BBC news - 'The richer you are the more subsidy you receive'

[Farma Parma]

We farmers do need a reality check at times, nobody forces us to farm and we could sell up for millions. We do not want to do that but millions have to work at jobs they hate everyday just to survive so be thankfull

Your not totally wrong but there are a dam site more Tenant farmers who own nowt & have nothing too sell up for really.

 

[Right-arm fast]

We farmers do need a reality check at times, nobody forces us to farm and we could sell up for millions. We do not want to do that but millions have to work at jobs they hate everyday just to survive so be thankfull

Well said. But it’s about the bbc not farmers.

 

[Ted M]

Just watching itv news, it made barely 30 seconds of that.

 

[Right-arm fast]

Your not totally wrong but there are a dam site more Tenant farmers who own nowt & have nothing too sell up for really.

Exactly !

 

[Right-arm fast]

Just watching itv news, it made barely 30 seconds of that.

The 6.00 bbc news report by Jon Kay was not the same report I saw at lunchtime by another reporter.

 

[Farma Parma]

The 6.00 bbc news report by Jon Kay was not the same report I saw at lunchtime by another reporter.

it was so reported with all the wrong info that.

 

[kiwi pom]

So the report should have said "the more land you own, the more money the government give you"?

 

[Bury the Trash]

There were some Pretty fair comments on the JV show this morn. Except Selwyn Gummer got cut off mid way through by a bad line

 

[Farma Parma]

So the report should have said "the more land you own, the more money the government give you"?

Yes & No it should have made the distinction between Farm Owners & Tenants which it didnt so the general public will just treat us all the same & thats simply not the case

 

[roscoe erf]

Another kick in the rubbish by over fed under educated journalists

 

[Johnnyboxer]

So is it just for England?
C4 news suggest Wales and Scotland will be going their own way ?

 

[Werzle]

Your not totally wrong but there are a dam site more Tenant farmers who own nowt & have nothing too sell up for really.

Yes but its still the point that they want to farm , alot of people never get to do what they want so why should we be any different.

 

[Right-arm fast]

So the report should have said "the more land you own, the more money the government give you"?

It should have said the more land you farm the more subsidies you can claim in most instances. Ie if it’s eligible for bps.

 

[Right-arm fast]

Yes but its still the point that they want to farm , alot of people never get to do what they want so why should we be any different.

Werzle this is about the bbc and absolutely and utterly dreadful reporting either due to ignorance or negligence of the reporter or the bbc and broadcasting it around the planet. What are you on about?

 

[kiwi pom]

Another kick in the rubbish by over fed under educated journalists

It's annoying when the TFF bad language police swap B O L L O C K S for rubbish isn't it
Got me with it the other day too.

 

[unlacedgecko]

So the report should have said "the more land you own, the more money the government give you"?

The more land you own the more money you can extract from the tax payer. It's just that in some cases this is done via a tenant farmer.

 

[glasshouse]

Not really, the more agricultural land you own yes the more BPS you will have received. Either directly or through it's effect on the rental value of land. But there are some extremely wealthy people who won't have received any BPS, as they don't own or occupy any land.
So the BBC statement is completely incorrect.

Rubbish

 

[glasshouse]

There were some Pretty fair comments on the JV show this morn. Except Selwyn Gummer got cut off mid way through by a bad line

Except for the twonk who whined that he wasnt getting paid to grow a wildflower meadow

 

[Right-arm fast]

The more land you own the more money you can extract from the tax payer. It's just that in some cases this is done via a tenant farmer.

What has that comment got to do wIth anything whatsoever to do with the bbc report?

 

[unlacedgecko]

What has that comment got to do wIth anything whatsoever to do with the bbc report?

Land is wealth. In that context the BBC report is correct.