The Labour Government

[jacko74]

Tesco express ?

Nope.
Old fashioned independent family owned shop.

 

[metalblue]

You mean the equipment is leased. How do they afford the monthly payments? What with them being so poor and all that. And does the lease allow for damages while *checks notes* driving through police barricades?

It all has a bit of a ‘Landed Gentry Go On a Jolly Protest’ vibe with Lord Farquaad leading the way.

Because farm equipment is included in their costs. Per acre revenue - per acre costs (seed, machinery, labour) = profit. For smaller farms they’ll either “borrow” or ask another farmer to plant out / harvest. I’m not sure at this stage if you’re being facetious or you’re a bit thick.

 

[metalblue]

Governments own figures.

Winter fuel cut to put 50,000 pensioners into relative poverty

Government estimates reveal the impact of cuts to the winter fuel allowance, announced earlier this year.

www.bbc.co.uk

Some would call this cruel.

 

[jacko74]

When it comes to farming I doubt there's any other industry where the business owners are able to blur the lines so much between the commercial business and domestic life, and in all aspects not just the financial side, even the more subjective issue of work-life balance.

All I know is despite living and working around farming all my life and putting up with the never ending whining and moaning and pleading poverty that I've heard from all farmers... I've never seen a farmer leave the industry altogether and go out and get a regular 9-5 PAYE job.

I have seen plenty of evidence that farmers do just fine financially despite declaring they have such supposedly low incomes and poor profit margins and they're far from working their fingers to the bone 24/7 outside of the busy periods of the typical farming year.