Contrary to popular myth, British farmers are in the shit in more ways than one. I wondered if anyone has watched 'The Lie Of The Land' on MORE4 channel on Sky 10pm last night [MONDAY]. Very disturbing stuff! If farmers go out of business, what would our countryside be like without cattle, sheep and the husbandry of farmers. We are paying subsidies to farmers for 'set-aside' and then importing beef and milk which we should [and could] be producing ourselves. Having to shoot young healthy calves on the farms all over Britain because they have no economic value.
I wondered if Tony Blair watched it and if so how much parliamentary debating time should he have allocated to the desperate plight British farmers find themselves in as a result of EU and Parliamentary legislative interference. Bear in mind that an enormous time was spent on the foxhunting fiasco ... I beleive they said 600 hours!!
The programme is worth a watch if it is repeated.

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