Starmer v Farmers: why are British farmers angry and protesting against the government?

[@BBCNewsnightonline]

What do YOU think? Tells us below in the comments 👇

[@gentlesavage2068]

Maybe they could use some of the BBCs funding for other stuff, instead of taxing farmers

[@pete7110]

Glad I left the UK.. what a joke

[@konarider1215]

Farmers = tax dodging scroungers

[@meh3247]

These aren't real farmers, these are wealthy -landowners- entitled landgrabbers badly cosplaying farmers. Any Farmer worthy of the title is simply too busy Farming, to engage in performative politics like this. It's telling that our "Justice" system simply doesn't apply to wealthy people throwing tantrums, yet concerned citizens protesting against climate collapse are stomped on immediate. As are women standing peacefully at a vigil for a woman raped by a serving police officer. But wealthy tory parasites? The law simply doesn't apply, does it?

[@Uglyscottishtroll-t7z]

BBC has lost its way, so biased and unreliable now

[@xlr82u]

BBC journalism is a complete joke these days

[@fiddley]

Exactly! How can they be so against Labour trying to fix things after 14 years of Tory mismanagement???

[@BluntyBlue-e1l]

@@fiddleytrump ❤❤❤❤

[@jujutrini8412]

Imagine quoting someone back to them. Outrageous!

[@Uglyscottishtroll-t7z]

​@fiddley Fix things by destroying British businesses? Yea great plan that.

[@oldmcdonald6319]

​@@fiddleywhat are you getting with inflation up, and food security down?

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Oligarchs will end up with all the family farmers.

[@MarkPayne-k7l]

What, having tea together or what?

[@benknight6254]

Wasnt the case before the iht loophole was introduced. British farming was much better and we had far more family run farms. Dont belive the right wing press!

[@terryloftus8626]

They have them anyway.

[@oldmcdonald6319]

​@@terryloftus8626um no

[@Lee_Proffit]

WTF is she just focusing on Clarkson's case and not on the general farming community ? This seems to be typical BBC tactics, not on actual news. Murphy - the labour guy - on never having seen Clarkson on TV in the 36 years that he has been on. Kinda shows just how in touch Labour are with the common person. Maybe if labour looked at the money spent on illegals first as a means of saving money

[@BillDavies-ej6ye]

Because the wealthy non-farmers buying up land is the issue behind the significant increase in the price of farm land. Plus, entertainment, plus Clarkson gets to play populist politican with the crowd (and TV audience), and make a unfounded and ridiculous estimate of the proportion of affected farms.

[@patdent]

Yup. Too lazy to do the homework. She should have smacked Clarkson down with some facts instead of letting him air his ill-informed prejudices. He bought his land as a tax dodge. He has announced this to the world. Now he wants to say, "No no no I was lying before, but now I'm telling you the truth." Buffoon.

[@kushsakhu]

@@BillDavies-ej6yeIt’s amazing you don’t pick up Clarkson on taking millions from the taxpayer through the BBC in his salary, lining his pockets and now speaks down about the BBC. Again, selective British values. Let’s all make this country better for all not just a few.

[@Lee_Proffit]

@@BillDavies-ej6ye Does not Clarkson farm his land ? Or do you mean those who are using the land for solar panels, which would be much better off on the roofs or walls of buildings ? Have you got paperwork to support the claim that his estimate of those who will be affected or are you just believing the government's figures ?

[@Lee_Proffit]

@@patdent Or she could have focused on the reason for the rally, she had over 10k of people to ask questions to, but had to go after the "celebrity" and ask about his personal situation, This is how the BBC works, ignore the real story and go for the "celebratory" angle, then try to undermine it. in the hope that it distracts from the real story that they should be covering

[@JPG0072]

BBC need to ask why farmers are angry? Why is anyone still paying this licence???

[@sonofsomerset1695]

Some people like to be misled and manipulated so they can still vote Labour and think they're not the bad guys.

[@johnpower-kv1bc]

News flash, Its not just farmers who are angry, the whole country are sick of this government.

[@patdent]

How come you got appointed to speak for the whole country? I live in a rural area. Farming isn't a quaint little family tradition: it's a business. A vast lot of land isn't even producing food because rich buffoons like Clarkson have bought up land for tax dodges and shooting. Plenty of farmers are angry because they are tenants and cannot afford to buy land because the rich speculators have priced them out. That's what real farmers are really angry about.

[@kushsakhu]

Like me there are loads of people who are not against this government. Of course not all they do goes well. But, we’ve just come out of 14 years of Tory theft.

[@fiddley]

You might not have noticed, but there's a sizeable proportion of us that think this is utterly awesome after 14 years of stagnation and decay from the Tories.

[@1SteveSmith]

This is why I no longer own a TV license.

[@sharpeipink123]

What fools are still paying into the Rothschild debt slavery system...for their own demise? Just fools at this point!

[@kushsakhu]

When was it worth watching?

[@maneshipocrates]

Because she is exposing oligarchs?

[@MarkPayne-k7l]

Because farmers are angry? Please explain.

[@1SteveSmith]

@@maneshipocrates No, because they are a government mouthpiece & a shameless breeding ground for Jimmy Saviles.

[@richarddoherty5987]

A tax on a farm as opposed is a tax on the sale of a farm is ABSURD. The quality of BBC analysis is beyond abysmal - which was one of the many reasons I cancelled my licence and stopped watching it years back.

[@benknight6254]

Farming was much better peior to thatcher introducing the iht loophole. We had far more family farms Dont fall for the right wing press!

[@meh3247]

Cry harder.

[@fuadahmed5501]

We don’t care about your right wing nutjobism. BBC are doing a good job asking difficult questions.

[@mrfr87]

This won’t touch any large businesses or land owners or Lords who own massive amounts land because their assets are all held in trusts. So the rich still won’t be touched. Working farmers will pay and food prices will go up.

[@terryloftus8626]

No they won't.

[@fuadahmed5501]

Trusts have to pay 3% of tax. A periodic tax, the 10-Year Charge, applies to the trust's assets every ten years

[@rknaik76]

Every politician just says nhs nhs .. have they explored why nhs need an unlimited supply of money. Have they done any audits where the money is going ? And how to streamline ..

[@johnsmith-ht3sy]

Catch phrase of Labour is the only party that can save the NHS. Decades of this scare mantra.

[@kushsakhu]

I agree with you. Tory just look after their rich friends and offer the general population what? Nothing, but culture wars and the ever trending ‘Immigration’. But you’ll never tire of hearing that will you.

[@kushsakhu]

@ I agree. Next time you’re out and about. Tell people to reduce alcohol, stop smoking, stop eating crap that increases the likelihood of cancer and so on. The NHS is there because the Great British public don’t have accountability…British children aren’t even attracted to working in the service.

[@Insightful21]

Sajid Javid wrote an excellent piece about this in the FT when he stood down. "NHS made up 27 per cent of day-to-day public service spending at the start of the century and would rise to 44 per cent by 2024"

[@fiddley]

Shut up - NHS is one of the most efficiently run health trusts in the entire world! Would you rather be paying £0.05 or $20 for a paracetamol like in the US? 🤣🤣

[@janegardener1662]

It's crazy to not be able to pass your farm on to the next generation.

[@judithmorganjudyteen]

Definitely, the children start helping at a very early age.

[@patdent]

Yes, it would be if that's what the government were doing. But that's not what's happening here. This is making wealthy land owners pay inheritance tax, just like you would have, to if you own assets that are above the inheritance tax threshold. In fact, the threshold for farming families is set way above the threshold that applies to you and me, so they're getting a better deal than the rest of us.

[@BillDavies-ej6ye]

Leave it to them before you die. Survive seven years, and it doesn't get counted toward your estate. It's crazy how misinformed people are. You would think multi-million pound businesses would have an accountant, and be capable of receiving professional advice.

[@jujutrini8412]

They will be able to do this. Rich landowners just don’t want to pay taxes.

[@oldmcdonald6319]

​@@patdentfaulty data, faulty policy

[@paxundpeace9970]

How rude is the talkmaster she is awful let him answer.

[@iankennedy9878]

Farming is the lifeblood of this country, starmer the city socialist has completely no understanding or insight of farming and rural affairs, he is so out of touch when it comes to the countryside.

[@archimedesbird3439]

Half the food is imported

[@mikecrimlis3366]

@@archimedesbird3439 Another reason why we should support our farmers.

[@kushsakhu]

Life blood of the country. Please brake that down for me in a globalised economy. Please do…I’ll be waiting.

[@patdent]

I live in the countryside. It's mainly populated with exceedingly wealthy land owners and hard up farm workers and tenant farmers who are priced out of owning land by rich buffoons like Clarkson. I think Starmer probably knows this.

[@kushsakhu]

@ Thank you for saying that.

[@fraserweir538]

It would be useful to do some journalism and get actual figures in real cases to see the impact. Do not simply quote the treasury or the government

[@IIChristisKingII]

Reeves stating farmers need to pay for the NHS like they have not paid NI and Income tax all their working lives. Inheritance tax is a tax on assets that have already been taxed. it is criminal.

[@roseanncampbell3168]

Stop lying

[@MarkPayne-k7l]

Then why are you not agitating for it to be abolished across the board, for all? Please explain your thinking on this if you wish to be taken seriously.Please tell us what you have done in terms of, for example, lobbying your M.P.

[@benknight6254]

No its tax on inheriting wealth you havent earned. Like everyone else does. Suck it up our farmland was much better before thatcher introduced this loophole

[@enochpowelghost]

WELL SOME ONE VOTED THIS SHOWER IN!

[@paulking2039]

If the Tories weren't even worse & more corrupt, they'd still be in power. Tax breaks, parties galore and PPE contracts for the rich..

[@benknight6254]

Yep and theyre slowly trying to fix the state the tories have left it in.

[@Wolfbabypuppylove]

@@benknight6254 so your the one .

[@benknight6254]

@@Wolfbabypuppylove the one what?

[@willharris8324]

What about the tax on fertiliser? Our farmers will have to pay it, but it won't be levied on imported grain that has been grown using untaxed fertiliser. Far from a level playing field.

[@oldmcdonald6319]

Coated seeds for OSR, the list goes on

[@catherinebarnes9850]

22 billion pound hole when spending 88 billiin pounds on immigrants send thrm home save that to cover the hole

[@johnsmith-ht3sy]

Billions sent to Ukraine. A lost cause.

[@desmondroberts6034]

@catherinebarnes9850 I think you've got you millions mixed up with your billions.

[@benknight6254]

Oh dear someone doesnt know how to count 😂

[@benknight6254]

​@@johnsmith-ht3syyou do realise russia hasnt take ukraine 🙄

[@Uglyscottishtroll-t7z]

Don't forget the billions given to his union buddies

[@cptPerseus]

"Nothing to do with Brexit" - my favorite line in this sh*tshow.

[@nigelgregory7308]

Why does the Labour MP not disclose how much of tax payers money could be saved by not giving it to illegal immigrants? Please note this is not a comment on Legal Migrants, of which I am truly grateful that they are working here and respect and welcome our values, unite the Kingdom ❤

[@marklanahan7289]

This law hands small farms to Big Agg and thats the plan.

[@spacetime3]

No it doesnt lol It makes means Big land owners who drive land prices up sell and reduce the price of land. So more actual farmers can buy more and do what they enjoy.

[@marklanahan7289]

@@spacetime3 bet you voted labour.

[@benknight6254]

Farming was much better peior to thatcher introducing the iht loophole. We had far more family farms Dont fall for the right wing press!

[@DatBoiOrly]

Which will send all the food to foreign countries & sent back to the UK at a HUGE mark up meaning we the people end up paying 4x for food

[@jujutrini8412]

No it won’t.

[@Tom-hr7gk]

Facts are clarkson did buy it to avoid inheritance tax…

[@jbeep33]

we stand with farmers and despise keir starmers

[@benknight6254]

Then you should support this .Farming was much better prior to thatcher introducing the iht loophole. We had far more family farms Dont fall for the right wing press!

[@jbeep33]

@benknight6254 its 2024. Labour are the ones responsible. I dont fall for any press, i can make my own mind up.

[@MarkPayne-k7l]

How many of them are there? Keir Starmers I mean, not farmers.

[@benknight6254]

@@jbeep33 you really can't 😂. Remember that before thatcher introduced the iht loophole for farms we had far more family owned farm, land was more affordable for new farmers and far fewer Tennant farmers. So if it's all gone down hill since then sounds like this policy is a good idea.

[@jbeep33]

@@benknight6254 Easy to say when it doesn't directly affect you

[@Grimbee117]

Defund the disgraceful BBC.

[@bortstanson2034]

"Classic BBC" when confronted with his own words. You made your millions from "classic BBC".

[@paxundpeace9970]

In Germany the average farmer makes 106,000 Euros in profits as pre tax income.

[@patdent]

EU farm subsidies.

[@oldmcdonald6319]

What's the average farm size in Germany?

[@MarkPayne-k7l]

The crude expression "so what?" comes to mind. As does another about the price of fish.Germans tend to rent their accommodation. British tend to buy. Again, so what?Germans eat a lot of sausage and sauerkraut. British eat a lot of baked beans and fish and chips. Yet again, so what?

[@moiPablo]

We must support our farmers against this land-grabbing treacherous government at all costs.

[@MarkPayne-k7l]

I must have missed this announcement about widespread compulsory purchase. Please tell us what you mean as it is far from clear.

[@moiPablo]

@@MarkPayne-k7l Treacherous adjective adjective: treacherous guilty of or involving betrayal or deception. Clear enough?

[@MarkPayne-k7l]

You still have not explained your reference to "land -grabbing". Please read my posting and not use it as a vehicle for your own non-sequential statements.@@moiPablo

[@moiPablo]

@@MarkPayne-k7l Relax. Bill Gates has been buying up hundreds of thousands of acres of Farmland across America. This month Bill Gates flew in to Downing Street to meet UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Now the British Government have just declared all out war on UK Farmers through ridiculous tax hikes. Probably not a coincidence - do you understand the Agenda yet?

[@moiPablo]

@@MarkPayne-k7lRelax. Bill Gates has been buying up hundreds of thousands of acres of Farmland across America. This month Bill Gates flew in to Downing Street to meet UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Now the British Government have just declared all out war on UK Farmers through ridiculous tax hikes. Probably not a coincidence - do you understand the Agenda yet?

[@JaniceJones-r4w]

It is NOT just the Farmers Most want Stamer OUT He is NOT for the PEOPLE of Our Beautiful country ONE SHOULD LOVE THEI COUNTRY THEY SUPPOSEDLY REPRESENT AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE Get Him Out Before he Wrecks it

[@kushsakhu]

He’s a leader for many. Contact me when you can and I can introduce to them. 👍🏾

[@patdent]

Most? I think you'll find that 'most' of us elected him on the grounds that he couldn't possibly be worse than Johnson and his band of crooks. So far, I think the job of putting this country right is so monumental that we're not going to see any outcomes until next year or the year after. Starmer has 5 years to do the job. He hasn't even had 5 months yet. 5 months and nothing really bad has happened. So he's already done better than Sunak, Truss and Johnson. You do remember Truss, don't you?

[@kushsakhu]

@ Again. A mature and sound voice in a pool of vitriol. Thank you

[@Insightful21]

"NHS made up 27 per cent of day-to-day public service spending at the start of the century and would rise to 44 per cent by 2024" - why is the NHS so inefficient?

[@benknight6254]

Cos its been privatised and poorly run by the tories for 14 years.

[@Insightful21]

@@benknight6254 So pumping more money into it doesn't seem like the solution then...

[@benknight6254]

@@Insightful21 yeah ofc it is healthcare is expensive but we pay far less than most other countries. De-privatise, increasing funding per capita to 2008 levels, fix the nursing and other staff shortages (ideally by rejoining the EU) and I'll be shocked if it isn't back to what it was like pre 2010

[@Insightful21]

@@benknight6254 Re-joining the EU hahaahaha. Some people really hate when democracy works and it doesn't go in their favour. Everything else you said is also baloney. What this budget needed was more funding with productivity backed and reform backed conditions to enable the funding.

[@benknight6254]

@Insightful21 the EU wasn't what we were sold. We were lied to. So another vote is definitely fair especially if Trump imposes massive tariffs. You can even describe what your talking about. Productivity backed reform? No real economist would ever say something like that-be specific describe the conditions.

[@willharris8324]

The likes of Amazon, Google, Starbucks etc are the broad shoulders to be propping up the NHS

[@gothicroses666]

Amazing video, you work for 40yrs to have $1M in your retirement , meanwhile some people are putting just $10k into trading from just few months ago and now they are multimillionaires.

[@misoartsy]

Could you please tell me how does this works?

[@gothicroses666]

@@misoartsy It was hard for me to grasp when I was an American school aged kid decades ago. Now, it's just simple since I met Amelia my portfolio manager

[@Andreaburton-u2c]

Same here I have made more than 90k God bless MRS Amelia Naik. God bless America🇺🇸

[@vinzprince]

Spot-on, I would always rate her signals as one of the best ever used 100% accurate.

[@sabrou87]

@@gothicroses666 As an European, your system is utter madness. How do I reach Amelia???

[@paulking2039]

Some Dukes still pay IHT, maybe not on their farmland, on their other assets. But farmers should pay no IHT. Gods tax is 10%, but farmers would still moan.

[@stevesmith2214]

How has a multi millionaire who admitted he bought his farm to avoid taxes have any credibility in this argument?

[@mikecrimlis3366]

He said he isn't at all bothered about his own situation but is in a position to see what it is doing to other farmers. Are you in such a position, or are you a townie that thinks food comes from supermarkets?

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Because he's on the right side of the argument. Oligarchs will end up owing the family farmers.

[@stevesmith2214]

@@mikecrimlis3366 to coin a phrase " He would say that wouldn't he?" The Clarkson's and Dysons of this world aren't helping the very people they purport to be "worried" about. Yeah right.

[@stevesmith2214]

@@evolassunglasses4673 Is owing a typo?

[@patdent]

Exactly. When will the BBC stop giving that buffoon the oxygen of publicity?

[@Insightful21]

9:42 it is not "expensive" since the number of people coming out of private school into public will cost more than the amount of money the VAT generates. This VAT is implemented nowhere else in Europe or the developed world.

[@fiddley]

We have a shortfall in our treasury due to Brexit. We now need to make up for that and inheritance tax is one of the ways we're doing it. Farmers voted for it, they won, get over it.

[@markwithers2630]

Nothing to do with sending money to Ukraine. Or money to the rest of the world to fight climate change. Or keeping immigrants in 4 star hotels? 🤔

[@moosemaster96]

You won't say that when we have to import food and then we don't have enough when war happens

[@mosszenbach180]

The media sterically shouting about the farmer assets taxes while the PM announces a business partnership with Black Rock.

[@judithmorganjudyteen]

No, it's not an either or solution. They say its only few farmers and they can pay it back over ten years. Not so desperately needed for the NHS then is it ?

[@benknight6254]

Do you not understand how taxes are raised. You dont raise all your money on one tax- come on think before you comment such silly things

[@notfooled.]

Scrap the 14 billion pounds a year, foreign aid budget. OAP's not freezing and the Farmers who feed the nation, are more important, than bulletproof Limo's for third world dictators, diversity training for business men in India, and clarinet lessons for girls in Africa

[@RomanHistoryFan476AD]

Scrap the inheritance tax all together, in reality it is tax on death.

[@123mehmehmeh]

Two estates worth £1.1m Person 1 inherits the non-farm estate. They have to pay 40% over 325k, which is =£270,000 in inheritance tax -within 6 months. Person 2 (Farmer) inherits the farm one. They have to pay 20% over £1m, which is =£20,000 in inheritance tax -over 10 years (£2,000 a year)

[@brunolondinese5857]

No its not difficult, Jeremy.

[@Rich.Aardvark]

Farmer means collector of a fixed payment or tax collector. Farmers have avoided taxes for centuries.

[@RomanHistoryFan476AD]

The farmers' accountants tell them they are going to suffer under this plan. The BBC and Starmer might say otherwise but Honestly I would rather take the word of the farmers and their accountants than the proven liars we call Labour.

[@jujutrini8412]

Both can be liars.

[@RomanHistoryFan476AD]

@@jujutrini8412 That is true, but one of them is a proven Liar, the other one is trying to protect their livelihoods.

[@jujutrini8412]

@@RomanHistoryFan476AD One is a proven liar the other might be misguided by propaganda propagated by wealthy landowners who have a political agenda and who want to avoid paying tax and overthrow a Labour government that they don’t like.

[@duckbizniz663]

Inheritance tax on farms worth over 1 million sterling pound. So the taxes would be 200,000 sterling pounds. Do other landowners in the UK like the descendants of noble Lords pay this rate?

[@DIGETdan117]

No more inheritance tax you make it hard enough with other taxes 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

[@benknight6254]

Awwwww booohooo i have to pay tax on money i didnt work for. :(((((

[@RomanHistoryFan476AD]

@@benknight6254 It's a tax on dying, they tax you for daring to die.

[@benknight6254]

@@RomanHistoryFan476AD they don't tax you you can't tax dead people. It's for your kids who get loads of money for not working

[@paxundpeace9970]

Same in Germany they get billions from the EU and cheaper fuel and subventions and freebies. Many farmers make millions with solar or wind parks which is good but we should say goodbye to the image that a farmer is the guy that works without any help. Millions of farm workers many seasonal are doing the real work. Pick fruit drive trucks and harvesters. Each farm has now 3 workers on average (not including seasonal helpers.)

[@blackwavenoise]

How about we all pay into the system and avoid tax loopholes! 'Small farmers deserve support but not tax-dodging landowners'

[@JackTurleyDrums]

96 % of people in the uk dont have the money for inheritance tax.

[@MissEmilou]

Standing with the farmers! These townies have no clue , typical labour!

[@cadge]

Why get Clarkson involved, people like him are the problem along with the supermarkets.

[@JackTurleyDrums]

they shouldn't have to do that, they should pay their tax. Simple as.

[@RobinHarding-ep1ud]

Close the BBC waste of licence fee

[@preoccupied4800]

The Jim Murphy metropolitan liberal is awful and completely biased. Just oozing smugness and also stupidity. The whole difficulty for farmers is that they are cash poor. most earn tiny amounts of money whilst taking on all the substantial risks involved in their businesses. They also work 7 days a week, every day of the year.

[@swedichboy1000]

Why money is an artificial limitation.

[@barriewilliams4526]

WOW!!! The BBC actually reporting on currant news!

[@douglasfamily2768]

BBC should be supporting the farmers they are morally correct. But then most people get their news from non MSM outlets. Your time is coming #defundtheBBC

[@simonwatson2399]

#defundanyoneidontagreewith

[@Semper_Iratus]

I stand with the farmers.

[@davidkellet1006]

Labour was targeting the Dutchy tennant farmers will suffer the other TAXES

[@mickl8212]

The BBC licence fee should be scrapped

[@Arron-S]

Within 3 seconds Murphy revealed himself to be fos

[@simonwatson2399]

In a capitalist economy, the value of a business asset is nearly always related to the return you can make on it. So why is farmland so overvalued compared with the return you can make on it. Because of the market distortion created by these absurd inheritance tax rules. Agricultural land is used as an investment vehicle to avoid inheritance tax, precisely as the Thatcher government intended in 1984. Remove this distortion and the land will be worth what you can make from it. Those farmers that are concerned about keeping the farm in the family shouldn't care. The value of the land is irrelevant if you don't plan on realising it. The only ones who care are those who solely bought it to avoid inheritance tax. Boo hoo. Cry me a river that you still pay less inheritance tax than anyone else.

[@Jacky5299]

5 minutes in and still haven't mentioned food, says it all.

[@bortstanson2034]

Have these poor millionaires tried eating cake or going without Ovacado toasts?

[@michaelfennell]

Great work labour .. fairness for all.

[@jujutrini8412]

So he just made up that 96% figure! 😂😂😂

[@mondeowawa2494]

LOVE THE FARMERS!!!!!!!!!!

[@MarkPayne-k7l]

"Why are British farmers angry?" They are always angry about something or another. They love it and must be addicted to the adrenalin rush that comes with being incandescent on a daily basis about something or another.

[@jillmaltby]

Grow up

[@MarkPayne-k7l]

I did that a very long time ago. Why are you so intolerant about someone who has clearly a different point of view both to you and to the boring, droning same-old, same-old received narrative of people fulminating about something or another.?@@jillmaltby

[@stewartyboy]

Labour putting up Jim Murphy to make a case and win people over??!! Good luck with that one! hahah

[@BarronVonShyster]

When the wealthy complain ..you know something good is being done ..

[@hoptop77]

Exactly, finally a government that is going after tax dodgers.

[@KelvynJones-z5z]

OK BBC, what do you reckon, if you think for one moment that it's just the farmers that are annoyed, you clearly have no grasp on how the population feels. Starmers government is fast becoming despised, their incompetency is beyond belief.

[@benknight6254]

Nah its just you spending too much time getting brainwashed by the right wing press and youtube. You lot arent the majority.

[@Ramthian-q8v]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@christianholder5792]

Take ten pounds a week from people on benefits take money from people who are working take money from council tax money for the nhs

[@benknight6254]

But not the wealthy landlords destroying british farms who use the land as a loophole?

[@St-lan]

pay the tax farmers ,

[@gentlesavage2068]

Maybe they could use some of the BBCs funding for other stuff, instead of taxing farmers

[@ChristopherRoss-g3l]

And the moon is made of cheese

[@lukehubbard5644]

Brought and paid for buy the government.

[@patdent]

I feel like I'm being talked down to when a journalist feels he needs to explain the meaning of the word 'mitigation' to me. Maybe you people should do your homework before interviewing a buffoon like Clarkson; he pulls the number 96 out of his arse and then you seem to be unable to slap him down with some facts. Tragic.

[@monkeymagic4555]

Yeah all very well if the Farmers were FACTUALLY open about the perks and freebies they get.....become clear on that and the public enthusiasm on their plight would not only dim down somewhat but 100% reverse entirely.........NICE LIFE!.....And the clear clues?.....Start with so many far from farmers that are now farmers.....

[@mikecrimlis3366]

List them. Tell us these perks you think exist just for farmers. Even if farmers do make a good living, they deserve it, everything you've ever eaten came from a farmer. You interact with farming 3 times a day. What will you eat when the farms are gone, comrade?

[@johnstephenson4925]

What perks working 365 days a year in all weather for less than minimum wage until you die ?

[@user-py2mf3nb8g]

What freebies? where are they? nobody said?

[@yournightmare0119]

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[@kushsakhu]

I don’t understand the countryside. Just as much as they don’t want to understand city life that pays for their lifestyle. With cities farms are dead and not the other way round. The amount of processed foods eaten in cities tells you all you need to know.

[@athenapinefeather9716]

Just wow. You are clueless.

[@imisstrance]

When did the BBC become so left wing?

[@tjCAUk]

you are too far right to see

[@imisstrance]

@ Not really, I just live in the real world.

[@simonwatson2399]

@@imisstrance left wingers complain they're right wing. Right wingers complain they're left wing. Go figure.

[@imisstrance]

@@simonwatson2399 good point.

[@simonwatson2399]

@@imisstrance I think what it means is that they never say something that everyone agrees with, so probably are covering both "sides".

[@amrindersingh6345]

Bbc is always shit

[@pauladdae3130]

I seem to recall that this individual gained fame and fortune from the BBC at one stage? In July 2013 the Telegraph reported that he was one of the highest paid BBC presenters in history. He was not so critical of the BBC then. Now if that's not biting the hand that literally fed you, I don't know what is. His appeal to the audience also demonstrated his inability to engage with the issue at hand.

[@Ruylopez778]

No. His appeal to the audience was about the insincerity of the interview. It's not up to farmers to provide a solution to NHS spending. An unbiased interview would have asked him how the farmers feel, and acknowledged how farmers around the world are protesting about how they are being treated. This is the agenda of trying to force farmers out of business. Clarkson was always critical of the BBC and centralised power. The BBC needed him more than he needed them. The public is sick of corruption and government bureaucracy. It's sick of corporations making record profits while people struggle.

[@themaltsters]

The he wised up

[@pierretrellau3320]

Going after people like James Dyson and similar is a good idea, but it simply hasn't had any thought put into it. Some hard working farmers will also get caught who won't be able to pay. What happens to land which is sold by landowners to fund their taxes? We need a way of ensuring that this stays as farmland. It's not just James Dyson and similar who want land, you also need to consider housing developers, the energy industry, and large corporations purchasing land to offset their carbon emissions. Land will remain in demand by government backed industries (it's no secret that the government has its housing and energy targets) none of whom will be producing food. Ordinary farmers will continue to be priced out, or worse - have land compulsory purchased from them. Solar panels and the like should be placed on dead space, such as rooftops, and all new houses should be built with them as standard - not on prime agricultural land. We currently produce around 60% of our domestic food supply. With a decrease in farmland and a rising population, we can't afford to lose any more of our food production. Supply and demand dictates that this will push food prices up in the shops, and make us more reliant on food from other countries - most of which don't have the same regulations. With war in Ukraine, flooding in Spain, further farming turmoil in France, and the regular threat of war, now really isn't a good time to be losing our food security. The more reliant we become on international markets, the more likely we'll see empty shelves in supermarkets. Besides, when there are countries in the world which struggle to produce their own food, any excess worldwide should be going to those countries - we can afford to grow our own and shouldn't be taking it for ourselves. Reply

[@tundrawolf5127]

Clarkson is the goat 🐐

[@themaltsters]

Look at this mouthpiece for pravda

[@paxundpeace9970]

Framers are driving up grocery prices as hell. Beans doubled over the past 3 years. Many stable foods are getting 60% more expensive

[@mikecrimlis3366]

Farmers are? My god, you really are a BBC NPC.

[@user-py2mf3nb8g]

😂😂😂😂😂 If your not going to say anything sensible don't say anything at all 😂😂😂😂

[@owenfautley]

Farmers are paid 1p per £1 loaf of bread sold.

[@jimff5]

Just wait until "big ag" monopilues control the prices

[@mikecrimlis3366]

@@owenfautley These people are battery farmed consumers, they don't even understand the connection from farmers to bread. To them, bread is made in a factory from... science stuff...

[@louish5068]

This isnt about brexit now. Thsts happened and we need to live with it. Whys the reporter getting angry over brexit

[@bortstanson2034]

We should live with being economically hobbled by illiterate morons?

[@chuckanderson218]

and Brits still funding BBC...lol...

[@mrrrufus]

Your reporting on this has been shocking.

[@darkclouds5261]

To pay for the hotels

[@chunky_popo]

I want to see the government more focus on not wasting taxpayer’s money and spending better than constant raising tax. Hard working people end up thinking it’s no point working so hard to have good things. Inflation goes up every time government raises taxes.. vicious circle ..

[@piggyman1585]

Very.good.show👍♥️🇬🇧

[@BluntyBlue-e1l]

Defundthebbc

[@JackTurleyDrums]

they shouldn't have to do that, they should pay their tax. Simple as.