When our government says we must help the farmers, it means we must help the 0.1%. Most of the land here is owned by exceedingly wealthy people. Some of them are millionaires from elsewhere: sheikhs, oligarchs and mining magnates who own vast estates in this country. Although they might pay no taxes in the UK, they receive millions in farm subsidies. They are the worlds most successful benefit tourists. Yet, amid the manufactured terror of immigrants living off British welfare payments, we scarcely hear a word said against them. The minister responsible for cutting income support for the poor, Iain Duncan Smith, lives on an estate owned by his wifes family. During the last 10 years it has received €1.5m in income support from taxpayers. How much more obvious do these double standards have to be before we begin to notice?
Posted on: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 08:43:49 +0000
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