Aren’t you all surprised by them blocking public rights of way and trying to intimidate anyone who says they should live by the same rules as the rest of us?

  • manicdaveOP
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    10 hours ago

    I actually support the farmers in this tbf. I just wanted to make a shit joke about them blocking green lanes and footpaths.

    I try to avoid conspiracybrain but this policy seems so badly designed it seems as if the point is to force farmers into reverse mortgages.

    If the real point is to make money for the treasury, discourage land banking and encourage more productive use of land, then a very modest land value tax would be more suitable and much fairer.

    As it is, it’s going to dispossess farmers of land and make a tiny amount of revenue from a tax that big business is immune from.