| What do the Tractor Boys think of the Tractor "Go Slow" A14 Protest? 16:34 - Feb 3 with 5032 views | Ralphinho |
Putting my personal views on the whole inheritance tax debate aside, I don't understand the logic in annoying the people you are trying to get on-side..
Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil tried it and (IMO) alienated the majority of the public, who now just think they are irritating berks. May have worked historically but I can't see these tactics working in the society we live in today.
If anything, the climate change activists were more likely to be supported as their protests are for a (largely) selfless cause. |  |
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| What do the Tractor Boys think of the Tractor "Go Slow" A14 Protest? on 19:49 - Feb 3 with 1847 views | Tangledupin_Blue |
I don't support their cause. They are being required to pay, at most, half of what other family businesses would pay and there are ways to ameliorate their liabilities even further.
Having said that, I support their right to legally protest how they see fit even though, as a lorry driver, I am likely to be inconvenienced by their protest. |  |
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| What do the Tractor Boys think of the Tractor "Go Slow" A14 Protest? on 19:54 - Feb 3 with 1834 views | Blueschev |
Utter politicised nonsense. They’ve had nearly 40 years of this tax dodge. Inheritance is free money, why on earth should it not be taxed in the same way as earned income? If anything the rate should be much higher. I’d go so far as to put IT at 100%, live in the meritocracy many Tories bleat about. |  | | |
| What do the Tractor Boys think of the Tractor "Go Slow" A14 Protest? ( on 20:22 - Feb 3 with 1765 views | jonbull88 |
Good grief some of these replies. Any private business incoming farms can claim bpr and this is as important as apr. A claw back on sale would have achieved far more. It world have allowed us wanting to carry on farming carry on investing and expanding and acting as a deterrent to anyone wanting to sell to avoid iht. [Post edited 3 Feb 20:28]
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| What do the Tractor Boys think of the Tractor "Go Slow" A14 Protest? on 21:51 - Feb 3 with 1709 views | DJR |
| What do the Tractor Boys think of the Tractor "Go Slow" A14 Protest? on 17:25 - Feb 3 by Leaky |
One thing thats the problem with you post is word "!he World." We should be self sustainable as far as possible, I realise we can't grow exotic food as our climate is not condusive to it |
These days we import out of season things that aren't exotic such as tomatoes, lettuce and strawberries. This appears to be driven by both consumers and the supermarkets.
A return to more self-sufficiency or sustainability would involve a switch to seasonal fruit and veg (with salads only in the summer, winter greens etc) which might not be popular and might in turn affect things like "5 a day".
As it is, I would not necessarily object to such a switch but I am not sure kids these days would be happy for swedes and turnips to make a comeback.
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| What do the Tractor Boys think of the Tractor "Go Slow" A14 Protest? on 22:29 - Feb 3 with 1656 views | PhilTWTD |
| What do the Tractor Boys think of the Tractor "Go Slow" A14 Protest? on 21:51 - Feb 3 by DJR |
These days we import out of season things that aren't exotic such as tomatoes, lettuce and strawberries. This appears to be driven by both consumers and the supermarkets.
A return to more self-sufficiency or sustainability would involve a switch to seasonal fruit and veg (with salads only in the summer, winter greens etc) which might not be popular and might in turn affect things like "5 a day".
As it is, I would not necessarily object to such a switch but I am not sure kids these days would be happy for swedes and turnips to make a comeback.
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I seem to remember reading that Britain hasn't been self-sufficient since midway through the 1800s. |  | | |
| What do the Tractor Boys think of the Tractor "Go Slow" A14 Protest? on 23:18 - Feb 3 with 1597 views | factual_blue |
| What do the Tractor Boys think of the Tractor "Go Slow" A14 Protest? on 19:29 - Feb 3 by TractorBlue1 |
The price of wheat is £170 practically the same as it was 25 years ago. With inflation it should be nearly £350. If people laid what food is worth people wouldn't have to sell there tools to stay afloat. |
Damn those laws of supply and demand. |  |
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| What do the Tractor Boys think of the Tractor "Go Slow" A14 Protest? on 07:26 - Feb 4 with 1496 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
| What do the Tractor Boys think of the Tractor "Go Slow" A14 Protest? on 22:29 - Feb 3 by PhilTWTD |
I seem to remember reading that Britain hasn't been self-sufficient since midway through the 1800s. |
Nope but as part of the EU we were - that was the point of the CAP so that Europe could feed itself during times of geopolitical strife or war. We saw from the grain crisis in Ukraine how food supplies can be weaponised. | | | |
| What do the Tractor Boys think of the Tractor "Go Slow" A14 Protest? on 08:31 - Feb 4 with 1426 views | b1079blue |
It seems strange to me that supermarkets are measured by the billing of pound profits they make. A significant proportion of that is made by screwing down suppliers I.e farmers
We also need to reconsider our rationship with food.it should be see as a fuel, no different to coal and oil. Hopefully that will lead to stopping the obscene wastage that is in the system. Obscene profiteering and sustainable future for all | | | |
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| What do the Tractor Boys think of the Tractor "Go Slow" A14 Protest? on 08:43 - Feb 4 with 1411 views | DJR |
| What do the Tractor Boys think of the Tractor "Go Slow" A14 Protest? on 21:51 - Feb 3 by DJR |
These days we import out of season things that aren't exotic such as tomatoes, lettuce and strawberries. This appears to be driven by both consumers and the supermarkets.
A return to more self-sufficiency or sustainability would involve a switch to seasonal fruit and veg (with salads only in the summer, winter greens etc) which might not be popular and might in turn affect things like "5 a day".
As it is, I would not necessarily object to such a switch but I am not sure kids these days would be happy for swedes and turnips to make a comeback.
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The following from the UK Food Security Report 2024 indicates that only 16% of our fresh fruit is produced domestically. It also mirrors the point I made about 5-a-day.
"The UK continues to be highly dependent on imports to meet
consumer demand for fruit, vegetables and seafood, which are
significant sources of micronutrients for consumers. "
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6756e355d89258d2868dae76/United_K | | | |
| What do the Tractor Boys think of the Tractor "Go Slow" A14 Protest? on 09:03 - Feb 4 with 1366 views | HairBearBunch |
| What do the Tractor Boys think of the Tractor "Go Slow" A14 Protest? on 08:31 - Feb 4 by b1079blue |
It seems strange to me that supermarkets are measured by the billing of pound profits they make. A significant proportion of that is made by screwing down suppliers I.e farmers
We also need to reconsider our rationship with food.it should be see as a fuel, no different to coal and oil. Hopefully that will lead to stopping the obscene wastage that is in the system. Obscene profiteering and sustainable future for all |
Exactly. Supermarkets have been squashing farmers for a long time now. As has been said on here before, the hourly rate for some of these guys is abysmal (and technically illegal too). But they're still out there doing it, for the love of the land they work on. To face losing that out the family too is a step too far.
And hey those tractors looked great up the A14 yesterday ! |  | | |
| What do the Tractor Boys think of the Tractor "Go Slow" A14 Protest? on 09:26 - Feb 4 with 1302 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
| What do the Tractor Boys think of the Tractor "Go Slow" A14 Protest? on 08:31 - Feb 4 by b1079blue |
It seems strange to me that supermarkets are measured by the billing of pound profits they make. A significant proportion of that is made by screwing down suppliers I.e farmers
We also need to reconsider our rationship with food.it should be see as a fuel, no different to coal and oil. Hopefully that will lead to stopping the obscene wastage that is in the system. Obscene profiteering and sustainable future for all |
Why does it seem strange that multinational companies with millions of customers and billions in revenue might have large profits. Do people not understand scale - Tesco’s most recent profit result equals out to around 50p per shopping trip given the sheer number of visits. Hardly a profit gouging margin. The alternative is to use smaller or local firms, however people rather just buy the cheapest sh!t and then rage on social media whilst being part of the problem. | | | |
| What do the Tractor Boys think of the Tractor "Go Slow" A14 Protest? on 09:34 - Feb 4 with 1271 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
| What do the Tractor Boys think of the Tractor "Go Slow" A14 Protest? on 08:43 - Feb 4 by DJR |
The following from the UK Food Security Report 2024 indicates that only 16% of our fresh fruit is produced domestically. It also mirrors the point I made about 5-a-day.
"The UK continues to be highly dependent on imports to meet
consumer demand for fruit, vegetables and seafood, which are
significant sources of micronutrients for consumers. "
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6756e355d89258d2868dae76/United_K |
We had food security in times of crisis as part of the EU. Unfortunately, many people thought we were better going it alone! | | | |
| What do the Tractor Boys think of the Tractor "Go Slow" A14 Protest? on 12:53 - Feb 6 with 981 views | Crawfordsboot |
| What do the Tractor Boys think of the Tractor "Go Slow" A14 Protest? on 16:52 - Feb 3 by Leaky |
I will ask just one question how do we get fed? |
Small farmers (those who might get caught by the changes) produce only 10%-20% of our farm products. The loss of 10% of small farms would therefore impact just 1% to 2% of UK food production.
In any event small farmers can pass on their holdings by gift to the next generation.
This is all about large landowners using small farmers as cover for their objection to being taxed. |  | | |
| What do the Tractor Boys think of the Tractor "Go Slow" A14 Protest? on 13:07 - Feb 6 with 963 views | Swansea_Blue |
| What do the Tractor Boys think of the Tractor "Go Slow" A14 Protest? on 09:34 - Feb 4 by SuperKieranMcKenna |
We had food security in times of crisis as part of the EU. Unfortunately, many people thought we were better going it alone! |
I’m not eating any of those foreign bananas. Especially if they’re not bendy enough. |  |
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| What do the Tractor Boys think of the Tractor "Go Slow" A14 Protest? on 13:12 - Feb 6 with 948 views | BLUEBEAT |
eat the rich |  |
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| What do the Tractor Boys think of the Tractor "Go Slow" A14 Protest? on 17:50 - Feb 6 with 858 views | jayessess |
| What do the Tractor Boys think of the Tractor "Go Slow" A14 Protest? on 22:29 - Feb 3 by PhilTWTD |
I seem to remember reading that Britain hasn't been self-sufficient since midway through the 1800s. |
Broadly correct. There's a big mythology around the Second World War and "Dig for Victory" stuff but even then Britain was importing 56% of calories consumed from overseas. |  |
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| What do the Tractor Boys think of the Tractor "Go Slow" A14 Protest? on 18:03 - Feb 6 with 828 views | DJR |
| What do the Tractor Boys think of the Tractor "Go Slow" A14 Protest? on 17:50 - Feb 6 by jayessess |
Broadly correct. There's a big mythology around the Second World War and "Dig for Victory" stuff but even then Britain was importing 56% of calories consumed from overseas. |
There was also rationing. | | | |
| What do the Tractor Boys think of the Tractor "Go Slow" A14 Protest? on 19:01 - Feb 6 with 777 views | jayessess |
| What do the Tractor Boys think of the Tractor "Go Slow" A14 Protest? on 18:03 - Feb 6 by DJR |
There was also rationing. |
rationing, encouragement for allotments, "victory gardens" in private gardens, parks, golf courses, sports fields etc.
Still didn't allow Britain to get by solely on home-grown produce. | |
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