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The last time I remember the country folk invading London was when fox hunting was banned (something that should have been banned long ago). We were told it was the slippery slope and that fishing would be next to be banned by the “Liberal Elite”. Guess what? It wasn’t and won’t be. I have lived in the country for many years now and hear a lot about how Londoners don’t understand country life. I can tell you that many country folk don’t also understand what is going on outside the shires. It will be interesting to see how this plays out, but have a feeling that it won’t be as catastrophic as some would have us believe. Incidentally I do agree that we should be producing more of our own food. Sadly a lot of the land in East Kent is being sold off for vineyards.

It was a tongue in check comment but still pertinent. The machinery driving up and down the road here must cost millions. There are some people who make a very good living out of farming and there are some who struggle. My point is that you don’t see much sympathy from certain quarters in social media for those on benefits who can’t afford to wear a Barbour or look forward to having. £3m inheritance passed on to them. We are led to believe that this will cripple farmers whereas Labour say it will only affect a small number. I don’t know which is true but am prepared to wait and see rather than just have a go at Labour because I voted for a party who only look after their mates. Serious question. Did Dyson buy so much land because he was interesting in farmer or did he do it to avoid inheritance tax?

I don’t that this is true is it. The wealthy have done very well out of previous Tory governments. It is not unreasonable if the well to do shoulder some of the pain now is it? I don’t know if it is true, but it apparently will only affect a minority of farmers and Labour are also investing in farming in this budget. Three local farmers have taken to FB to support the march today, all three I know for a fact are minted. One in particular was very comfortably off before he passed away earlier this year but his family now have the benefit. The other two are asset rich in property and land but both still work to “pay the rent”. If they were to sell their assets they would be multi millionaires. I know not all farmers are minted and many work hard for little reward, but not all farmers will be affected by this inheritance tax. I find it interesting to hear that when working class people complain about higher taxation they were told to stop their Netflix subscriptions, get rid of their smart phones, stop vaping and stop going to nail bars. Why doesn’t that apply to farmers, people who send their kids to private schools etc. why should making sacrifices just apply to the poorer in our society? Taxes are already very high but we need more money to rebuild the NHS, public services and infrastructure, all the things that have been starved of cash whilst the previous government looked after the people they liked, to use your analogy. It seem quite reasonable to close tax loopholes does it not? Why should some people benefit from a system when most of our society don’t have that privilege? The inheritance tax is still half of what others pay for those who will have to pay it. If they are going after the people they don’t like they seem to be going about it in a half hearted way.

https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-latest-moscow-says-ukraine-has-hit-russia-with-us-long-range-missiles-report-12541713

It’s okay, they have their £300 Barbours to keep them dry 😉

Is Jezza at the head of the march? Didn’t he say that he bought his farm so that he could avoid inheritance tax?

We are all in this together, apart from those who want to avoid paying taxes. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8rl4pl3n75t

Whatever you think of Martin and his tactics, I don’t think you can say that someone getting a club promoted to the EPL has underachieved. When he joined us his brief was to get us promoted and he achieved that.

He has a role in Trump’s government. This is different to a lobby group. https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/13/elon-musk-donald-trump-us-politics (Musk lover too hypo? It figures. You do seem to align yourself with these people)

It can’t be right that an a member of a governing organisation also owns a massive social media platform.

There was a perfect example of what Starmer is up against on Questuon Time last week. Tim Stanley from The Telegraph told us that the media is “overwhelmingly left wing” and was not challenged on his ridiculous statement by Fiona Bruce. The Telegraph have gradually sunk to the levels of the Mail and it is a sign of the times that such statements go unchallenged in main stream media nowadays.

Just to quote the bleedin’ obvious, the failings have occurred because the UK left the EU, not vice versa. It might be tedious to you that Brexit gets blamed but it gets blamed because that is where the blame lies. We went into this without a plan, spent years trying to formulate a plan and then cobbled together a crap plan that has adversely affected the economy of the UK. Tedious? I would say disastrous.

A long overdue decision probably prompted by the imminent arrival of Trump to the White House. Ukraine shouldn’t have to defend themselves under such constrictions. I don’t know if it was Zelensky who said this, but they need to go after the archers, not the arrows.

Not a good start https://kyivindependent.com/musk-mocks-zelensky/ Interesting that Musk used a laughing emoji in his post. Another cretin who uses them inappropriately.

Now he’s just having a laugh https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/11/16/politics/chris-wright-energy-secretary-trump

Birds of a feather https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgl48r2wnx1o.amp What is up with Gaetz’s face? He looks like he has OD’d on Botox.

Authentic? WTF? 😂 Have you actually listened to some of the gibberish he has spouted during the recent campaign? He is authentic ok, an authentic sex offender, liar, grifter and self promoter.

Another example of incompetence and mismanagement from the previous government that Labour are going to have to sort out. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/home-office-national-audit-office-campaigners-government-geoffrey-cliftonbrown-b1194191.html

Absolutely no surprise here. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgk18pdnxmmo.amp

He has been playing very well this season and Sheffield Weds fans are concerned that we might recall him in January.

It has been said many times in this thread, but if you dare criticise Netanyahu, his government or the IDF, you are immediately accused of anti-semitism. Netanyahu has been playing the anti-Semitic card against the UN for years whilst happily breaking international law. Putin invades another country and gets hit with sanctions. Netanyahu ethnic cleanses Palestinians and the US and the UK continue to provide him with the military means to continue what could well end up being found to be war crimes. He currently is literally getting away with murder.

This sums the man up perfectly. https://www.npr.org/2023/07/13/1187272781/rfk-jr-kennedy-conspiracy-theories-social-media-presidential-campaign And then there is this… https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2j3353vvdvo.amp

Parading around the streets, really? 😂 I seem to remember the right wing media crowing about what a wonderful budget Truss came up with or, metaphorically speaking, parading around the streets. I don’t think the current government or are that incompetent or that much full of themselves but maybe wait until they have been in power for a reasonable amount of time before judging their performance?

Remind us again how concerned you were for the Tories and the nation when Osbourne announced austerity and Liz Truss crashed the economy. Shocking isn’t it that Labour have been in power for 4 months but haven’t managed to turn the country around yet!

You really have not been paying attention have you. Perhaps spend more time on looking at what is actually happening and why that is rather than posting childish laughing emojis on what is a deeply serious subject.