Andrew Balaam
@andrewbalaam
Arable farmer, Husband, Father of two, very occasional utility forward and reluctant painter and decorator.
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24-04-2011 21:47:00
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This is a deeply disingenuous line. Labour said to the National Farmers' Union that they wouldn’t introduce this tax. Farmers aren’t the wealthiest in society. The projected revenue is minuscule compared to the NHS budget but devastating to family businesses.
“It was a cynical breach of a promise made by a man seeking the highest office in this land” Keir Starmer “And upon those promises, thousands of people relied.” SAVE FAMILY FARMS #AxeTheFamilyFarmTax “Listen to the 🚜 horns outside. THAT is the voice of REAL DEMOCRACY”
No concessions on IHT after National Farmers' Union meeting with the treasury! Meanwhile Thames water get some more cash to dole out to their shareholders! This country is screwed! 🤬
Credit where it's due. Last December I bought a 28yo lightweight Bateman HiLo sprayer. Yesterday it needed a few parts. Rang the factory yesterday afternoon & ordered parts, which were on the shelf. Package arrived 10am this morning. Brilliant service, thank you Bateman Sprayers
“If you care, care now, not ten years in the future when it’s all gone. We need your support now”. Making no apologies for how cutting and clear my commentary is. Defra UK Steve Reed MP Rachel Reeves Keir Starmer do the right thing. You are ruining our country.
Farmer Tom 🧢 🇺🇦 Defra UK Steve Reed Rachel Reeves Keir Starmer National Farmers' Union Country Land & Business Assn TFA Red Tractor Gareth Wyn Jones Jeremy Clarkson NFYFC Nature Friendly Farming Network Countryside Alliance EFRA Committee After listening to you.. I’ve just written to my local MP on behalf of the farmers.. 👍 it’s an absolute disgrace. What is happening to all the farmers?.. I agree with everything you’re saying.. 🇬🇧
Socialism: You have two cows. The state takes one. Communism: You have two cows. The state takes both and gives you a ration of milk. Capitalism: You have two cows. You sell one, buy a bull, and build a thriving herd. Labour: You have two cows. The state takes both, drinks the
Lincolnshire farmer Henry Ward tells Politics North he’s “seething mad” at the way the industry has been treated by the government #bbcpn
'You're a mountain of a man, I'm so proud of you.' Martin Daubney 🇬🇧 appears visibly emotional after speaking to the founder of We Are Farming Farming Minds, Sam Stables, who tried to take his own life.
Joe Stanley Farmers Weekly This illustrates a very well established fact that agriculture faces what is known as a "diminishing terms of trade" which means input prices rise faster than output unit prices. I first was informed about this onmy very first day as an agricultural student in 1963 by Fred