Eustice on LBC : you’ve never had it so good

[JP1]

Eustice just interviewed on Marr on LBC

Johnson when PM “mis-spoke “ when he said there would be no non tarriff barriers as import plant and food checks from EU finally come in to place

Incomes have doubled for farmers since 2016

Average dairy farm “income” now £100,000

Explained to Marr that farmers may be complaining short term due to the weather

You heard it here first

 

[Bald Rick]

Get the politicians we deserve.
Useless won’t be in power for much longer

 

[Gedd]

Get the politicians we deserve.
Useless won’t be in power for much longer

Might get dianne abbott

 

[Bald Rick]

Might get dianne abbott

Always a possibility…

Wouldn’t surprise me in the least to get an urban Labour MP as the next Ag Sec

 

[Hilly]

I wouldnt like to run an average dairy farm with only 100k income .

 

[Grass And Grain]

Rustics just interviewed on Marr on LBC

Johnson when PM “mis-spoke “ when he said there would be no non tarriff barriers as import plant and food checks from EU finally come in to place

Incomes have doubled for farmers since 2016

Average dairy farm “income” now £100,000

Explained to Marr that farmers may be complaining short term due to the weather

You heard it here first

Did he mention 2024/25 income prospects for low lying heavy land cereal farms?

 

[Wellytrack]

Always a possibility…

Wouldn’t surprise me in the least to get an urban Labour MP as the next Ag Sec

It has happened recently in Northern Ireland.

 

[JP1]

Did he mention 2024/25 income prospects for slow lying heavy land cereal farm?

Link to tonight's hour long Marr show not available quite yet (up to yesterday). I'll post the link when it's live and it lasts for 6 days to listen

 

[yellowbelly]

Johnson when PM “mis-spoke “

What the hell does "mis-spoke" mean?

I presume he meant to say that he lied?

Should've just bloody well said so then

 

[JP1]

Link now up ; lasts for 6 days :

Tonight with Andrew Marr - Podcast | Global Player

<p>Andrew Marr speaks to former Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs, George Eustice about how the Brexit changes may impact farmers. He also speaks to Patrick Harvie from the Scottish Green party on the latest in Scottish politics. </p>

www.globalplayer.com

 

[JP1]

What the hell does "mis-spoke" mean?

I presume he meant to say that he lied?

Should've just bloody well said so then

Marr said "in technical terms he was talking ballcocks " - he'd never be allowed that phrasing when on the Beeb

 

[Goweresque]

Incomes have doubled for farmers since 2016

Typical politician cherry picking of stats. 2016 was a very low point in farm incomes, and 2022 was a very high point, due to the spike in cereal prices after the invasion of Ukraine. If you ignore the outlying years you'd see that farm incomes have been largely flat since 2008 , bouncing around a mid point of £5bn/year, sometimes up a bit, sometimes down a bit. No sustained increase for over 15 years doesn't make such a good soundbite does it?

 

[JP1]

Typical politician cherry picking of stats. 2016 was a very low point in farm incomes, and 2022 was a very high point, due to the spike in cereal prices after the invasion of Ukraine. If you ignore the outlying years you'd see that farm incomes have been largely flat since 2008 , bouncing around a mid point of £5bn/year, sometimes up a bit, sometimes down a bit. No sustained increase for over 15 years doesn't make such a good soundbite does it?

I don't know how Mogg or Eustice with rural constituencies get away with it TBH

 

[cowboysupper]

It has happened recently in Northern Ireland.

Actually has been reasonably positive so far. Seems very keen to learn and has been out on plenty of farm visits. Time will tell though. He has difficult decisions ahead to make on TB, climate change, ammonia and nitrates.

 

[EJS]

Typical politician cherry picking of stats. 2016 was a very low point in farm incomes, and 2022 was a very high point, due to the spike in cereal prices after the invasion of Ukraine. If you ignore the outlying years you'd see that farm incomes have been largely flat since 2008 , bouncing around a mid point of £5bn/year, sometimes up a bit, sometimes down a bit. No sustained increase for over 15 years doesn't make such a good soundbite does it?

Exactly
Own data!

Farm business income

Annual statistics on farm business income in England.

www.gov.uk

 

[HatsOff]

Typical politician cherry picking of stats. 2016 was a very low point in farm incomes, and 2022 was a very high point, due to the spike in cereal prices after the invasion of Ukraine. If you ignore the outlying years you'd see that farm incomes have been largely flat since 2008 , bouncing around a mid point of £5bn/year, sometimes up a bit, sometimes down a bit. No sustained increase for over 15 years doesn't make such a good soundbite does it?

If it's not corrected for inflation (ie in real terms) then it's a real terms decrease.

Rule of thumb is doubling of prices every decade, although it's a lumpy thumb.

 

[Jackov Altraids]

I've said many times that calling Eustace "useless" was wrong.
Useless wouldn't be so bad.
He's a frucking liability.

 

[Hindsight]

And there were folk who said George being a farmer was looking after farmers interests best he could when a Minister!

 

[delilah]

Rustics just interviewed on Marr on LBC

Freudian slip

 

[JP1]

Freudian slip

Thanks - corrected now

Hate auto correct, didn't affect title but changed in main body of text?