#BadEnoch

[themancorialist]

Stevenson Square, Manchester.

[eaglesnick]

“Taxation is the price which civilized communities pay for the opportunity of remaining civilized.” - Albert Bushnell Hart: 

The rightwing media would have us all bewailing the fate of the poor British farmer.

“New Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has vowed to reverse the Chancellor's hated inheritance tax raid on farmers."  (Dailey Express: 15/11/24)

and

“Nigel Farage admits he is 'really worried' about family farmers facing inheritance tax raid."  (GB News: 14/11/24)

Yet according to FarmingUK (21/11/23)

“Average business income by type of farm in England rose to £96,100 in 2022-2023 despite higher costs, according to the latest Defra figures.”

To be fair £96,100 is not a lot of money, with some farms doing better than others. Pig farmers for example had an average income of £135,000 for 2023/24 (Pigworld: 15/11/24) while some upland farmers only made £23,500 for the same time period. (GOV.UK: ‘Farm Business Income by type of farm in England 2023/24)

One thing the right wing media and commentators don’t tell you about are the deliberate reductions in farmers incomes introduced by the Tories, who began progressively cutting the amount of taxpayer subsidies they received through the Basic Payment Scheme. For the year 2022/23 farmers suffered a 19% cut in payments.

Neither do the right wing media ever admit the devastating cost of Brexit to British farmers.

“UK farmers face bankruptcies and closures as £1.8bn in EU cash stops with MPs warning ‘blind Brexit optimism’ may lead to higher food prices."  (cityam.com:16/01/22)

I would of thought “bankruptcy and closure” are far worse than the yearly handful of farms having to pay inheritance tax.

This is not to deny that some farmers are really struggling financially to make a living. But in a free market neo-liberal economy the sad fact is the weak are MEANT to go to the wall. This, it is argued, increases efficiency and productivity with only the most productive businesses surviving in a competitive market.  Given the majority of farmers have always supported  the Tories, perhaps they should of paid more attention to what  happens to turkeys when they  vote for Christmas!

The Tories signed a trade deal with Australia that undercuts the price of British farm produce because under the deal Australian imported food stuffs do not have to be produced to the same safeguarding standards as is legally required of British farmers. In addition, Kemi Badenoch is calling for a similar deal with the USA which will  not only see cheaper imports of food but food produced to lower standards, such as hormone-treated beef and chlorinated chicken.

Maybe protesting farmers should look to who the real enemy is? If cheaper, poorer quality foreign food is allowed to flood our markets then they wont have a farm to pass on to relatives because they will have gone bust.

It is not as though the inheritance tax rules will affect that many farmers. Treasury figures reveal that for 2021/22, 1730 farms were passed on to relatives of which 1264 were worth less than £1 million. This equates to around 500 farms a year being subject to the new 20% inheritance tax, hardly the great “tax raid” on farmers that the right-wing media would have us believe.

Farmers Weekly (17/01/23) informs us that according to research land ownership is dominated by the aristocracy, who hold almost one-third of land.  Next come large corporations, which may have invested in land for its tax-saving opportunities, followed by tycoons.

Is this what all the protests are really about? The landed gentry, rich corporations, tycoons and oligarchs, trying to avoid paying tax on their assets?

Let me leave the last word to the Tory supporting Telegraph:

“Wealthy investors are hovering up agricultural land in order to avoid inheritance tax, pushing prices to record highs, and forcing out farmers." (18/06/23)

Maybe the new farmland inheritance tax will actually SAVE some farms. Now there's a thought!

[anyoneknowwhatbrexitmeans]

Nor has the opposition front bench sought to explain why it did not begin a new inquiry in government or why it had not raised these concerns in parliament in its new capacity with shadow ministers.

The Conservative front bench did not declare that the 2022 report required further examination when Badenoch was minister for women and equalities or when Philp was policing minister. So I find it hard to believe that the reason why the Tories have now decided that the 2022 report is inadequate is anything other than an attempt to curry favour with Elon Musk.

[trendingvintageretro]

Whimsical Whirlwinds: Politicians Crash the Magic Roundabout. Part 1. 7/1/25 Reimagined.

It was all kicking off in their magic garden. A once serene place inhabited by fairy tale characters had been taken over by the politicians disguising themselves as the much loved characters of the 70s hit the Magic Roundabout. Elon Musk, played by Mr Rusty Farage, played by Zebedee Kemi Badenoch, played by Florence Trump, played by Dougal Sir Keir, played by Brian the Snail Written by…

[alabs1]

NSA Ribadu, Adeboye, Badenoch Make List Of 100 Most Reputable Africans

National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu and Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), have been recognised among the 100 Most Reputable Africans for 2025. The list released on Sunday by Reputation Poll International (RPI), in partnership with the Global Reputation Forum, had the names of other notable Nigerians and African leaders. The list featured…

[useless-englandfacts]

this is about david tennant telling a transphobic politician to “shut up” btw:

[insidecroydon]

Philp gets a Tory top job to provide a never-ending punchline

Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on a Parliamentary appointment that has had Westminster watchers rolling around in laughter Gis a job. Any job: the spirit of Yosser Hughes lives on, as Chris Philp selfies with Kemi BadEnoch on Saturday Chris Philp, the Croydon South Conservative MP notorious as “the nose in search of a bum”, has finally landed a prize for all those hours spent prostrating…

[inezrable]

So, David Tennant:

-told a transphobe to shut up

-pissed off THE PRIME MINISTER

-painted his nails pink

-took his daughter to see mean girls

ICON BEHAVIOUR RIGHT THERE

[beerok23]

Anna being a protective goddess on X ♥️🤩

[dyketennant]

has tumblr found out about kemi badenoch basing her campaign launch around being anti-david tennant specifically. do we all know about this

[anyoneknowwhatbrexitmeans]

[dtmsrpfcringe]

i think some of y'all need to learn the definition of racism, or micro-agression, or prejudice. Because guess what it's fucking not?

David Tennant. He rightfully called her out for being the horrible person she is, and she tried to weaponize racism, when reality she defends racists, wants to hide history, and actively tries to make EVERY minority in Britain's life a living hell. David said absolutely nothing about Kemis race, not a goddamn thing.

"don't you think she looks tired?" Yeah. I do. Vote those mfs out

[alabs1]

Atiku's Aide Advises Shettima To Shift Attention From Badenoch To Constructive Policies

Phrank Shaibu, the spokesman for the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar, has asked those criticising the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch, to embark on a moment of introspection. Specifically, Shaibu urged Vice President Kashim Shettima to find something useful to do rather than concentrating on Badenoch. PUNCH…