Clarkson again

[neilo]

I think the point JC is trying to make with his restaurant is.

Government cut subsidies to farming and say to diversify to make up for loss of income. When he applies for a diversification project to sell his and local produce, he is turned down. Often with quite bizarre reasons and limitations.

He is just making an example that the system isn't communicating with itself.

No. He applied for pp for a farm shop to sell his own, and locally produced, produce and was granted it.
He opened the shop and, largely thanks to his Amazon programs, now sells lots of tat that isn’t produced either on-farm or locally. Whilst he is certainly capitalising on the market for such tat, it is very obviously in breach of those original restrictions.

As for the restaurant, he was just winging it on that one, hoping he would get away with it.

 

[MrNoo]

Bet you're fun at parties Neilo!!

 

[delilah]

Amazon do not pay any tax to this country ,do they?

Amazon pay as little tax as possible just like most companies/, businesses including mine and most on here i would guess

Amazon are great i use them nearly every week , fantastic service . Regarding tax im sure they operate within the law , so any issue take it up with government not them .

How much UK tax Amazon pay, is the minor part of the issue.

have a think about the relationship between the growth of Amazon and why you have to pay so much tax.

 

[Bald Rick]

Bet you're fun at parties Neilo!!

But he has a point.

The more PP is "stretched" the greater the risk is that they clamp down even harder to the point where it is virtually impossible to obtain permission.

Always amazes me when I go to "farm" shops how little is produced within, say, a 16 mile radius. Oddly, it is often the nobby Estate shops that are the worst offenders

 

[essex man]

How much UK tax Amazon pay, is the minor part of the issue.

You are being very cryptic...
Why is it an even minor part of the issue?
What is the major part of the issue?

 

[essexpete]

Having spent the last 25 years in various disputes with planners I can understand why he gets so angry , but I don’t understand why he hasn’t actually applied for pp for the restaurant as far as I can tell, opened it with no permission at all ?

I must admit, I wondered about that, especially with angel Charlie hovering in the background.

 

[Hilly]

Some of need to understand Jeremy c id a clever fella ! He was making tv and good tv at that ! Get it ?

 

[Paddington]

Our butchers have a board at the back of the shop showing which farms their locally produced meat comes from, some is more local than others.

 

[Iben]

You are being very cryptic...
Why is it an even minor part of the issue?
What is the major part of the issue?

It's just an ego thing. I have an opinion on something, but want you to ask me to share it.

 

[Iben]

I must admit, I wondered about that, especially with angel Charlie hovering in the background.

The pp application was to convert the lambing shed next to the shop into a restaurant.

The 'pop up' restaurant was only a temporary thing anyway. Again, it's for the programme showing potential loopholes in planning laws.

I agree, he broke planning restrictions with the stuff he was selling in his shop. But that is what he does. Create issues/controversy and film the reaction.

 

[essex man]

It's just an ego thing. I have an opinion on something, but want you to ask me to share it.

Yes, possibly, i'm just playing along.
It's also possible that like some he doesn't watch because he doesn't like Jeremy's politics,( i know people who don't for this reason) but prefers to hide behind some "amazon is evil" bs.

Can only speculate given his reluctance to speak further.

 

[neilo]

But he has a point.

The more PP is "stretched" the greater the risk is that they clamp down even harder to the point where it is virtually impossible to obtain permission.

Exactly this. Developers doing the same is the reason it's so difficult to get pp for a house on a farm now, even if there is a valid justification in most people's eyes.

 

[Hilly]

How much UK tax Amazon pay, is the minor part of the issue.

You have pished all
Your credibility away on this thread …

 

[Ffermer Bach]

Delilah could always repent afterwards.

maybe give a little money to the green party as an indulgence and receive absolution, all fine then

 

[Humble Village Farmer]

Amazon pay as little tax as possible just like most companies/, businesses including mine and most on here i would guess

Which explains the increasing tax burden on individuals and UK companies who don't offshore.

 

[Humble Village Farmer]

"amazon is evil"

Walk down any modern high street, find out how much tax Amazon pay and listen to how they treat some of their staff.

 

[essex man]

Which explains the increasing tax burden on individuals and UK companies who don't offshore.

Not really.
Multi-national companies move their tax liabilities around because they can.
You can't stop this.
They are obliged to their shareholders to do this.
It's not illegal or immoral.
You can blame the amount of tax you pay on any number of things that suit you.
Everyone i know pays as little tax as possible, why should amazon behave differently?

 

[DRC]

I suspect @delilah point about Amazon ( which most of us use) is they kill off many small shops and businesses , so when You pop into your local town half the shops are empty or charity shops. So they take money from the country, but avoid paying tax that the country needs, so we all end up paying more tax in other ways. I’d have thought the point was fairly obvious

 

[essex man]

Walk down any modern high street, find out how much tax Amazon pay and listen to how they treat some of their staff.

This distinguishes them from other companies how, exactly?
How do i find out how much tax amazon pay by walking down the high street? Surely the internet will yield better results?
The delivery drivers i chat to are quite happy with their job

 

[essex man]

I suspect @delilah point about Amazon ( which most of us use) is they kill off many small shops and businesses , so when You pop into your local town half the shops are empty or charity shops. So they take money from the country, but avoid paying tax that the country needs, so we all end up paying more tax in other ways. I’d have thought the point was fairly obvious

That's capitalism i'm afraid, what about the tens of thousands of jobs they have created, the businesses whose operations their facilitate?
They're a great and successful company