Silly Farmers

A lot of it is.

Regardless I think things should cost what they cost in the true sense and that means different prices going up.

That money the government saves can then be spent on redistribution or investment.

Another example is rail travel it's heavily subsidised which means anyone who doesn't use trains is paying for those who do I.e Londoners.


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haha Think i'll wait for that Ryanair flight

5 years later..............

That would make an interesting thread perhaps.

What should things ideally cost ?

Unfortunately/fortunately I don't start threads .


I reckon paying less than £5 for a whole roast chicken is tantamount to condoning animal cruelty for a start.

And no woman should be selling herself for less than £120 an hour.

While a season ticket for Aston Villa shouldn't be more than £200.

I see your point about rail costs but it would be unaffordable for most without subsidies and it reduces congestion and pollution so should be encouraged IMO.

The situation on the roads would be unmanageable if all those commuters had to trade rail travel for a car.

Brexit: Farmers who backed Leave now regret vote over subsidy fears

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/farmers-brexit-regret-bregret-funding-common-agricultural-policy-a7163996.html



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Quite literally nothing but hyperbole from a Remainer. All Remainers appear to think that if they keep saying and wishing that everyone that voted Leave is regretting their decision, was duped and is now worried then it will magically be the case, but it simply isn't.

I disagree with the OP, but that facetious humour is too good to ignore.

It's still funny.

Farmers, as an entity, annoy me. Don't like labour governments spending their taxes on the city working classes but love all their Tory welfare.

Tory welfare? Since when was the CAP a Tory construct? New Labour hardly neglected the farmers, they made over fifty of them millionaires overnight as part of the foot and mouth compensation scheme.
Also lets not pretend that Labour is a party of the working class. An interesting article in the Guardian the other day revealed over half of Labour's members are middle class professionals, half of members live in London, and about 75% of their increase in membership since the last election has been said middle class professionals and students. It's not hard to see why old grumpy farmers are reluctant to associate with condescending hampstead liberals and prissy, whiny students who throw tantrums every other day.

Makes you wonder what the working class vote for as it certainly isn't ukip on mass 4m votes uk wide wouldn't get near covering the entirety of the working class and poor


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Tory welfare?

Like the electorate in general it depends on location. In inner cities, especially up north they'll vote Labour even if the candidate is a donkey. Working class suburbs in places like Essex and Kent vote Tory. UKIP are making inroads in the midlands and North. Overall Labour still win the working class vote but their share decreases with every election.

Yeah. Farmers vote Cons so Cons throw money at them. None of this Neoliberal free market *******s applies to farmers.

It is entirely consistent with social democrats to subsidise an industry via the state for for the greater good of society. Awful thatcherites... not so much.

Of course complaining about New Labour employing New Right economic policies when you like those economic policies is bizarre.

Why?

Why do they vote Tory in Essex and Kent but not in the North? Anyone know?

A cynic might suggest ,in lieu of an answer,it's because they're mostly 'dogdy geezers -especially in Essex- who are 'at it' and are essentially at least as selfish as any Tory voter is thought to be.

But not me. No sir.