Does Tim Leunig still think farmers are not needed????

[Pilatus]

About time Tim Leunig had the guts to say he was wrong and that this crisis proves farmers are desperately needed.
Not a hope in hell of Leunig admitting he was wrong but why isn’t the NFU making him look an idiot which he truly is.
Also this crisis should serve as a poke in the eye to Packham and Monbiot who are also always criticising farmers.
Great to have the Uk as a big playground in times of cheap food from abroad BUT in times of worldwide lockdown, as we are approaching ,Packham and Monbiot would have starvation of society on their hands if Governments ever followed their idealistic view of the countryside, god help us all in the uk

 

[JP1]

Well I went back a fortnight on his Twitter account and he doesn't seem to acknowledge he may have got it wrong

I stopped at 22 Feb when he retweeted something about the log burner regs he was instrumental in when at DEFRA

 

[Pilatus]

Well I went back a fortnight on his Twitter account and he doesn't seem to acknowledge he may have got it wrong

I stopped at 22 Feb when he retweeted something about the log burner regs he was instrumental in when at DEFRA

Let’s hope the know all’s in charge of advising the Government about the Covid 19 are more on the ball than Leunig!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Pilatus]

Let’s hope the know all’s in charge of advising the Government about the Covid 19 are more on the ball than Leunig!!!!!!!!!!!

To be fair the know all’s are dealing with an in known.
Only the history books will tell generations to come about the outcome

 

[Tarw Coch]

I suspect the likes of Leunig and Monbiot will be keeping a low profile at the moment, they will be back when this is all over. It may take a while but I don’t think it will take that long before everything returns to normal, I doubt many lessons will be learnt.

 

[DaveGrohl]

Oh they'll say that "lessons have been learnt" but will then carry on as if nothing as happened. There may be some alteration to NHS preparedness but that'll be about it. They'll be too busy concentrating on the economy to care about food supply. And why would they? Food isn't actually running short in spite of lots of us hoping it will to teach the politicians a lesson.

 

[Tarw Coch]

The economy will be in a mess, they may well not worry where food comes from or what standards it has been produced to provided it’s cheap.

 

[GeorgeK]

In the short term there may be a boost to prices if global supply and production suffers further disruption. The government's solution will focus on building resilience into global supply chains, not home food production

 

[Pilatus]

I will reserve judgment till things are back to the new normal.
I do hope we will all be alive to see the new normal, and that we don’t have to eat humble pie re the above posts.
Good luck and good health to all .???

 

[Sid]

"lessons have been learnt

The favourite reply of any government organisation. Nobody fired, moved somewhere else,etc
Privately owned company hauled of the coals, closed down, fined, prison sentences.

 

[Pilatus]

The favourite reply of any government organisation. Nobody fired, moved somewhere else,etc
Privately owned company hauled of the coals, closed down, fined, prison sentences.

Off topic BBC same as the government in my humble opinion ???

 

[Hampton]

I will reserve judgment till things are back to the new normal.
I do hope we will all be alive to see the new normal, and that we don’t have to eat humble pie re the above posts.
Good luck and good health to all .???

I think it’s possible for us to be right and for them to still ignore the blazingly obvious

 

[pgk]

The favourite reply of any government organisation. Nobody fired, moved somewhere else,etc
Privately owned company hauled of the coals, closed down, fined, prison sentences.

I dont think the facts support your assertions on privately owned companies, in my experience they are equally good at the muppet shuffle and golden handshakes so as not to negatively impact their share price/reputation.