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[Mapperleypie]

Former Labour adviser says UK 'doesn't need small farmers'
12 November 2024 | by FarmingUK Team | Finance, News, Politics


John McTernan, a former adviser to the Tony Blair government, has said that the UK 'doesn't need small farmers' during an interview.
Mr McTernan made the comments while on air defending the inheritance tax relief cuts announced in the recent autumn budget.
Speaking to presenter Patrick Christys on Monday evening (11 November), he said that "if farmers want to go on the street, we could do to them what Margaret Thatcher did to the miners."
Mr McTernan added "it’s an industry we can do without", saying "if people are so upset that they want to go on the streets and spread slurry, then we don’t need the small farmers.”
The comments follow controversial changes to agricultural property relief (APR), which means farms worth more than £1m will incur a 20% inheritance tax charge.
Farming groups have warned the inheritance tax changes would have a 'catastrophic' impact on family farms across the country.

New modelling released today (12 November) shows that the changes could leave small family farms paying tax bills that wipe out their annual profits.
Prime Minister Two Tier Keir today distanced himself from the Mr McTernan's comments, saying he 'totally disagrees' with them.
"I am absolutely committed to supporting our farmers. I said that before the election and I say it after the election," he during a Q&A at the COP29 conference.
"That is why in our budget I was very pleased to be investing £5billion of our budget over the next two years in farming.

My advice would be to turn off GB News - it's ruining what is left of your brain.

It's a lovely sunny day, go outside for a walk. Maybe talk to someone that's not a raging gammon and realise that the country is not as bad a place as that channel is telling you.

[Notsohumblepie]

My advice would be to turn off GB News - it's ruining what is left of your brain.

It's a lovely sunny day, go outside for a walk. Maybe talk to someone that's not a raging gammon and realise that the country is not as bad a place as that channel is telling you.

Oh no !

Gammon again!

With your continuing Porcophilia , is there is a pretty little black and white "Berkshire" out there with a broken heart ?

[keldsyke]

My advice would be to turn off GB News - it's ruining what is left of your brain.

It's a lovely sunny day, go outside for a walk. Maybe talk to someone that's not a raging gammon and realise that the country is not as bad a place as that channel is telling you.

I'll quote you on that when the farmers kick off, what has GB news got to do with things anyway?

[Mapperleypie]

I'll quote you on that when the farmers kick off, what has GB news got to do with things anyway?

The large irrelevant quote you have posted of an ex-Labour adviser (which the PM has said he disagrees with) comes directly from a segment on GB News. Apart from that it has nothing at all to do with GB News.

Turn off the telly and go for a walk. Mind you the sun sets at 4.12pm today in Nottingham, probably Starmers fault.

[keldsyke]

The large irrelevant quote you have posted of an ex-Labour adviser (which the PM has said he disagrees with) comes directly from a segment on GB News. Apart from that it has nothing at all to do with GB News.

Turn off the telly and go for a walk. Mind you the sun sets at 4.12pm today in Nottingham, probably Starmers fault.

To busy working keeping you and your other great unwashed in benefits to go for a walk.

[Elite_Pie]

To busy working keeping you and your other great unwashed in benefits to go for a walk.

Top quality bit of stereotyping Keldsyke.

You really are playing a blinder on this thread!

[keldsyke]

Top quality bit of stereotyping Keldsyke.

You really are playing a blinder on this thread!

Yep, learned from the blinkered, crying, unbalanced, shouty Lefties on here ( more stereo typing again!)

[i961pie]

The large irrelevant quote you have posted of an ex-Labour adviser (which the PM has said he disagrees with) comes directly from a segment on GB News. Apart from that it has nothing at all to do with GB News.

Turn off the telly and go for a walk. Mind you the sun sets at 4.12pm today in Nottingham, probably Starmers fault.

You seem to know a lot about GB news do you watch it?

[Notsohumblepie]

Top quality bit of stereotyping Keldsyke.

You really are playing a blinder on this thread!

As Mr Keldsyke’s principal adversary insists on using his usual overworked pork based collective insult , perhaps you might think the stereotyping is fairly universal.

[Elite_Pie]

As Mr Keldsyke’s principal adversary insists on using his usual overworked pork based collective insult , perhaps you might think the stereotyping is fairly universal.

Not really. The term ‘gammon’ is a jokey reference aimed at those middle aged men who’s face goes the colour of gammon when they rage about “those bloody foreigners coming over here and taking our jobs” etc. They as a group do exist!

The difference is that keldsyke specifically called Mapperleypie an unwashed benefit scrounger. Does he have evidence to back that up, or was it lazy stereotyping of anyone who holds views to the left of centre?