dyson) should be paying double.

The people producing food are already getting screwed over on prices, and the suicide rate among farmers is scarily high. We should be helping these people, not victimising them for protesting or crippling subsequent generations when they start.

But no, they shouldn’t be blocking public rights of way or trying to intimidate people. But that’s not just farmers, that’s money-hoarding land-hoarding bastards too like those on Dartmoor.

[–] blackn1ght 9 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Agree with everything you said. I find the hostillity towards farmers strange. I'm convinved a lot of the negativity comes from more urban folk who are still bitter that farmers generally voted for Brexit (although they voted inline with the rest of the population) and imagine that they're all loaded. Farmers literally produce our food and essentially work 24/7, no matter the weather, work in dangerous conditions (heavy machinery) and like you said, have crazy high suicide rates.

[–] Zip2 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm convinved a lot of the negativity comes from more urban folk

Possibly, and not helped by a skewed view of farming shows where they’re raking in millions, Clarksons Farm, that female shepherdess and her family, etc.

Maybe urbanites need a year of living and working on a proper farm instead of the proposed new national service.

[–] Baggins 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

instead of the proposed new national service.

Why can't that be one of the options of National Service? It doesn't have to be military service.

[–] Zip2 2 points 20 hours ago

Oh yeah! To be honest I think I’d completely forgotten most of the details!

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