- Location
- Central Scotland
His writings are always studiously referenced???. His TV articles are clearly not.He misled by omission,the whole tenanted section in this case,as the only subs dished out are to the nasty landowners,who get subs to chop down trees and rip up hedges,I'd love some of those.Currently most subs I get have a raft of green agenda attached,Mr Monbiot needs to read up some recent subsidy material,not something dredged from his imagination or a 1970's copy of John Nix's subsidy section.He also needs to take a very careful look at how much money is doled out by the EEC and our various more local political bodies in the name of Ag subs, and specifically how much ,I was going to say is diverted,but is left is better,after all the Gov depts. have claimed their share to "administer",to actually pay producers.But he won't do that because it's too difficult to get accurate figures and the recipient Gov employees are probably all Guardian readers.(Yeah I know,generalisation a la George Monbiot).He has also completely failed to get to grips with what happens to the bit of sub that does end up in a farmers bank account.We don't all subscribe to the three R's,Range Rover,Racehorses and Robinson,(helicopter for those of you subsidyless tenant farmers who could never afford one).Mine goes to the bank,Council,feed merchant,insures,vets,fert manufacturer,fuel suppliers and machinery dealers in the main,with smaller bits going to the local shops,and trades who do clever things with wire ,pipes and wood that are beyond me.
Monbiot publishes every last item of income and benefit in kind online. He can therefore slay vested interests from a position of moral authority.[/QUOTE]No he doesn't,he says himself it is not net income he shares with us. Can someone spouting half truths and misinformation actually hold a position of moral authority?
Monbiot publishes every last item of income and benefit in kind online. He can therefore slay vested interests from a position of moral authority.[/QUOTE]No he doesn't,he says himself it is not net income he shares with us. Can someone spouting half truths and misinformation actually hold a position of moral authority?