Prime Ministers open letter to farmers

[spin cycle]

Be turkeys that voted for Xmas with Labour. They see us as an easy win and will gladly sacrifice us at the first opportunity. A friend of the countryside starmer and chums are not.

tories have taken the 'green hedge' for granted...I'm staying home next election

they're gonna loose anyway

 

[Henarar]

Can’t see how foreign trade deals is going to improve self sufficiency?

If we export food it makes us more self sufficient

 

[Henarar]

tories have taken the 'green hedge' for granted...I'm staying home next election

they're gonna loose anyway

maybe but who or what will win ?

 

[Bald Rick]

If we export food it makes us more self sufficient

Swopping lamb for avocados?

 

[Bald Rick]

maybe but who or what will win ?

Loonies. Their leader has been in post for years and have eminently sensible policies

 

[Henarar]

Swopping lamb for avocados?

yep, as long as production is kept up then we will be more self sufficient if we have to be

 

[spin cycle]

maybe but who or what will win ?

does it make any difference?

 

[SilliamWhale]

Loonies. Their leader has been in post for years and have eminently sensible policies

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That's you in Holyhead isn't it?

 

[Henarar]

does it make any difference?

goodness knows

 

[SilliamWhale]

Yes I heard her on the news earlier, saying we must keep up production!

What if the market is signalling it doesn't want or value it?

 

[Henarar]

What if the market is signalling it doesn't want or value it?

produce it anyway

 

[onesiedale]

So HMG have a “target” of 60% self sufficiency

Friggin’ hell

yes, but they also want us to export more of our produce too!
"We will also create a £1 million programme to support our dairy sector to export. This will mirror the £1 million Seafood Exports Package, which will continue for another three years with a further £1 million funding, building on our wider £100 million investment in infrastructure and skills to support our seafood industry."

 

[Ramrod]

If we export food it makes us more self sufficient

????

 

[spin cycle]

if he'd said summat like

'after this summit it has become clear that we,as a government, must take action to preserve and enhance food production. As a result I can announce we are freezing the bps reductions, whilst retaining our current environmental commitments, in order to help farmers during this cost crisis'

that imo would be better than some crappie meaningless bs 'letter'

 

[Henarar]

????

In normal times we can export, if we have a crisis we can keep it here, if we don't have the production we don't have the choice

 

[slackjawedyokel]

It doesn’t matter what he’s said; they’ll be toast come the next election.
Shame really; as an owner occupier I ought to be a natural Tory voter but have rarely ever found that they have garnered my vote by what they are offering. I don’t feel that they have made good the promises that were made to agriculture in the run up to Brexit so they can jog on as far as I’m concerned.

 

[Henarar]

if he'd said summat like

'after this summit it has become clear that we,as a government, must take action to preserve and enhance food production. As a result I can announce we are freezing the bps reductions, whilst retaining our current environmental commitments, in order to help farmers during this cost crisis'

that imo would be better than some crappie meaningless bs 'letter'

Well who wouldn't want the old money as well as the new

 

[Steevo]

It doesn’t matter what he’s said; they’ll be toast come the next election.
Shame really; as an owner occupier I ought to be a natural Tory voter but have rarely ever found that they have garnered my vote by what they are offering. I don’t feel that they have made good the promises that were made to agriculture in the run up to Brexit so they can jog on as far as I’m concerned.

I'm not sure the rural (farming) vote really has a natural home any more.

Blue, Red, Yellow, Green - all seem to hate farmers with a passion.

 

[livestock 1]

He talks about hard times then mentions the dairy sector which saw lifts in farm gate prices 8/10 months before beef and 12 months before sheep

 

[BrianV]

I really hope Batters did far better explaining the governments mistakes to Sunak than in her TV interview otherwise she's just a bloody liability.