Radio 4 PM programme today

[Bootneck]

anyone hear it ? Talking about the new food chain review, the presenter clearly stated that uk farms have low standards of animal welfare and that farmers would not like people seeing what happens on farms. He was challenged by Minette Batters but all the same it was a ridiculous statement and I could not believe what I was hearing. The bbc anti meat agenda continues !

 

[lloyd]

My Brother listened to it while mowing
He said Minette Batters handled him well
and made him sound a complete t*at

 

[yellowbelly]

I heard it, and to be fair, I thought she did a good job in the way she 'squared him up'.

The bloke (Evan whatsisname off the Dragon's Den) just slagged UK animal welfare off as though it was akin to somewhere like Thailand

She even said, something to the effect, that it seemed like his attitude was BBC policy.

Well done MB
EDIT...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0006719

About 35;00 minutes in. The bit about the BBC is about 40;00 mins.

 

[An Gof]

And then right at the end the reporter for PM and Biased British Corporation specifically asked the chef for a non meat recipe for people for their dinner

Thought Minette did a great job , I was with her this afternoon and she was well prepared for it, she knew exactly the line the interviewer would take.

 

[An Gof]

The more I think about it the angrier I become. We really shouldn’t have to take all this biased broadcasting with an agenda. Everything with the BBC has to be so politicallly correct. I’m fed up of having LBGT rammed down my throat along with every other minority interest and group. Where are the balances for minorities such as country people and, dare I say it, the “normal majority”?

 

[Tarw Coch]

My Brother listened to it while mowing
He said Minette Batters handled him well
and made him sound a complete t*at

That’s a good thing in my book, farmers bigging up what they do just sounds like them blowing their own trumpet, what else would you expect them to do, after all, they’re biased and will only tell you what they want to hear.
However when someone comes out with an anti farmer agenda and is made to look a complete t*at as you put it then that is what people see, people knocking farming who are complete t*ats, it’s probably better PR for us than any positive messages we try to put out about the industry.

 

[milkloss]

If I was in the studio at the time I would have launched myself at him across the desk. Typical BBC cuntatiousness right there.

 

[Suffolk Serf]

The more I think about it the angrier I become. We really shouldn’t have to take all this biased broadcasting with an agenda. Everything with the BBC has to be so politicallly correct. I’m fed up of having LBGT rammed down my throat along with every other minority interest and group. Where are the balances for minorities such as country people and, dare I say it, the “normal majority”?

You'd have enjoyed Alan Savory at Groundswell this week who has a very compelling argument that grazing livestock are the answer to climate change. He has been banging that drum for years in spite of everything that the "establishment" can throw at him.

 

[kfpben]

I have supported the BBC for many years as until recently they have been better than any alternative.

They have crossed the line in the last 18 months though what with Packham’s antics, their anti meat eating agenda and anti field sports bias. The BBC is basically anti rural UK . I am seriously considering not paying my next TV licence on principle. What would actually happen apart from a few red letters?

 

[lloyd]

Perhaps we should have a poster campaign along the main trunk road
network
Anti British farming
That's biased BBC

 

[An Gof]

You'd have enjoyed Alan Savory at Groundswell this week who has a very compelling argument that grazing livestock are the answer to climate change. He has been banging that drum for years in spite of everything that the "establishment" can throw at him.

Having seen some slides by one of the presenters at Groundswell on glyphosate on Twitter I don’t think it’s my sort of event
I’ve yet to be bitten by the DD bug ( saw it come and go in the 70’s and 80’s) and never really feel comfortable in sandals or a hair shirt (only joking)

 

[Martin Holden]

I have supported the BBC for many years as until recently they have been better than any alternative.

They have crossed the line in the last 18 months though what with Packham’s antics, their anti meat eating agenda and anti field sports bias. The BBC is basically anti rural UK . I am seriously considering not paying my next TV licence on principle. What would actually happen apart from a few red letters?

I was just thinking the same. Even the political reporters now annoy me. Laura Kuensberg is really annoying as her gambit appears to be confrontation and based on contestant attack of her interviewees. Previous political reporters had a different but more effective style. I worry for the future of the Beeb.

 

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[Campbell]

This morning's Farming Today. Talking about farmers many business advantages. eg. Inheritance tax, rates on buildings, red diesel, SFP.....

 

[Tarw Coch]

This morning's Farming Today. Talking about farmers many business advantages. eg. Inheritance tax, rates on buildings, red diesel, SFP.....

Yet many farmers earning less than the minimum wage for the hours they work.

Nothing stopping anyone who thinks it’s that good having a go themselves, indeed some do, mainly those who have made a lot elsewhere and getting in for some of the advantages listed above.

 

[lloyd]

This morning's Farming Today. Talking about farmers many business advantages. eg. Inheritance tax, rates on buildings, red diesel, SFP.....

I wonder how much Balfour Beatty would charge
the council to cut the roadside hedges if farmers
didn't do it?
SFP and red diesel use isn't all profit
Rules and regulations effect business efficiency!

 

[traineefarmer]

How about a TFF, CLA, BASC (and maybe the NFU, but I doubt they have the balls) boycott on the license fee? If we can get the numbers behind us and a good polictical argument over how their biased reporting is damaging to our businesses and way of life - with their stance on travellers, veganism and animal rights, I'd say we have a shout at claiming they are prejudiced against rural communities.

If we can get similar numbers to those involved with the countryside march nearly 20 years ago we can hurt the BBC to the tune of £750m!

And best of all it won't cost us a penny to take part - in fact we will be £150 better off.

WIN-WIN!

 

[Lowland1]

I thought Minette Batters was quite poor and came across more like a school teacher or female tory mp. If she's the one leading farmers we are in trouble.

 

[lloyd]

How about a TFF, CLA, BASC (and maybe the NFU, but I doubt they have the balls) boycott on the license fee? If we can get the numbers behind us and a good polictical argument over how their biased reporting is damaging to our businesses and way of life - with their stance on travellers, veganism and animal rights, I'd say we have a shout at claiming they are prejudiced against rural communities.

If we can get similar numbers to those involved with the countryside march nearly 20 years ago we can hurt the BBC to the tune of £750m!

And best of all it won't cost us a penny to take part - in fact we will be £150 better off.

WIN-WIN!

They certainly need some of their own medicine

 

[Devil's advocate]

This morning's Farming Today. Talking about farmers many business advantages. eg. Inheritance tax, rates on buildings, red diesel, SFP.....

Really nasty & Cybril was not hard enougth on him, although she did try. Need someone well informed.